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Northampton Literature Group’s 14^th Annual Open Poetry Competition 2012

£1260 Prize Fund

Free Verse (Category A) Rhyming Poetry (Category B)

 1^st Prize £250, 2^nd Prize £150, 3^rd Prize £50

plus three Highly Commended £10 each

Judge is acclaimed Poet John Whitworth
who has published nine books of poems (one of them for children)

and one book on how to write poetry!

Humorous Poetry (Category C)

1^st Prize £150, 2^nd Prize £100, 3^rd Prize £50

Judge is Award-Winning Northamptonshire Poet Jayne Osborn

Entry fee for all three categories is £3.00 per poem or 4 £10

Entry forms, rules, enter online - see our Northampton Literature Group website

.  www.northamptonliteraturegroup.org.uk

or send s.a.e. to Pat Archer NLG 7 Cattle Hill, Great Billing, Northampton NN3 9DU

Closing date for entries Saturday May 12^th 2012

Reaching Beyond Poetry Competitions for adults and young people

 Prizes from:  £250 adults;  £150 young persons

 Entry Fees:  Adults:  1 for £5 ,  3 for £12;   Young People: 1 for £4,  3 for £10

 Closing date:  14 May 2012

 See:     http://www.reachingbeyond.co.uk/poetry 

Mary Charman-Smith Poetry Competition

For poems up to 45 lines on any subject. In any form or in free verse. Prizes: £100 first prize and the runner up will receive £25. Judge: Mary Charman-Smith. Enter online or by post. Entry fee: £4 for one poem, £9 for three poems. http://www.marycharmansmith.co.uk/competition.html

ARTISTS EMBASSY INTERNATIONAL’S NINETEENTH ANNUAL DANCING POETRY CONTEST

THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2012 sponsored by the Frogmore Press

 www.frogmorepress.co.uk

The winner of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2012 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.

Conditions of Entry

1     Poems must be in English, unpublished, and not accepted for future publication.

2     Poems should be typed and no longer than forty lines.

3     Any number of poems may be entered on payment of the appropriate fee of £3 per poem.   Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to The Frogmore Press.

4     The following methods of payment are acceptable: cheque drawn on UK bank; British postal order; sterling.  

5     Each poem should be on a separate sheet, which should not include the name of the author.

6     The author’s name and address should be provided on an accompanying sheet of paper.

7     The winner, runners-up and shortlisted poets will be notified by post. All shortlisted poems will appear in number 80 of The Frogmore Papers (September 2012), which will be available at £5.00 from the address below, and on the Frogmore Press website.          

8     To receive a copy of the results, please enclose an s.a.e. marked ‘Results’.

9     Poems cannot be returned.

10   Closing date for submissions: 31 May 2012.

11   Copyright of all poems submitted will remain with the authors but the Frogmore Press reserves the right to publish all shortlisted poems.

12   The adjudicator’s decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.

13   Entries should be sent to: The Frogmore Press, 21 Mildmay Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1PJ.

14   The submission of poems for the Prize will be taken as indicating acceptance of the above conditions.

The Well Warrington Network Creative Writing Competition 2012

Health , Wealth, Happiness judged by Helên Thomas [Prize winning performance poet].

Competition entrance fee is £3 per short story or poem.

Prizes 1st prize £60, 2nd prize £30, 3rd prize £20.

Closing date 18th May 2012.

Short stories of up to 1,000 words and poems up to 32 lines.

The Well Warrington Network is a not for profit organisation, that aims to help people to regain their health and well-being.
On this note, the theme of this competition is Health, Wealth, Happiness. What does this mean to you? Is one more important than another to you? You could choose one of the concepts to write about or the whole theme. What makes you happy? Is it being happy that makes us healthy, or being healthy that makes us happy? Whatever comes to mind on this theme, entries must either be short stories of up to 1,000 words or poems up to 32 lines.
for full detais where to send and entry form please goto http://www.wellwarringtonnetwork.co.uk/8.html

Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2012

Prizes: 1st £600; 2nd £300; 3rd £150; 10 runners-up £25. Closing date 19th May.

25th May 2012

Prizes and awards

###entry £2

poetry competition in Alsager on the theme 'Jubilee'.

The deadline is 2pm on 25 May and entries must be posted or handed in to Alsager Library

Poems must be on the theme 'Jubilee'  (which can be interpreted anyway you wish), be no more than 40 lines in length and not previously published.

The entry fee is £2 per poem or £1 for students and under 16s. Poems can be typed, word-processed or hand-written and must have the title at the top, but not the name of the writer. A separate sheet with the entrants name, address, telephone number and email address, if they have one, and a list of the poem title/s should be handed in with the entry or entries. The library staff will then allocate a number to the poem sheet and the contact details form so that we can match poems with poets.

The competition will be judged by W.Terry Fox, former Cheshire Poet Laureate  

and the winning poems will be announced and read at a special Poetry & Folk Music evening at The Lodge, Crewe Road, Alsager at 7.30pm on Friday  1st June. All welcome.

There are three generous adult prizes all donated by local businesses or The Alsager Partnership.

1st prize: A specially commissioned glass trophy from Angela Thompson of minxenamels

2nd prize: Pen set from Smith & Smith PR     3rd prize: Wine and chocolates

Junior prize: £20 book voucher

30th May 2012

1st  £100 + Book

entry £3

Poetry Lostock 2012

Sports Poetry & Prose Contest

Final judge: Jendi Reiter

2 First Prizes of $1,500 each, 2 Second Prizes of $500 each, 10 Honorable Mention awards of $100 each

Entry fee $15

New contest! Submit an entry of 1-2 poems or one work of prose on a sports-related theme, up to 6,000 words in all. In the prose category, fiction and nonfiction compete together. Entries must be original and unpublished. Winning entries will be published online. See guidelines and submit online at http://www.winningwriters.com/sports

New Zealand Poetry Society's annual International Poetry Competition.

First Prize $NZ500 Second $NZ250, Third $NZ100 (Open section)

5 First Prizes of $NZ100 (Haiku Section) There are also prizes for under-18s in the Junior sections, open and haiku.

entry fee $NZ6 per poem / $NZ20 for 5 poems; $NZ1.50 per haiku; reduced fees for junior sections

Judges: Harry Ricketts (Open); Barbara Strang (Haiku); Bernadette Hall (Junior Open); Vanessa Proctor (Junior Haiku). Winning poems, along with editorially selected competition entries will be published in the annual anthology, to be published in November 2012. Purchase of the anthology is NOT required for a poem to be included. For further details, rules & entry form, and to pay online via PayPal, visit http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz

Segora Vignette: deadline 31^st May 300 words

Entry fee £3.50 First prize £30. Runners £10 Judge Bernard Lord

The Vignette is a word picture, capturing a turning point, significant moment, person, place or memory. It may be amusing, sinister, reflective even surreal. Great fun to write but also a severe challenge as you must create a memorable cameo using no more than 300 words. Details on www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk Enter by post or online.

Thynks Poetry Pamphlets Competition on the theme of 'New Beginnings'
For small poetry collections of up to 25 pages and up to 40 lines per page.

The winner will have their collection published and they and two runners up will receive £25 plus publication in the Bards at Blidworth and Beyond 2012 Anthology100.
Entry Fee: £10

Contact: The Competitions Secretary, 18 Hillside Road, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0TR

Website:- http://www.thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions

Email: thynkspublications@yahoo.co.uk

POETRY KIT COURSES

Wirral Festival of Firsts Open Poetry Competition 2012
This year we have THREE categories!

 1. Open Poetry Competition

A poem on any subject, no more than 40 lines.

 First Prize: £100. Two runners up: £50 each

 2. Humorous Poetry Competition

A humorous or comic poem, no more than 40 lines

First Prize: £100. Two runners up: £50 each

 3. Under 16’s Poetry Competition

A poem on any subject, no more than 40 lines,

by anyone aged 16 years or under, on 31 August 2011.

First Prize: £50 in book vouchers.

Four runners up: £25 in book vouchers each.

Submission guidelines

·         Please type poems on 1 side of A4 paper,1 poem per page.

·         Please send a separate sheet listing your contact details  and the title(s) of your poem(s).

·         No on-line or email entries possible.

·         Remember to include your entry fee:  £3 per poem, £5 for two poems (free for under 16’s).

·         Make cheques  or Postal Orders payable to  “Festival of  Firsts”.

·         Post all entries to:  FOF Poetry, 71 Alderley Road,  Hoylake, CH47 2AU

Please check our website for all the competition rules and more information about the Festival of Firsts 2012.

http://www.festivaloffirsts.co.uk/festival_of_firsts_poetry_competition.html

The Times Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation

Entry £5 (Anyone eighteen or under on 1 June 2012 is exempt from this charge)

The Times Stephen Spender Prize, The Stephen Spender Trust, 3 Old Wish Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4JX

For further details or to enter online goto http://www.stephen-spender.org/

Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition 2012 

Judges: Don Paterson and Gillian K. Ferguson. Prize-giving will be in August at the Edinburgh Book Festival.  Winners & runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems at the festival.  Winning poems will be published on the competition website. For further details, rules & entry form visit

http://www.edwinmorganpoetrycompetition.co.uk/

MSLEXIA WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION 2012

The competition is for previously unpublished poems of any length and in any style. 

Judge: Gillian Clarke. 

1st Prize: £2,000 plus two optional extras: a week at the idyllic poets' writing retreat of Cove Park*, plus a mentoring afternoon with the editor of premier poetry magazine, Poetry Review*. 2nd Prize: £400. 3rd Prize: £200. 17 other finalists will each receive £25. All winning poems will be published in Mslexia magazine. 

Entry fee: £7 for up to three poems. 

Closing date: 18 June 2012

www.mslexia.co.uk/poetrycompetition

Contact us:  poetry@mslexia.co.uk; 0191 233 3860

MSLEXIA WOMEN'S PAMPHLET COMPETITION 2012

The competition is for collections of 20-24 pages of 18-20 poems by women poets who have not previously published a full-length collection.

Prize: publication of the pamphlet by Seren Books in 2013, plus £250, plus 25 complimentary copies of the pamphlet, plus a 10 per cent royalty on all subsequent sales. One or more poems from the winning pamphlet will be published in Mslexia magazine. 

Judge: Amy Wack, poetry editor at Seren Books. 

Entry fee: £20 per pamphlet collection. 

Closing date: 18 June 2012

www.mslexia.co.uk/pamphletcompetition

Contact us:  poetry@mslexia.co.uk; 0191 233 3860

The Lightship International Poetry Prize 2012

Judge: Sean O'Brien

1st prize: £1000

Top 10 published in Lightship Anthology 2 Entry fee: £8.00

Deadline: 30th June 2012

www.lightshippublishing.co.uk

Flash 500 Humour Verse Competition

Closing date:  30^th June 2012

Entry fee: £3 for the first poem, then £2.50 for each poem thereafter

Line Length: Up to 30 lines 

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

First: £150 plus publication Second: £100  Third: £50

The results will be announced within six weeks of the closing date and the three winning entries will be published on the website.

Website: http://www.flash500.com/index_files/humourverse.html

Poetry Pulse 2012 open poetry competition. Deadline: June 30. Judge: Joe Massingham.

Prizes: 1st £300 and opportunity to judge 2013 competition. 2nd £150. 3rd £75.

Entry: £5 per poem.

For information see http://www.poetrypulse.com/competitions.php  

Keats-Shelley Prize 2012

entry £5 per poem.

Entries can be emailed in Microsoft Word format to:  susanna.seekings@talktalk.net

Postal entry: Keats-Shelley Competition, c/o Beaufort Montague Harris Solicitors, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6AD.

Cheques payable to Keats-Shelley Memorial Association  www.keats-shelley.com

Rhyme and Reason Poetry Competition

Judge: Gerard Benson, City of Bradford’s Poet Laureate and founding editor of ‘Poems on the Underground’

All profits from entry fees and sales of the Rhyme & Reason diary go to Iain Rennie Hospice at Home http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/index.html - £50k+ donated to date.  To enter, please email your poem(s) to wallisjill@hotmail.com  including the title(s), name, address plus home and mobile telephone nos.  In addition, please send your entry form plus fee (see below) to Rhyme & Reason Poetry Competition 2012, 8 Lower Icknield Way, Aston Clinton, Bucks, HP22 5JS.  (NB: entries will only be considered once the entry fee has been received.)  We welcome entries from everyone of any age.  If you are under 18 please add your age to the entry form.   Deadline: 30 June 2012.

Each POEM on the theme of SEASONS should be no longer than 30 lines and should not have been previously published.  Only electronic submissions will be accepted and should be in Calibri font size 10.  There are three prizes in the Adult section (18+): 1^st £110; 2^nd £60; and 3^rd £30.  There are three book token prizes In the Youth section (up to 18 years): 1^st £30; 2^nd £20; and 3^rd £10.  Prize winners will be notified by the end of August 2012.  All winning entries will be published in the 2013 diary edition of ‘Rhyme & Reason’, which is launched in October 2012.  The judge’s decision is final.  We reserve the right to publish any unplaced entries, which may be altered, amended or corrected by the Editors.

Please cut out, complete and send by post with your entry fee (cheques only please), or download form at:

http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/fundraising/fundraisinggroups/rhyme_reason.html

Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse

Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad

9th year. Submit poems in traditional verse forms. Entries may be previously published.

First Prize $3,000, Second $1,000, Third $400, Fourth $250, 6 Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each

Entry fee $8 for every 25 lines submitted

 Submit online or by mail. Winning entries will be published online. See guidelines and read past winning entries at http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret

The Sportswriter Competition 2012

Prizes:

First place: £250

Second place: £75

Third place: £25

(paid in British Pounds Sterling by bank transfer, cheque or through PayPal)

The entry fee is £3.00, of which £1.00 will be donated to our chosen charity, Cyclists Fighting Cancer ( http://cyclistsfc.org.uk/ ). The deadline for entries is midnight on the 1st July 2012, the day of the Euro 2012

The Sportswriter Competition 2012 is open to anyone aged 18 years or older.  

Entries may be submitted directly through the form on the website, http://www.sportswriter.org.uk/writing-competition , or by email, info@sportswriter.org.uk.

Entries may be up to 2000 words (or 40 lines for poems) and should relate to sport in some way. Winning entrants will receive the cash prizes and their work will be published on the website, www.sportswriter.org.uk .

Lebury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition 2012 

Judge Ian Duhig. Ian has won the Forward Best Poem Prize, the National Poetry Competition twice,  been shortlisted three times for the T.S. Eliot Prize and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

For the rules and an entry form go to:

http://www.poetry-festival.com/poetry-competition.html

Winners also get the chance to read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival 2013.

Segora Poetry: deadline 7^th July 40 lines

Entry fee £3.50  First prize £150. . Second £50, Third £30 We are delighted to announce Katherine Gallagher as this year’s judge. Poems may be in any style and on any subject. Katherine will present the prizes in France where she is a guest author at the LitFest. Details on www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk Enter by post or online.

Vallum Award for Poetry 2012

DEADLINE JULY 15, 2012 (postmark)

ENTRY FEE:  $20 CDN for Canadian residents, $20 USD for international entrants, which includes a free one-year subscription to Vallum. Payment can be made by cheque (payable to "Vallum") or through our online store hosted by PayPal.

CONTEST RULES:

1. Submit up to 1-3 poems of approximately 25 lines each. Do not label your poems with your name or address; instead include a cover letter with all pertinent information.

2. Poems may be on any theme or subject, but must be original and not previously published.

3. 1st prize is $500, 2nd $250. Honourable Mentions may be selected and published but are not eligible for cash prizes. 

If mailing your entry, please send it to:

Vallum Contest, PO Box 598, Victoria Station, Montreal, QC H3Z 2Y6, CANADA

YOU NOW HAVE THE OPTION TO SEND CONTEST SUBMISSIONS FOR THE VALLUM AWARD FOR POETRY ELECTRONICALLY, FOLLOWING PAYMENT OF ENTRY FEE.

Please write your name, contact information and each poem's title in the body of the email. Include your poems in an attachment, without any identification. The contest is judged blind. Also write "VALLUM AWARD" in subject line of your email. Your contact information and poem titles must be clearly delineated.
SEND TO:  vallumcontest[at]gmail[dot]com

Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2012

Entry fee: £6.00 if entering one category, £10 for two and £15 for all three.

Download the entry form or click here to go to the Wasafiri website

The competition is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book. We are looking for creative submissions in one of three categories: Poetry, Fiction or Life Writing. Please see the terms and conditions on page 4 of the entry form.

Simply fill in the entry form and send it to us with your entry and fee, or pay online via paypal.

£300 will be awarded to the winner of each category and their work will be published in Wasafiri.

Founding Editor of Wasafiri, Susheila Nasta, will be joined by three distinguished judges on the panel this year: John Haynes, award-winning poet, teacher and lecturer; Maya Jaggi, cultural journalist, writer and broadcaster and Colin Grant, writer, playwright, historian and broadcaster.

Essex Poetry Festival 12th Open Poetry Competition

Sole Adjudicator Pascale Petit

First Prize £1000

Second £250, Third £100

and 3 runner-up prizes of £25

£3.50 per poem or  £12 for 4 poems

Closing date 30th July 2011

rules and full details on website

http://www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk/compa.html

John Betjeman Poetry Competition 2012

The John Beteman poetry competition is open for poems on the theme of place from 10-13 year-olds until a closing date of 31st July.  The judges are the poet Grace Nichols and the author and journalist Andrew Martin.  The first prize is £1000 (£500 to the winner and £500 to the English department of his or her school). As part of the first prize, a poet will visit the winning school to hold a poetry workshop.  There are also Eurostar tickets and book tokens for winning entries. The school that inspires the greatest number of children to enter the competition will win a poet visit.  . 

The winners of the poetry competition are invited to read their poems aloud at an awards ceremony held on National Poetry Day, Thursday 4th October,  on the upper concourse of St Pancras International, next to the bronze statue of Sir John Betjeman.

The competition is free to enter and an online entry form can be found at ourwebsite www.betjemanpoetrycompetition.com. Poems and one completed entry form per class can also be sent via the post and should be addressed to: The John Betjeman Poetry Competition, PO BOX 3770, Royal Mail, Swan Lane, Faringdon, Oxfordshire,SN7 7JB.

For more information, please contact the prize administrator Justin Gowers at betjemanpoetrycompetition@gmail.com.

15th August 2012

1st £30

entry £2

DICKENS’ BICENTENARY WRITING COMPETITION
Entries are invited for a Creative Writing competition for short works of poetry or prose inspired,
broadly or otherwise, by any character from a Charles Dickens novel. The competition is open to all
writers and international submissions are welcome.
Poetry entries will be judged by David Nettleingham and prose entries by Marilyn Donovan.
All entries will be judged anonymously. Each piece will be seen by the judges - there is no sifting
beforehand. The only requirement in terms of existing work is that it must have not been placed in the
top 3 of any previous competition.
Deadline: August 15th 2012    (entries postmarked this date will be accepted)
The shortlist and winners will be announced on October 27th 2012 at a special event in Canterbury as part of the Canterbury Umbrella Festival.  Short listed entries will also be published in a pamphlet form later in the year.
Poems maximum length 50 lines; short stories maximum length 3,000 words
First Prize = £30  Second Prize = £20  Third Prize = £15
Entry fees - £2 per poem, £3 per prose piece
Your name must not appear on your hard copies but please include a covering letter with your name, contact details, and titles of the entries.  Entries can be either hard copy or electronic.
Hard copies should be posted to: Luigi Marchini, Chairman, Save As Writers, 35 Spillett Close, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8QP
Electronic copies should be sent to saveas@hotmail.co.uk and headed ‘poetry’ or ‘prose’
In both cases all monies must be sent to the above address with cheques payable to ‘Save As Writers’.
http://www.saveaswriters.co.uk/   

Millwheel Writers Fundraising for Local Womens' Network In County Roscommon Ireland.

First Prize       300 Euros   Second Prize   150 Euros     Third Prize        50  Euros

There is no theme.

Entry Fee   4 Euros per poem    Three poems for 10 Euros.  (Pay-Pal option)

Postal Entries welcome.

Independent Adjudicator  Gerry Boland. Author and Poet.

See website for full information www.millwheelwriters.com

Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition is now open for entries! The competition celebrates and champions creative writing, nurturing talent and bringing work to international attention. Aesthetica is inviting all writers and poets to submit to the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012. There are two categories for entry, Poetry and Short Fiction, and a selection of fantastic prizes including:

• £500 prize money – Poetry winner
• £500 prize money – Short Fiction winner
• Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
• Complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
• A selection of books from our competition partners
• For more information and to enter please visit: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted.

Entry is £10 and allows for the entry of two works into any one category.

Nottingham Open Poetry Competition 2012

Sole adjudicator:  Neil Astley – editor of Bloodaxe Books

Closing date:  Tuesday 4^th September 2012

Prizes:  1^st £300, 2^nd £150, 3^rd £75 + ten runners up of subscriptions to Assent

Fees:  £3 per poem, £10 for 4 poems, cheques payable to Nottingham Poetry Society

Length limit:  40 lines

Full details from:  viv.apple@ntlworld.com

Please send entries to: The Competition Secretary, 38 Harrow Rd, West Bridgford, Nottingham  NG2 7DU 

NO entry form required.  Please enclose SAE for receipt and/or results sheet

The Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Prize 

The Pre-Raphaelite Society is delighted to announce its second Pre-Raphaelite Poetry Prize. First Prize will be £50 and publication in the Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society. A selection of entries from last year’s competition was published in book form (Pre-Raphaelite Poetry, available from www.lulu.com), and we hope to be able to do this again.

Poems entered must be up to 100 lines in length, and must relate to the Pre-Raphaelites, their successors, and their work – for example, inspired by their paintings, poetry or lives. Poems must be accompanied by a brief (100 word) explanation of the poem’s connection to the Pre-Raphaelites and their work.

Poems must be submitted with a cover sheet which includes the entrant’s name, address and email address, and the title of the poem. Poems must also be accompanied by an entry fee of £1.50, payable by cheque or postal order to The Pre-Raphaelite Society.

Only one entry per person. Please send entries by September 10th, 2012 to the Editor, Serena Trowbridge, c/o Michael Wollaston, 18 Floyd Grove, Balsall Common,
Coventry, CV7 7RP.

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest

Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad

First Prize $3,000, Second $1,000, Third $400, Fourth $250, 6 Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each, plus a $250 bonus prize for humorous verse

Entry fee $8 for every 25 lines submitted

10th year. Submit poems in any style or genre. Entries may be previously published. Submit online or by mail. Winning entries will be published online. See guidelines and read past winning entries at http://www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry

Sixth Annual Troubadour International Poetry Prize 

Judged by Jane Draycott & Bernard O'Donoghue (with both judges reading all poems submitted) 

Prizes: 1st £2,500, 2nd £500, 3rd £250

plus 20 prizes of £20 each

plus a Spring 2013 Coffee-House-Poetry season-ticket and  a prizewinners' Coffee-House Poetry reading with Jane Draycott & Bernard O'Donoghue on Mon 26th Nov 2012 for all prize-winning poets

Submissions: by Mon 15th Oct 2012

 Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) coffee-house poetry at the troubadour

Further detaqils at - www.coffeehousepoetry.org

Fire River Poets Open Poetry Competition. Prizes £100, £75 and £50 and an invitation to read at the Brewhouse, Taunton. Closing date, 31 October, 2012. The competition will be judged by Anthony Watts, whose latest collection is The Shell Gatherer (2011), Oversteps Books. Entrance fees are £3 for one poem, £5 for 2, £10 for 4 and poems should not exceed 40 lines. Entries should be anonymous with writer’s name, contact details and titles of poems enclosed on a separate sheet of paper. Send to FRP Poetry Competition, 9 Turner Road, Taunton, TA2 6DT. For further details, see www.fireriverpoets.org.uk.