The Poetry Kit |
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Competitions |
Short story and other competitions
How to Enter Them - Beware of scams.
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Please Note The information given here is for GUIDANCE ONLY. While every effort is made to ensure that it is accurate, before entering any listed competition you should obtain full rules and an entry form from the organisers.
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| 25th August 2010 | verious |
poetry competitions at Museum of London for young people
end date 25th August
http://www.mymuseumoflondon.org.uk/blogs/blog/calling-all-slam-poets/ deadline for submission also 25th August
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Events/eventDetails.htm?eventID=2722
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| 31st August 2010 |
1st £500
entry £10 (2 poems) |
Aesthetica Creative Works Competition. Three categories: Art, Poetry and Fiction. Poems should be no longer than 40 lines each. Prizes: £500 for one winner from each of the three categories plus publication in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual and additional prizes. Entry fee: £10 for two poems. Winners and finalists published in the Creative Works Annual. For more information and entry visit: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm. |
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31st August 2010 |
1st £300
entry £3 |
Nottingham Open Poetry Competition Closing Date: 31st August 2010 Prizes: 1st - £300.00 2nd - £150.00 3rd: £75.00 10 Runners up of 1 Year subscription to Assent Entry Fee: £3.00 per poem or 4 poems for £10.00 Sole Adjudicator: John Siddique Public adjudication 23rd October 2010 at Nottingham Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham. Full details on www.nottinghampoetrysociety.co.uk |
| 31st August 2010 |
1st £200
entry £3 |
The Salopian Poetry Society's
34th annual open poetry competition. Adjudicator John Waddington-Feather FRSA. First Prize £200 Second £100 Third £50 3 runner-up prizes of £30. All six winners will receive 12 months free membership of the Society which includes. Deadline 31st August 2010 4 quarterly magazines. Winning poems published in December 2010 issue. For further details, rules and entry form please visit www.thesalopianpoetrysociety.webeden.co.uk or send SAE to Comp. Sec. at 5 Squires Close, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire TF7 5RU. |
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31swt August 2010 |
1st $1000
entry $20 |
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31st August 2010 |
1st £150
entry - £4 |
Tenby Writing Competition 2010 The Tenby Arts Festival is launching a writing competition as part of the 2010 Festival. Short story maximum 1,500 words Poetry maximum 40 lines. Entries may be on any subject. The values of the prizes are the same for each of the two categories: Winner £150 Runner up £70 Third place £30 Each short story £4 Poem £4 Two poems £6 Three poems £8 For more details see the website at - www.tenbyartsfest.co.uk |
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| 30th September 2010 | 1st £100
entry £1 |
Fleeting Magazine Short Writing Competition pitches poet against storyteller to find the most beguiling and infectious new writing out there. We seek: · poems (max. 40 lines) · flash fiction and short stories (max. 2500 words)
The only restriction is length. The outright winner will receive
£100 and a special feature at Fleeting Magazine. Highly commended
runners-up will also be published. The competition closes on September 30th, 2010. For full conditions, please visit www.FleetingMagazine.com. You can also follow us at twitter.com/ThisIsFleeting. We look forward to reading you work! |
| 30th September 2010 | 1st £250
entry £5 |
SENTINEL LITERATURE FESTIVAL POETRY COMPETITION
2010
Previously unpublished poems on any subject, in any
style, up to 40 lines long.
Prizes: £250, £130, and £70, plus first publication in
Sentinel Literature Festival Anthology.
Entry Fees: £5.00 per poem, £13/3poems or £20/5poems.
Judge: Roger Elkin
Results announced 30th September, 2010
Deadline: August 20, 2010
Cheques/Postal Orders in GBP only payable to Sentinel
Poetry Movement,
Unit 136, #113-115 George Lane, London E18 1AB.
Details/Enter online at
www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk
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| 30th September 2010 | 1st
entry £2 |
DECANTO POETRY COMPETITION 2010 The Decanto Poetry Competition is an International Competition open to anyone over the age of 16. 1st Prize: One years Decanto subscription plus 3 copies of the December edition, a featured section in Decanto, including the winning poem, along with biography and photograph of the poet. 2nd and 3rd Prizes: Poem inclusions in Decanto. Plus 3 complimentary copies of that edition. The poems may be in any style or on any subject - up to 50 lines, and should only contain the poem and the ti tle. They must not include the poet’s name or address - these must be sent on a separate sheet, along with the ti tles. Please ensure that the poems are typed and have not previously been published. Please also ensure that you write ‘Competition’ on your name and address sheet. The closing date for last entries is: 30th September 2010. The winning entries wi l l be notified in November 2010. Entries are £2.00 per poem, max entries, 10 poems per poet. (US $4.00/€3.00 International money orders in sterling, or cash) . The competition will be judged by Lisa Stewart, poet and editor of Decanto. Please make cheques payable to: Miss L Stewart and send to - Masque Publ ishing PO Box 3257 Littlehampton BN16 9AF England emai l : masque_pub@btinternet.com |
| 30th September 2010 | 1st $3000
entry $7 |
TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST Eighth year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: September 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2009). More information: www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry
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| 30th September 2010 |
1st $2000
entry $25 |
Philip Levine Poetry
Book Contest
$2000 prize and publication by Anhinga Press
Final Judge: Brian
Turner
Postmark Deadline: 9/30/10
Previous Winners: Sarah Wetzel, Shane
Seely, Neil Aitken, Lynn Chandhok, Roxane Beth
Johnson, Steve Gehrke, Fleda Brown.
2010 Guidelines
Manuscript should be original poetry,
not previously published in book form, 48- 80 pages,
no more than one poem per page. Include two
manuscript title pages: one with name and contact
information and one with the name of the manuscript ONLY.
Manuscripts are screened and judged anonymously.
Multiple submissions are fine as long as the
manuscript is withdrawn immediately upon its
acceptance elsewhere.
The entry fee is $25. Checks should
be made out to “CSU Fresno Levine Prize.”
Poets can submit more than one manuscript,
but each will be considered a separate entry and
must be accompanied by the $25 fee.
or Email Connie Hales at connieh@csufresno.edu
Sponsored and
administered by:
MFA Program in
Creative Writing at California State University,
Fresno
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| 1st October 2010 | 1st from prize fund
entry £4 and £6 |
Second Light Network of Women
Poets Poetry Competition for Long and Short Poems
Closing Date: 1st October 2010
Judge: Myra Schneider
Long poems (over 50 lines) £6
short poems (under 50 lines) £4, £8 for 3, £12 for 8
Prizes for winners and commended.
Women poets only
further information:
www.secondlight.co.uk
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| 1st October 2010 | 1st $300
entry $50 |
RHINO FOUNDERS’ PRIZE 2011 Based in Evanston, Ill., RHINO Poetry Magazine has been winning awards for over three decades. The annual perfect-bound journal publishes around 50 poems and holds the Founders' Prize, which is open to all poets with a distinctive voice. One winning poem will receive $300. Two runners-up will receive $50 each. The poems selected will be published in the 2011 issue of RHINO and posted on the RHINO website. Send up to 5 unpublished poems (no more than 5 pages total). Deadline Oct. 1, 2010. Submissions must include a cover letter listing your name, address, e-mail address and/or telephone number as well as titles of the poems. No identifying information should appear on the poems. Manuscripts will not be returned. Include an SASE for notification of results. Enclose a $10 entry fee (make checks payable to RHINO). Label your contest submission: “Founders’ Contest.” Submissions must be postmarked between April 1 – October 1, 2010. No electronic submissions, please. All contest submissions will also be considered for regular publication in the 2011 edition of RHINO. Mail submissions to: RHINO, The Poetry Forum P.O. Box 591 Evanston, IL 60204 Winners and runners-up will be announced on our web site: www.rhinopoetry.org |
| 7th December 2010 |
1st £500
Entry free |
the ESRC Genomics Forum at the University of Edinburgh, in
partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, is running a poetry
competition for poems inspired by genomics. A selection of the winning and shortlisted poems will be published in a special publication of the Forum in 2010. First prize - first prize £500, second prize £200, third prize £100, entry is free The Scottish Poetry Library will host an evening of poetry readings based on the winning entries. For further details and rules, see http://www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/esrcgenomicsnetwork/news/latestnews/title,23732,en.html |
| 15th October 2010 |
1st £1000
entry £5 |
troubadour international poetry prize judged by gwyneth lewis & maurice riordan with both judges reading all poems prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250 & 20 prizes of £20 each plus a spring 2011 coffee-house poetry season ticket and a prizewinners’ coffee-house poetry reading with gwyneth lewis & maurice riordan on mon 29th nov 2010 ...for all prize-winning poets submissions by fri 15th oct 2010 Fees: All entries must be accompanied by fee of EITHER £5/€6/$8 per poem, if fewer than 4 poems, OR £4/€5/$7 per poem if 4 or more poems submitted; payment by cheque or money order (Sterling/Euro/US-Dollars only) payable to “Coffee-House Poetry” with poet’s name (and/or e-mail Entry Acknowledgement Reference, if appropriate) written on back. By Post: No entry form required; each poem must be typed on one side of A4 white paper showing title & poem only; do not show author’s name or any other identifying marks on submitted poems; include a separate page showing Name, Address, Phone, E-Mail (opt), Titles and Number of Poems EITHER @ £5/€6/$8 each OR @ £4/€5/$7 each; no staples; no Special Delivery, Recorded Delivery or Registered Post; entries are not returned. By E-mail: No entry form required; poems must be submitted in body of e-mail (no attachments) to CoffPoetry@aol.com; entries should be preceded by Name, Address, Phone, Titles and Number of Poems EITHER @ £5/€6/$8 each OR @ £4/€5/$7 each; acknowledgement will be sent to entrant’s e-mail address showing Entry Acknowledgment Reference; send payment by post within 14 days quoting Entry Acknowledgement Reference; e-mail entries will be included only when payment received by post; no Special Delivery, Recorded Delivery or Registered Post. Deadline: All postal entries, and postal payments for e-mail entries, to arrive at Troubadour Poetry Prize, Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box 16210, LONDON, W4 1ZP postmarked on or before Friday 15th October 2010. Prizewinners will be notified individually by Monday 22nd November 2010. Prizegiving will be on Monday 29th November 2010 at Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour in Earls Court, London. |
| 15th October 2010 | 1st £125
entry 3 |
Indigo Dreams - IDP Annual Poetry Awards 2010 1st Place £125, 2nd Place £50, 3rd Place £25 Entry Fee £3 per poem; £10 per 4 poems; £22 per 10 poems Any subject or style. Max 36 lines single spaced poems. Closing Date: Friday 15th October 2010 Adjudicators: Ronnie Goodyer / Dawn Bauling No name on poems but covering sheet with titles name and address. Cheques to ‘IDP’ Submit to Indigo Dreams, 132 Hinckley Road, Stoney Stanton, LE9 4LN Queries with sae to above address or publishing@indigodreams.co.uk Email submissions / PayPal go to www.indigodreams.co.uk |
| 18th October 2010 |
1st ??
entry £3 |
The Big Isssue in the North
presents The Big Scribble
Theme:Home
Deadline: 18th October
Max 40 lines
Prize: Publication in the Big Issue in the North with interview,
and on website. Other prizes to be announced.
Judges: Peter Kalu
Entry fee: Minimum £3 donation per poem, all money raised goes
to The Big Issue in the North Trust
How to enter: Online at
www.justgiving.com/bigscribble or send cheque and poem to
The Big Scribble, 10 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JN
Contact:
Jane.logan@thebiglifecompany.com
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| 20th October 2010 | 1st value £150 |
Envoi open poetry competition – Single poem: £3 or 5 poems £12 to ‘cinnamon press’ Prizes: poetry books to the value of £150, £100 & £50 + 3 runner up subscriptions. Poet’s details separate sheet. Submissions by post or email Jan Fortune-Wood, Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU. jan@envoipoetry.com Full guidelines and online fee payment at competitions page: www.envoipoetry.com |
| 31st October 2010 |
1st £300
entry £3 |
Ragged Raven Press 13th Poetry Competition for poems of any length and on any subject. First prize £300, four runners-up prizes of £50. Selected entries published in anthology. Entry fee: £3 per poem, £10 for 4 poems. Deadline: October 31st, 2010. Entry form/details from www.raggedraven.co.uk or send sae to 1 Lodge Farm, Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon, Warks CV37 0LR. |
| 31st October 2010 |
1st ??
entry £4 |
Plough Prize for Poetry 2010 Entries are invited in three categories: Open Poem (up to 40 lines) Short Poem (up to 10 lines) Poem for Children (length unrestricted) Entry Fee: £4.00 per poem; block of four entries, £14; thereafter £3.50 each; tick-box crit £6; full crit £30 For further details contact; The Plough Prize, The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore Street, Torrington EX38 8HQ or see website: www.theploughprize.co.uk |
| 31st October 2010 | 1st £5000 |
National Poetry Competition Now in its 33rd year, the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious poetry competitions. Winners include both established and emerging poets and for many the prize has proved an important milestone in their professional careers. Add your name to a roll-call of winners that includes Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Duhig, Philip Gross, and Jo Shapcott – and have your work published in the Poetry Society’s leading international journal, Poetry Review. The judges this year are poets George Szirtes, Deryn Rees-Jones and Sinéad Morrissey. The prizes are: £5,000 for the overall winner, £2,000 for the second, £1,000 for the third and seven commendations of £100. The deadline is 31 October. Enter online or download an entry form at www.poetrysociety.org.uk
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14th November 2010 |
1st £100
entry £3.50 |
Segora Poetry competition Details and entry form at www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk Email:Jocelyn Simms: pontdarche@hotmail.com |
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14th November 2010 |
1st £300
entry £3 |
The
Bedford Open Poetry Competition - open to anyone of 16 years of
age and over
Each entry must
be a poem of not more than
50 lines
on any subject. It must be typewritten clearly, in English, on
one side only of
A4 paper.
Bedford Open Poetry Competition, 38 Verne Drive, Ampthill. Bedford. MK45 2PS |
| 29th November 2010 | 1st Publication share of
prize fund.
entry £25 |
The Poetry Business is now inviting entries for its 24th Book & Pamphlet Competition. And this year, we're delighted to be sponsored by NAWE (The National Association for Writers in Education), their support allowing us to raise the prize money to £2,000 — see the bottom of this email for more information. This year’s judge is Simon Armitage, and the deadline is last posting on the 29th of November 2010 (or the 1st of December for online entries). Entrants are invited to submit a collection of 20-24 pages of poems for the chance to win publication by Smith/Doorstop Books* a share of £2,000 cash publication in The North magazine and a poetry reading hosted by The Poetry Business. *Three first-stage winners will receive pamphlet publication and an overall winner will receive book publication. The entry fee is £25, or £20 for North subscribers and Friends of the Poetry Business. A £1 surcharge is applied for online entries. For full details and an entry form (or to enter online), go to www.poetrybusiness.co.uk or send a SAE to The Competition Administrator, The Poetry Business, Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield S1 2DS. |
| 30th November 2010 | 1st $500 plus trophy
entry ? |
THE BLACKENED BILLY VERSE
COMPETITION ATTENTION WRITERS OF BUSH VERSE! The 2011 Blackened Billy Verse Competition will be opening on September 1. This is regarded as one of the most prestigious BUSH POETRY competitions in Australia. First prize is $500 plus the famous BLACKENED BILLY TROPHY. Second prize is $250 and third $150. Bush poetry is a traditional type of verse written with rhyme and rhythm that reflects the Australian way of life. The genre has widened in recent years to encompass modern living in both the city and the bush. 2010 winner, Ellis Campbell, wrote on a subject which was very close to our hearts last year in a moving poem called ³The Arsonist². Tamworth Poetry Reading Group welcomes entries from new and old writers. Entry forms will be available on September 1. Please write to Jan Morris PO Box 3001, West Tamworth or email janmorris@northnet.com.au Entries close November 30 and the winners will be announced at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2011. |
| 30th November 2010 | 1st £100
entry £16 |
Cinnamon Press Writing Awards: First Novel/novella: £400 + publication. Submit 10,000 words. Short Story: £100 & publication + runners up anthology 2–4,000 words. First Poetry Collection: £100 & publication + runners up anthology. Submit 10 poems/to 40 lines. Fee (all genres) £16. (Poetry & short story inc. copy of winners’ anthology) Entries with sae & details.. Submissions by post or email attachment (.doc; .docx or .rtf) to Jan Fortune-Wood, Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU or jan@cinnamonpress.com Full guidelines and online fee payment at competitions page: www.cinnamonpress.com |
| 30th November 2010 |
1st £1000
entry £4 |
Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2010 Maximum of 40 lines (excluding title) on one side of A4. Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self-published or published on any web-site or broadcast. Fees & Prizes: See overleaf for details. Prizewinners will be notified in writing by31st January 2011. The list of prizewinners will be displayed on the website after the prize-giving ceremony at Café Writers on 12th February 2011. Further details and entry forms from - Café Writers Poetry Competition, 17 Wingfield Rd,Norwich, Norfolk NR3 3HF or enter and pay online at www.cafewriters.org.uk |
| 30th November 2010 |
1st $300
entry $5 |
Cyclamens and Swords Poetry Contest! http://www.cyclamensandswords.com/main/page_contest.html First prize is $300, second prize $100, third prize $50 and seven honorable mentions. Winning poems and honorable mentions will be published in our winter issue. A chapbook containing the winning poems and the honorable mentions will be published and presented to the winners in addition to their cash prize. Submission period: June1st until 30th November 2010. What to submit: this is an open contest for poetry of any style or theme. Your entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem(s) simultaneously to this contest and others and you may submit poems that have been published elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Length: Poems not to exceed 30 lines length (excluding title and spaces between stanzas). |
| 24th December 2010 |
£100, publication in Prole and showcase on our website.
Entry fee £3 for first poem, £2 for subsequent poems |
Search for Prole Laureate
We’re looking for entries that represent the editorial ambitions of
Prole: to make writing engaging, challenging, entertaining and
accessible.
All forms of poetry welcome.
Entry by post or email.
Full details are on our website:
www.prolebooks.co.uk
Click on the competition link.
Winners will be announced April 2nd 2011 |
| 31st December 2010 |
!st £5000
entry free |
Rossica Translation Prize 2011 For a literary work written in Russian by any author, present or past, and published in English in 2009 and 2010. The prize is open to works published in any country. The value of the prize is £5,000 divided between the winning translator and the publisher. Entry Fee: £0 For furthwer details
Academia Rossica, 76 Brewer Street, London W1F 9TX
Telephone: 020 7287 2614
Website: www.academia-rossica.org
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| 3rd February 2011 |
1st £250
entry £3 |
Torriano Poetry Competition – Closing date 3 February 2011 Prizes First £250 Second £150 Third £75. Winning poets will be offered feature readings at the adjudication on Sunday, 27th March 2011 at Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London NW5 2RX Adjudicators: Wendy French & Maggie Butt. Prizes First £250 Second £150 Third £75. Winning poets will be offered feature readings at the adjudication on Sunday, 27th March 2011 at Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London NW5 2RX Entry fees: £3 one poem, £5 for two, £10 for five. No translations. Cheques payable to the Torriano Support Fund. Entries to: Pat Griffin, 4 Cundishall Close, Whitstable, Kent CT5 4DA. For poems of up to 40 lines. A separate sheet of A4 should contain the titles of poems, name and email or postal address and phone number of entrant. Email: june.english@btinternet.com Closing Date 3rd February 2011. Winners will be notified by 26th February 2011. Results will be posted on www.hearingeye.org/index.php?option=com |
| 14th February 2011 |
1st Publication
entry £2.5 |
PAMPHLET COMPETITION - JUDGE: CAROL ANN DUFFY, Poet Laureate. Lumen/Camden Poetry Competition. Poems up to 40 lines £2.50 per poem, 6 poems £10. Deadline: 14th February 2011. Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelters. Submissions and cheques to Ruth O’Callaghan, 49 Ripley ...Gardens, Mortlake London SW148HF. Prize: 20-page pamphlet publication of winner's poems by Ward Wood Publishing. Details on how international writers can enter by email via http://www.wardwoodpublishing.co.uk . The winner will receive 50 free copies of the 20-page booklet, and will be invited to read at one of the Lumen/Camden venues. |
| 28th February 2011 |
1st £400
entry £4 |
Grace Dieu Writers' Circle 2011 Short Story and Poetry Competition The competition is in its 7th year and we will be awarding a record £1,500 to our winners, including a £400 1st prize in both our Short Story and Poetry categories. Poetry Competition: 1st Prize: £400; 2nd Prize: £200; 3rd Prize: £75; 4th Prize: £50; 5th Prize: £25 up to 40 line limit - Entry Fees: £4 for one poem or £12 for 4, £2 for each additional entry over four Closing date: 28th February, 2011. Full details and entry forms can be found on our website at www.gracedieuwriterscircle.co.uk Alternatively to receive a competition leaflet, please send a SAE to: The Competition Organiser, 23 Henson Way, Sharnford, Leicestershire, LE10 3PN |
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| We have decided not to list the ongoing competitions section as in some cases we are unsure as to the legitimacy of the competition. In future we will only list competitions with a single closing date. | ||