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Competitions
- Many poets send their poems to competitions. This can be a good way to find out what other people think of your writing.
- We add competitions to this list when organisers send us information.
- To enter the competition, send a stamped addressed envelope to the competition's address, and they will send you an entry form, or ask for an entry form by phone or email.
- The Poetry Library accepts no liability in connection with the information contained in the list [boring adult stuff!]
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Buxton Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 01-Apr-10
Details:Theme: 'A Breath of Fresh Air'. Judges are Ann and Peter Sansom. The competition has three categories: Open - for poets 19 years and over, £5 to enter, prizes £300, £200 and £100 Young People's - for poets aged from 12 to 18, FREE to enter, prizes are Waterstone?s book tokens Children's - for poets aged 11 and under, FREE to enter, prizes are Waterstone?s book tokens
Entry Fee: £5 or free for under 19s
Contact:
Claire Rhodes, Buxton Festival 3 The Square, Buxton, SK17 6AZ.
Email: claire@buxtonfestival.co.uk
Tel: 01298 70395.
Website: www.derby.ac.uk/buxtonpoetrycompetition
Note: Competition is launched 8 October
Ver Poets Open Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 30-Apr-10
Details:For poems of up to 30 lines. Adjudicator: Anne Berkeley. First prize: £500, Second Prize: £300, Third Prize: £100, Young Writers Prize: £100.
Entry Fee: £3 per poem, 4 poems for £10, £2 per poem thereafter
Contact:
Competitions Secretary, 181 Sandridge Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 4AH
Website: www.verpoets.org.uk
Times Stephen Spender Prize 2010 | Closing Date: 28-May-10
Details:Translate a poem from any language, classical or modern, into English. Open, 18-and-under and 14-and-under categories.
Entry Fee: £3 per entry for entrants over 18
Contact:
The Times Stephen Spender Prize, Stephen Spender Memorial Trust, 3 Old Wish Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4JX
Website: www.stephenspender.org
Email: info@stephenspender.org
Lymington Arts Festival Open Poetry Competition 2010 | Closing Date: 31-May-10
Details:For poems of up to 40 lines on the theme of Solstice. Three categories for entrants; up to age 11 ; up to age 17; 18 and over. Over £250 of prizes.
Entry Fee: £2 per poem for ages 18 and over
Contact: Lymington Arts Festival Poetry Competition, Lymington Community Centre. Lymington
Writing the World | Closing Date: 23-Jul-10
Details:Cool it Schools, a global online climate change and environmental showcase, has just launched Writing the World, a new competition for young people. The theme celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity. The winning poems will be published on the Natural History Museum's web site and in the junior member's magazine Second Nature, also beautiful books on biodiversity will be presented by Dorling Kindersley and Silver Jungle. Cool it Schools is an education partner with the Natural History Museum. Enter an illustrated poem of up to 14 lines on the theme of changing environment. Age categories: 5-10,11-14,15-18. The judge is the poet Sue Hubbard.
Entry Fee: £2 per poem
Contact: Website: www.coolitschools.com/writing-the-world
