Understanding Poetry Competition
Closing
Date: 15-Dec-09
Details:
£250 for the best poem. Judges: Dr Thom Nairn, Dr Susanna Roxman,
Denise Smith.
Entry Fee: £1.50 per poem
Contact: Understanding, 127 Milton Road West, 7,
Duddingston House Courtyard, Edinburgh EH15 1JG
Gregory
O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize
Closing
Date: 15-Dec-09
Details:
First prize £900 and publication in Southword Literary Journal.
Entry Fee: £5 per poem or £20 for five poems
Contact:
The Gregory
O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition, The Munster Literature
Centre, Frank O'Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland
For more
information about submission guidelines, please visit www.munsterlit.ie.
Alternatively ring +353 21 431 2955 or email
administrator@munsterlit.ie
ManyHands
Cafe Poetry Competition
Closing
Date: 15-Dec-09
Details:
ManyHands Cafe, Manchester are running a poetry competition to help
decide their Poet in Residence for 2010. £100 for first place. 2nd
prize £50, 3rd prize £25.
Entry Fee: £2 for 1 poem, £5 for 2-3 poems, £8 for
4-6 poems
Contact:
ManyHands
Cafe, c/o 2/20 Napier Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 8AW
Website:
www.manyhandscafe.co.uk
Divine
Poetry Competition 2009
Closing
Date: 21-Dec-09
Details:
Write a poem that describes how wonderful it would be to be own a
chocolate company. There are three age categories: age 7-11, age
12-16,and age 17-adult.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact:
Divine
Poetry Competition, 4 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NE
Email: poetry@divinechocolate.com
Website:
www.divinechocolate.com
Sentinel
Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition
Closing
Date: 23-Dec-09
Details:
For poems of up to 40 lines. Judge: Munayem Mayenin. First prize:
£100
Entry Fee: £3 per poem or £12 for five poems
Contact:
Sentinel
Poetry Movement, Unit 136, 113 - 115 George Lane, London E18 1AB
Website:
www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk
Ten Tors
50th Anniversary Poetry Competition
Closing
Date: 24-Dec-09
Details:
The organizers are inviting writers to submit poems on the theme
Dartmoor and the Ten Tors to win the opportunity of seeing their
poem published in an anniversary booklet. For poets over the age of
13. The poem is to be no more than 16 lines in length including the
title (and a maximum of 100 words). You may submit a maximum of
three poems.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact:
Tavistock
Library, The Quay, Plymouth Rd., Tavistock, PL19 8AB
Coast to
Coast Writing Competitions
Closing
Date: 31-Dec-09
Details:
Monthly competitions in many categories - rhyme, free verse, short
stories, sonnets and more. Send SAE for full details to the address
below.
Entry Fee: £?
Contact:
Coast to
Coast Writing Competitions, Flat 1, 9 Wellington Street, Waterloo,
Liverpool L22 8QL
Email:
ousevalleypoetry@yahoo.co.uk
Presteigne
& Norton Twinning Association Children's Poetry Competition
Closing
Date: 31-Dec-09
Details:
For aged 16 and under. For poems of up to 40 lines on the theme of
France. First Prize: up to £150 depending on entry, under-11s prize
and commendations (see website for details).
Entry Fee: £1 per poem or £3 for five poems
Contact: PNTA Poetry Competition, Bridge Cottage, Norton
Manor Park, Norton, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2EG.
Website:
www.pnta.org.uk/poetry
Journeys -
Sampad's International Writing Competition
Closing
Date: 31-Dec-09
Details:
An opportunity for aspiring writers from or connected to the South
Asian diaspora around the world. You can write in any style - short
story, poetry, reportage - using the theme of Journeys as a starting
point: use your imagination to evoke memories, sensations, your
feelings about a journey you have made - in your dreams or in real
life - voyage of self discovery, back to your roots There are 2
categories: one for writers aged 8 to 15; one for writers aged 16
and over. First prize for under 16s, £200, first prize for 16 and
over, £300.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact: If you would like to take part, visit our website
www.sampad.org.uk for more
details and an entry form, email us at
info@sampad.org.uk, or call
us for an entry application by post on 0121 452 8899
English
Association's 2009 Fellows' Poetry Prize
Closing
Date: 31-Dec-09
Details:
For poems of up to 30 lines. Panel of judges: Robyn Bolam (Chair),
Peter Abbs, Gregory Woods. Theme: Creation/Creativity. First prize:
£500
Entry Fee: £5 per poem, maximum 3 poems
Contact:
Fellows'
Poetry Prize, The English Association, University of Leicester,
Leicester LE1 7RH
Website:
www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/fpp.html
Holland
Park Press Poetry Translation Competition
Closing
Date: 31-Dec-09
Details:
Prize for the translation of Slauerhoff's poem Wooninglooze. Prize
is publication in the publisher's online poetry magazine.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact: Website:
www.hollandparkpress.co.uk
James
Kirkup Memorial Poetry Competition
Closing
Date: 31-Dec-09
Details:
Judges: Terry Kelly, Tom Kelly and Alistair Robinson. 1st prize:
publication of pamphlet.
Entry Fee: £0
Contact:
James Kirkup
Memorial Competition, Red Squirrel Press, PO Box 219, Morpeth,
Northumberland NE61 9AU
Website:
www.redsquirrelpress.com
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