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"we can not compete
but perhaps we meet somewhere"
from 'Red Rose and a Beggar' by H.D., found in Hermetic Definition (New
Directions,1972)
- This list is compiled monthly from information sent to The Poetry Library by organisers of competitions.
- Each competition has different regulations. In most cases, poems should be in English and not previously published.
- Where regulations and entry forms are available online, a link is provided, but in other cases, competitors should write to each competition, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope for an entry form before submitting work. For competitions suitable for children and young people, click here
- The Poetry Library accepts no liability in connection with the information contained in the list.
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The Poetry Society Stanza Competition | Closing Date: 10-Sep-10
Details:Exclusive to Poetry Society members who are also members of a Poetry Society Stanza. 40 lines maximum. Max 2 poems per person. Judge: Sheenagh Pugh. The winner will be published in Poetry News and on the Poetry Society website. The winner also receives a free Poetry Prescription or a year's Poetry Society Membership (or equivalent). 2 Runners-Up will be published on the website and featured in Poetry News. All 3 will receive a selection of poetry books.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact:
STANZA COMPETITION, The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX.
Email: membership@poetrysociety.org.uk
Tel: 020 8420 9881
Website: www.poetrysociety.org.uk
Liverpool Lennon Poet 2010 | Closing Date: 10-Sep-10
Details:Prizes up to £1000, judge: Carol Ann Duffy. A free to enter competition run by the Beatles Story in Liverpool . There are two categories 1. Performance poet :2. Paper poet (entries via email). Details of prizes and entry conditions are on the Beatles story website www.beatlesstory.com.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact:
The Beatles Story Albert Dock, Britannia Vaults, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AD
Tel: 0151 709 1963
Fax: 0151 203 3089
Email: info@beatlesstory.com
Website:www.beatlesstory.com
Guernsey Arts Commission Competition | Closing Date: 15-Sep-10
Details:For poems of up to 14 lines. 33 poems will be selected from the entries and will then be displayed on a Guernsey bus in a panel on the interior. The winning entry will receive £300 in prize money. Judge: Gabriel Griffin
Entry Fee: £4 per poem or £10 for 3
Contact: Poems on the Buses, Guernsey Arts Commission, Guernsey Information Centre, North Esplanade, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2LQ
Decanto Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 30-Sep-10
Details:For poems of up to 50 lines on any subject and in any style. First prize: one year's 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
Entry Fee: £2 per poem
Contact:
Masque Publishing, PO Box 3257, Littlehampton BN16 9AF
Make cheques payable to Miss L. Stewart
Website: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/masquepublishing
Email: masque_pub@btinternet.com
Basil Bunting Poetry Award 2010 | Closing Date: 30-Sep-10
Details:Judge: Jo Shapcott. First prize £1000. For poems of no longer than 42 lines.
Entry Fee: £7 for the first poem and for any further poems £3 each.
Contact:
Basil Bunting Award, PO Box 214, Hexham NE46 9EL
Website: www.basilbuntingaward.co.uk
Fleeting Short Writing Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 30-Sep-10
Details:The Short Writing Competition pitches poet against storyteller to find the most beguiling and infectious new writing out there. They seek: poems (max. 40 lines) and flash fiction and short stories (max. 2500 words.
Entry Fee: £1
Contact:
Please send original material, plus a short bio, to say@fleetingmagazine.com.
For full conditions, please visit www.FleetingMagazine.com.
Second Light Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 01-Oct-10
Details:Women poets only. Judge Myra Schneider. The competition this year is for Long (over 50 lines) or Short (up to 50 lines) Poems. Prizes are cash, books, publication online and in ARTEMISpoetry, invitation to read at a London event.
Entry Fee: £6 per poem for long poems. £4 per poem for short poems, £8 for 3, £12 for 8
Contact:
Cheque payable to 'Second Light' and send with entries to Dilys Wood, 9 Green Dale Close, London, SE22 8TG
Website: www.secondlightlive.co.uk
Hastings International Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 15-Oct-10
Details:For poems of up to 50 lines. First prize: £150. Adjudicator: Josephine Austin
Entry Fee: £2 per poem
Contact: Josphine Austin, "The Snoring Cat", 194 Downs Road, Hastings TN34 2DZ
Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2010 | Closing Date: 15-Oct-10
Details:Judged by Gwyneth Lewis and Maurice Riordan. First prize: £1000. For poems of no longer than 45 lines.
Entry Fee: £5 per poem or £4 per poem if 4 or more poems submitted
Contact:
Troubadour Poetry Prize, Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box 16210, London W4 1ZP
Email: CoffPoetry@aol.com
Old Possum's Children's Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 15-Oct-10
Details:Roger McGough is to chair the judging panel for a worldwide poetry competition for 7-11 year olds. The Competition is organised by the Children's Poetry Bookshelf, a poetry book club for young people run by the Poetry Book Society. To link with National Poetry Day on Thursday 7 October, children will be asked to write a poem in English on the theme of 'Home'. Now in its fifth year, the competition is open to both individuals and schools. Cash prizes of £250 for first prize, £100 for second and £50 for third will be awarded, along with books and CPB memberships, in two age groups, 7-8 year-olds and 9-11 year-olds. The British Council partnership, now in its third year, will continue to encourage entries to the 'International Learner category' for children based outside the UK who are learning English as a foreign or second language. Entries will be accepted from Friday 10 September.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact: Website: www.childrenspoetrybookshelf.co.uk
Indigo Dreams Press Annual Poetry Awards 2010 | Closing Date: 15-Oct-10
Details:1st Place £125, 2nd Place £50, 3rd Place £25. Adjudicators: Ronnie Goodyer / Dawn Bauling
Entry Fee: £3 per poem; £10 per 4 poems; £22 per 10 poems
Contact: 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
Sonnet or Not - Cannon Poets 2010 Competition | Closing Date: 31-Oct-10
Details:The theme is 'Sonnet or Not'. Entries should be 14 line poems that in some way reflect the sonnet form. For more information, see the website.
Entry Fee: £4 for the first poem and £2.50 for each additional poem
Contact:
Cannon Poets 2010 Competition, 22 Margaret Grove, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9JH
Website: www.cannonpoets.co.uk
National Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 31-Oct-10
Details: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. For poems of up to 40 lines.
Entry Fee: £6 for the first poem, £3 for subsequent poems
Contact:
The Poetry Society,
22 Betterton Street,
London,
WC2H 9BX
Website: www.poetrysociety.org.uk
Plough Prize for Poetry 2010 | Closing Date: 31-Oct-10
Details: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
Contact:
The Plough Prize, The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore Street, Torrington EX38 8HQ
Website: www.theploughprize.co.uk
Rubies in the Darkness Autumn Poetry Competition | Closing Date: 01-Nov-10
Details:Competition judge is poet and editor of 'RUBIES IN THE DARKNESS' Peter Geoffrey Paul Thompson. Book prizes for top 3.
Entry Fee: £3 per poem
Contact:
41 Grantham Road, Manor Park, London E12 5LZ
Please make cheques payable to P.G. Thompson
Carillon Magazine Open Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 01-Nov-10
Details:For poems of 15-30 lines. First prize £80.
Entry Fee: £2 for one or three entries for £4
Contact:
Graham Rippon, 19 Godric Drive, Brinsworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S60 5AN
Website: www.carillonmag.org.uk
Bedford Open Poetry Competition 2010-2011 | Closing Date: 14-Nov-10
Details:First prize £300. Final judge: Lucy Newlyn. For poems of up to 50 lines.
Entry Fee: £3 per poem.
Contact:
Bedford Open Poetry Competition, 38 Verne Drive, Ampthill, Bedford MK45 2PS
Website: www.interpretershouse.org.uk
Poetry Business 2010 Book & Pamphlet Competition | Closing Date: 29-Nov-10
Details:This year's judge is Simon Armitage, and the competition is sponsored by NAWE. Entrants with a Sheffield postcode are automatically entered into the Sheffield Poetry Prize category. The best single poem from their collection could win them £100, publication in The North magazine and on the website, and an opportunity to read their winning poem at a Poetry Business reading.
Entry Fee: £25, or £20 for North subscribers and Friends of the Poetry Business
Contact:
The Competition Administrator, The Poetry Business, Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield S1 2DS
Website: www.poetrybusiness.co.uk
New Writer Prose & Poetry Prizes 2010 | Closing Date: 30-Nov-10
Details:Three categories: fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Over £2000 total prize money. Poetry category is for single poems of up to 40 lines and collections of between 6-10 poems.
Entry Fee: £5 for up to two single poems, £12 per collection
Contact:
The New Writer, PO Box 60, Cranbrook TN 17 2ZR
Telephone: 01580 212626
Website: www.thenewwriter.com
Email: admin@thenewwriter.com
Grist Writing Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 30-Nov-10
Details:Judges are Helen Simson (Short story) and Lemn Sissay (Poetry) 1st Prize £500, 2nd Prize £250, 3rd Prize £100 Plus publication for all shortlisted writers. Short stories up to 3,500 words (double spaced) Poems up to 40 lines (single spaced.
Entry Fee: £5
Contact:
The School of Music, Humanities and Media, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH
Website: www.hud.ac.uk/grist
