Foyle Young Poets 2008
Competition run by the Poetry Society for 11-18 year olds.

Judges: Ian McMillan and Sophie Hannah.
Entry: £0

Enter by: 31st July, 2008
FYP 2008 (PL), The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
Details: www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/fyp/

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.