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12th May 2008	1st £400 plus trophy	Poetry on the Lake 8^th International Poetry Competition. Closing Date: 12th MAY 2008. Adjudicators : Jo Shapcott, Penelope Shuttle, Michael Swan. Prizes: Silver Wyvern: £400 + Alessi 'Wyvern' bowl, £100, £50 x 2. (60 lines; theme ‘Colour') Bill Winter Award: £50 + Alessi bowl (10 lines; open theme) Formal verse: £50 + Alessi bowl (40 lines ; open theme). Line illustrations (open theme) for anthology. Autumn awards & readings on Lake Orta.N.B. to date, prizewinners have also received hotel nights and dinners at autumn awards. Guidelines: www.poetryonthelake.org poetryonthelake@yahoo.co.uk
19th May 2008	1st £800, 2nd £350, 3rd £200. Plus 10 runner-up prizes of a year's subscription to Poetry Nottingham. Entry fees: £3 per poem, £12 for 5.	The Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2008 will be judged by Gillian Clarke. There will be a prize-giving event to which the winners and runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems - date and venue to be confirmed - at which the judge will also read. Winning poems will be published in an anthology. Further details, rules and entry form can be downloaded at: www.poetrypf.co.uk or by post from CFW Poetry, PO Box 474, Eastleigh, SO50 0AN enclosing a s.a.e.
23rd May 2008	1st £750 entry £3	The Times Stephen Spender Prize 2008, for poetry in translation Translate a poem from any language, modern or classical, into English. Three categories: Open (£750, £500, £200), 18-and-under (£250, £150, £100) and 14-and-under (£100). All winning entries published in a booklet (email info@stephenspender.org for a free copy); selected winning entries published in The Times. Open to British residents and citizens only. Go to www.stephen-spender.org for details, entry forms and to read winning entries from previous years. Closing date: Friday 23 May 2008 For adults and children Entry fee of £3 per poem in the Open category only
30th May 2008	1st £100, 2nd £50, 3rd £25. entry £4	The Blue Butterfly Poetry Competition is for Christian poems reflecting on any aspect of Christian life. Closing date: 30 May 2008. Maximum length 40 lines Poems must be the original and unpublished work of the author, and should not be under submission for publication or entered in other competitions until after the adjudication Entry fee: £4.00 per poem. Prizes: 1st £100, 2nd £50, 3rd £25. Winners will be notified personally and listed on Blue Butterfly Publishers' website: http://www.madill.prodigynet.co.uk/bbp as soon as possible after the adjudication. The winners will receive a cash prize, publication in the anthology CrossWords 2008 Anthology, plus one free copy of the anthology. Adudicator: Jim C Wilson.
30th May 2008	Open: First $NZ500; Second $NZ200; Third $NZ100	The New Zealand Poetry Society’s Annual International Poetry Competition, 2008. Open: First $NZ500; Second $NZ200; Third $NZ100 Open Junior (under 17 years on 30/5/08): Primary/Intermediate (5yrs – approx. 12yrs): First $NZ100; Second $NZ50. Secondary (approx.13yrs - 17yrs): First $NZ200; Second $NZ100; Third $NZ50. Haiku/Senryu: Top 5 haiku $NZ100 each, plus first-placed haiku wins the Jeanette Stace Memorial Prize, amount to be announced. Haiku/Senryu Junior (under 17 years on 30/5/08): Top 5 haiku $NZ50 plus first placed haiku wins the Jeanette Stace Memorial Prize (Junior), amount to be announced. The New Zealand Poetry Society’s Annual International Poetry Competition, 2008. Judges: Tony Beyer (Open); Helen Rickerby (Open Junior); Sandra Simpson (Haiku); Nola Borrell (Haiku Junior). All winning and placed poems will be published in an anthology in November 2008, along with editorially selected entries. Contributors will be invited to read their poems at the anthology launch. Winning poems will also be published on the NZ Poetry Society website. For entry fees, rules & entry forms visit www.poetrysociety.org.nz
30th May 2008	1st publication entry £15	Indigo Dreams Press Booklet Competition 2008 Three Winners will have an A5 Booklet (to 44 pages) of their poetry printed and each will receive 50 copies. Submission: Selection of 10 to 15 poems Length: Poems to be maximum 36 lines. Entry Fee: £15 per block of poems Closing Date: Friday May 30^th 2008 Cheque payable Indigo Dreams Press and entries to Indigo Dreams Press, 8 Reynolds Court, Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 7NE. Please email any queries to indigodreamspress@tiscali.co.uk or sae for reply to above address. Full details/email/overseas entries visit www.indigodreamspress.co.uk
31st May 2008	1st prizes +publication	THE POETRY KIT - Poetry Competition. This is a poetry competition with a difference. First of all, the prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize.. Secondly although there is no set fee to enter, there is a catch; To read more about this competition here.
31st May 2006	1st 200 guineas entry £2	THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2008 - Sponsored by the Frogmore Press The winner of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2008 will win two hundred guineas and a two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers. The first and second runners-up will receive seventy-five and fifty guineas respectively and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers. Shortlisted poets will receive copies of selected Frogmore Press publications. details of entry from www.frogmorepress.co.uk
31st May 2008	The Nationwide prize for Rhyming Poetry £150 The NLG prize for Free Verse £150	Northampton Literature Group Open Poetry Competition 2 categories: Free Verse and Rhyming Poetry Judge: Charles Bennett Prizewinning poets will be invited to read their poems at the Awards Ceremony at the Northampton Guildhall on Thursday 26th June 2008, at 7.00 pm. The winning poems will be posted on the BBC and NLG websites For further details, rules and entry forms please visit www.northamptonliteraturegroup.org.uk or send SAE to Pat Archer 7 Cattle Hill Northampton NN3 9DU 01604 410090
31st May 2008	Prize fund $5000 entry $15	WAR POETRY CONTEST Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize $2,000. Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in all. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning Writers. $15 entry fee, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: May 31. Judge: Jendi Reiter. Include cover sheet with contact information. No name on poems. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: War Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is proud to be one of "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2007). More information: www.winningwriters.com/war
31st May 2008 (sent after 1st March 2008)	1st $300 Entry $15	CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women’s seventh annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize. Final judge: Ursula K. LeGuin. Publication plus $300. Postmark March 1-May 31, 2008. Fee: $15 per entry (3 poems, 6 pages total). CALYX, Lois Cranston Poetry Prize, PO Box B, Corvallis, OR 97339. Guidelines: www.calyxpress.org
31st May 2008	1st £100 entry £3	Earlyworks Press Open Poetry Competition 2008 For poems of up to 40 lines. First prize £100. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green. Entry Fee - £3 or up to 6 poems for £12 Details at website: www.earlyworkspress.co.uk
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2nd June 2008	First Prize £1000, Second Prize £500, Third Prize £200 entry ???	POETRY LONDON COMPETITION The Poetry London Competition is now open for entries. This year's judge is Kathleen Jamie. Winners will receive the following prizes: First Prize £1000, Second Prize £500, Third Prize £200 and Commendation Prizes, four of £75 each. The closing date is Monday 2nd June 2008. Winners will be notified by 1st August 2008, the first, second and third prize-winners will be published in the Autumn 2008 issue of Poetry London, and the prizes will be awarded at our Autumn launch reading at Foyles Bookshop in London, Wednesday evening, 15th October. For competition rules and an entry form see http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/
5th June 2008	1st £100 entry £3	Indigo Dreams Press Poetry Awards 2008. 1^st Place £100, 2^nd Place £75, 3^rd Place £25 Entry Fee £3 per poem; £10 per 4 poems; £2.50 each additional Any subject or style. Max 40 lines single spaced poems. Closing Date: Friday 5^th June 2008 No name on poems but covering sheet with titles name and address. Cheques to Indigo Dreams Press. Submit to Indigo Dreams Press, 8 Reynolds Court, Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye HR9 7NE Queries with sae to above address or email: indigodreamspress@tiscali.co.uk Full details/email/overseas entries visit www.indigodreamspress.co.uk
5th June 2008	1st £75 2nd £50 3rd £25 entry £3	The Dawntreader Poetry Awards 2008 1^st Place £75, 2^nd Place £50, 3^rd Place £25 Entry Fee £3 per poem; £10 per 4 poems; Subject: Rustic, Spiritual, Environmental, Legend. Style: Any Max length: 40 Lines Closing Date: Friday 5^th June 2008 No name on poems but covering sheet with titles, name and address. Cheques/PO’s to Indigo Dreams Press. Submit to Indigo Dreams Press, 8 Reynolds Court, Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye HR9 7NE Queries with sae to above address or email: indigodreamspress@tiscali.co.uk Full details/email/overseas entries visit www.indigodreamspress.co.uk
20th June 2008	prize ? entry £12	Envoi open poetry competition – next deadline: June 20^th 2008. Adjudicator: Nigel McLoughlin. Single poem: £3 or 5 poems for £12 to ‘cinnamon press’ Poet’s details on a separate sheet. Editor: Jan Fortune-Wood, Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU. See www.envoipoetry.com
22nd June 2008	`First Prize £200 Second £100, Third £50` `entry fee £3`	`Welsh Poetry Competition Adjudicator: John Evans. Prize-giving will be on Saturday 16th August 2008 at Pontypridd Library. Winners & runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems at the event and all winning poems will be published on our website For further details, rules & entry form visit` `http://www.welshpoetry.co.uk` `Judges website: http://www.johnevens.org.uk`
30th June 2008	Prize fund £3000 entry £5	Keats-Shelley Prize 2008 £3,000 in prizes available Entry fee: £5 per submission (essay/poem) Judges: Ann Wroe, Matthew Sweeney, John Hartley Williams, Professor Peter Kitson, Dr Seamus Perry A presentation ceremony will be held in London in the Autumn. Further information is available at: www.keats-shelley.co.uk
30th June 2008	Prize fund £14,000 entry?	The Bridport Prize is an annual international creative writing competition for poetry and short stories. The closing date for entries, which may either be sent by post or online is 30^th June. The Bridport Prize is one of the top prizes of its kind in terms of both prestige and prize money. It has been the first step in the careers of many established poets and novelists. The prize money totals £14000. Website www.bridportprize.org.uk
30th June 2008	1st £100 entry £16	Cinnamon Press Awards: First Poetry Collection: £100 & publication + runners up anthology. Submit 10 poems/to 40 lines. fee £16. (inc. copy of winners’ anthology) Deadline: June 30^th 2008. Entries with sae & details: Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU. See www.cinnamonpress.com
30th June 2008	Prize fund $5250 entry $6 (per 25 lines)	Margaret Reid Poetry Contest For Traditional Verse Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and free verse. Winning entries published online. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: June 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is proud to be one of "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2007). More information: www.winningwriters.com/margaret
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1st July 2008	?? entry £2	The Joshua Foundation Poetry Competition Theme: Children Deadline: 1st July 2008 Adult's and children's catagories entry fee: £2 per poem adults/ £1 per poem children Please send all poems to: Poetry Comp. 5 Windsor Street, Caerphilly, Mid Glam, South Wales, CF83 1FW All proceeds go to the Joshua Foundation The Joshua Foundation provides holidays and experiences for children and their families where the child is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Registered charity number: 1072365 www.thejoshuafoundation.co.uk
28th July 2008	1st prizes +publication	THE POETRY KIT - Poetry Competition. This is a poetry competition with a difference. First of all, the prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize.. Secondly although there is no set fee to enter, there is a catch; To read more about this competition here.
31st July 2008	First Prize: $250, 2nd: $125, 3rd: $50.00	The Dream Quest One Poetry Contest is open to anyone that loves to arrange words into the beautiful art of expressing one's innermost thoughts and fe-eling. Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject. Must be neatly handprinted or typed. Multiple entries are accepted. All works must be original. Prizes: $250.00, $125.00, $50.00. Entry fee is $5(USD) per poem. Postmark deadline: July 31, 2008. Send your name, address, phone#, email address with brief biographical info (Tell us a little about yourself), on the coversheet. Include a self addressed stamped envelope. Make fee(s) payable to: DREAMQUESTONE.COM. Mail entri(es)/fee(s) to: Dream Quest One Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 3141, Chicago, IL 60654. Visit http://www.dreamquestone.com/rules.html for details and to enter online! And remember, it's okay to dream...
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1st August 2008	First prize: £10,000 (value)	Manchester Metropolitan University Writing School The Manchester Poetry Prize 2008 The Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching The Manchester Poetry Prize* - a new literary competition celebrating excellence in creative writing. The Manchester Poetry Prize is open to writers internationally, and will award a cash prize of £10,000* to the writer of the best portfolio of poems submitted. In addition, a bursary for study at MMU will be awarded to an entrant aged 18-25 as part of the Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award. Entrants are asked to submit a portfolio of poetry (three to five poems; the total length of the portfolio should not exceed 120 lines). The poems can be on any subject but must be new work, not published elsewhere. The Manchester Poetry Prize celebrates the substantial cultural and literary achievements of Manchester building on the work of MMU’s Writing School and enhancing the city’s reputation as one of Europe’s most adventurous and creative spaces. The Writing School will be launching The Manchester Fiction Prize in 2009. Entrants can submit work via the competition website (www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk), or by post using an entry form. If you have any queries, or would like a printed entry pack, please contact: James Draper, Project Manager: Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, United Kingdom Telephone : +44 (0) 161 247 1787 Email : j.draper@mmu.ac.uk Writing School website: www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/english/writingschool Poetry Prize website: www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk Terms and conditions apply. See: www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk for details.
1st August 2008	1st €600	Creative Writing Competition: €1,000 in prizes plus major reading opportunity Over The Edge New Writer of the Year 2008 sponsored by Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Bank of Ireland, Kelly Office Supplies and Des & Mary Kavanagh The Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2008 competition is open to both poets and fiction writers. The winner will receive a cash prize of €600, a spot as a Featured Reader at an Over The Edge: Open Reading, and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2008. The runner-up will receive a cash prize of €300, while the third-placed writer will receive €100. Entries will be judged anonymously, so do not put your name on your poem(s) or story. Put your contact details on a separate sheet. Criteria: fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines. Entries longer than these will be disqualified. Multiple entries are acceptable but each entry must be accompanied by a €15 fee and an SAE. Fee payable by cheque or money order to Over The Edge. All entries must be typed. To take part you must be at least sixteen years old by August 1st 2008 and not have a book published or accepted for publication. Chapbooks excepted. Poems and stories entered in the competition must not have been previously published. THE CLOSING DATE IS AUGUST 1ST 2008. For further details contact Over The Edge on 087-6431748 or e-mail over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com or see http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
18th August 2008	First prize £250 Second Prize £100 Third Prize £50 One entry only Max. 20 lines Entry Fee £3	Havant Literary Festival open poetry competition Adjudicator John Haynes. Prize giving will be on Thursday 25^th September at The Tongues and Grooves concert at the Havant Arts Centre when winner will be invited to read their poems. For details, rules and entry form send SAE to: Denise Bennett Competition Secretary HLFS11 The Pallant HAVANT Hants P09 1BY
30th August 2008	1st £500	Essex Poetry Festival 8th Open Poetry Competition First Prize £500, Second £200, Third £100 and 3 runner-up prizes of £10 book tokens This years judge will be Catherine Smith. Prize giving will be at the Essex Poetry Festival in October Winners & runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems at the festival. Winning poems will be published on the Festival website Closing date 30th August 2008 For details of rules and entry fee visit Essex Poetry Festival website www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk
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30th September 2008	first prize £1000; second prize £350; third prize £150 Entry £3.50	The McLellan Award for Poetry, for poems in all varieties of Scots and in English. Judge: W.N.Herbert. Prizewinners are invited to read on same bill as the judge at the closing event of a small Arts Festival on the Isle of Arran, on 22nd November 2008. For further details, rules and online entry forms visit www.mclellanawards.co.uk or send for an entry form to Corriegills Farm, Corriegills, Isle of Arran KA27 8BL.
30th September 2008	Prize fund $5250 entry $6 (per 25 lines)	TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $6 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 proud to be one of "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2007). More information: www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry
30th September 2008	1st prizes + publication	THE POETRY KIT - Poetry Competition. This is a poetry competition with a difference. First of all, the prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize.. Secondly although there is no set fee to enter, there is a catch; To read more about this competition here.
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31st October 2008	1st £300 entry £3	Ragged Raven Press Eleventh 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. Entry form/details from www.raggedraven.co.uk or send sae to 1 Lodge Farm, Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon, Warks CV37 0LR
31st October 2008	First prize £5,000 Second prize £1,000 Third prize £500 entry £5	The Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition 2008 Please click here to download an entry form and enter online. Alternatively, if you would like an entry form to be posted to you, please send an A5 SAE to Competition Organiser (website), 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX.
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29th November 2008	1st £50 entry £1	Mizzmouse Poetry Contest Open for entries from 1 September to 29 November 2008. Entries are invited for poems up to 20 lines, any style, any subject. Must be original work, in English, not previously published. Winning poem published on the website. Prize : £50. Open to all. Entry fee: £1 per poem. Full details on the website: http://www.mizzmouse.com
30th November 2008	1st prizes +publication	THE POETRY KIT - Poetry Competition. This is a poetry competition with a difference. First of all, the prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize.. Secondly although there is no set fee to enter, there is a catch; To read more about this competition here.

Ongoing Competitions
2 deadlines each year	1st £100	Cinnamon Press Poetry Collection Award: 1^st prize £100 & publishing contract. Runners up published in anthology. Submit 10 poems up to 40 lines. Fee - £16. inc. copy of winners’ anthology. Entries by post + sae & details - name, address, email, working title, nom de plume - to: Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU. Details www.cinnamonpress.com Deadlines – bi-annual: June 30^th & November 30^th
3 deadlines each year	Prizes of £150, £100 and £50	Envoi International Poetry Competition: Prizes of £150, £100 and £50, plus 3 annual subscriptions to runners up. Previously unpublished poems; any style/theme up to 40 lines; £3 per poem or five poems for £12 cheques payable to 'Cinnamon Press’. Entries by post with sae to Envoi Poetry Competition, Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU.’ Envoi International Open Poetry Deadlines – extended deadline March 20^th 2007 (normally February) + June 20^th & October 20^th annually.
Ongoing, various	$$$	firstwriter.com Poetry Competitions - at least one poetry competition running at all times
Ongoing	Publication fee £5	Open Poetry Competition Win Publication Of Your Own Booklet Of Poems Entry Fee: just £5:00 for a manuscript of up to 28 poems. The competition is on-going - Winners chosen three times a year. Further details are available from: www.webspawner.com/users/arambypublishing
Ongoing	Publication on honours board FREE	Mattia Poetry Competition - We are a family oriented website that promotes poetry. We host a one-of-a-kind, no fee, international poetry competition that allows our competitors the opportunity to audition their work, and read others who are doing the same. We choose from our audition board those that continue on to our “Fina-List” board. . . a very fun site. Please visit us at: www.mattia.ca
Ongoing	Prize = Poet's Collection published + advrt etc. on web or equiv. wh'sale £ value, . Also run'r-up prizes.	Peer Poetry Mag helps poets to match their quality (via readers votes) in each issue with 60 other modern poets of a good standard. Check the submission details before entering. Peer Poetry Magazine 26 Arlington House, Bath St., Bath, Somerset BA1 1QN Editor: Paul Amphlett
Ongoing on-line comps	$150 fee $1	Poem Kingdom run two competitions: 1.) Vie Via Verse, for entries of any length; three cash prizes awarded; online publication for winners and 12 finalists; $5 entry fee; final judging is done by a published, acclaimed poet. 2.) Mini Poems Competition, for entries of 12 lines or less; one in every 30 entries wins $15; $1 entry fee; winner and three runners-up earn a place in the Showcase. PayPal is accepted. You must visit the website for full rules and conditions. Enter online or by mail to: Poem Kingdom, Vie Via Verse, P.O. Box 610362, Port Huron, MI 48061-0362 USA
1st January annually	$100 fee $15	No Love Lost Annual International Poetry Contest. Send 5 poems, previously unpublished, of any styles, any themes, any length. Submission fee - $15.00 (£7.00) includes purchase of book. Authors retain copyright. For full details send S.A.S.E. to Hidden Brook Press 412 - 701 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2W7 or e-mail: writers@hiddenbrookpress.com
15th February and 15th August annually	* fee £2 - £10	Award (formerly The Haiku Award) - bi-annual competition for free form and conventional haiku (5-7-5) and tanka (5-7-5-7-7). Entry: £2.00 per haiku or tanka or £10.00 for a set of 6. For more information and entry forms visit www.into.demon.co.uk, or write to still, 1 Lambolle Place, Belsize Park, London NW3 4PD
31st March and 30th September annually	* fee £3	Quantum Leap Poetry Competitions for poems not exceeding 36 lines. Entry: £3.00 per poem. Details from: York House, 15 Argyle Terrace, Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20 0BD
April 1st & Oct. 1st Annually	Prizes: $100.00 Best Poem $5.00 entry fee for up to three poems	Reflections Poetry Contest, details at http://www.reflections.twoffice.com. $5.00 entry fee for up to three poems, any length Submit entries to vdumond@aol.com and send entry fee by Paypal or submit entries & fee by mail to Wordshop Publications, 38 Windwood Loop, Conway, AR 72034.
1st May and 1st October annually	$100 fee ???	SEEDS International Poetry Chapbook Anthology Contest For full details send S.A.S.E. to Hidden Brook Press 412 - 701 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2W7 or e-mail: writers@hiddenbrookpress.com
End Feb, June, October	??? free entry	Spice Box Open Poetry Competition - Details - Aramby Publishing, 1 Alanbrooke, Broadway, Knaphill, Surrey, GU21 2RU thespicebox@aol.com
1st June annually	* fee -$15	The Open Window Annual International Poetry Anthology Contest. Send 5 poems, previously unpublished, of any styles, any themes, any length. Submission fee - $15.00 (£7.00) includes purchase of book. Authors retain copyright. For full details send S.A.S.E. to Hidden Brook Press 412 - 701 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2W7 or e-mail: writers@hiddenbrookpress.com
31^st August annually	Various	POSTCODE POETRY COMPETITION The competition’s aim is to find the best poet within each postcode area in the UK and we accept poems on any subject – not just about postcodes! Poems to be no more than 36 lines: 1 x poem - £3.50; up to 3 poems - £9; up to 5 poems - £12.50; up to 10 poems - £20; for more than 10 poems please contact editor@postcode-poetry.co.uk for cost. For the inaugural competition (2005) contestants from PR, BS and BA postcodes may submit their first three poems FREE as a thank you for testing the systems and helping me to promote the competition (but fully verifiable postal details needed in your biography to qualify). Poems may be submitted at any time by email or snailmail but full details of the competition are available from www.postcode-poetry.co.uk or by post from Postcode Poetry, 108 Deepdale Road, Preston PR1 5AR. The competition will only be judged by the general public – now how scarey is that?! Up to 120 individual Postcode winners will receive: publication, virtual trophy, T-shirt, poetry hamper, poetic licences and public acclaim. The national winner also gets fed! There could be more – but you’ll have to be in it to win it! Introduce others to the competition and reduce the cost of your own submissions – email or snailmail your postal details to the editor in order to receive further information on this offer.
March 1st, June 1st, September 1st, December 1st annually	US$100 and publication fee ???	Voices Anthology - The International Poetry Competition Details at http://www.voicesnet.com/ The organisers declare that they are not a Vanity press.
varies	???	Wendy Web Poetry Competitions - Various poetry competitions for poems on different themes and styles. Email wwbuk@yahoo.co.uk for details.

Poetry Competitions

Earlyworks Press Open Poetry Competition 2008

The Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition 2008

Please click here to download an entry form and enter online. Alternatively, if you would like an entry form to be posted to you, please send an A5 SAE to Competition Organiser (website), 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX.