POETRY KIT SPRING COMPETITION 2018

This year's competition is for poetry on any subject.

There are no style or length restrictions but it should be stressed 

that a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one.  

1st prize is £100. 

2nd prize is £50

Entry fees are as follows;  1 poem    £3.50 3 Poems  £8.00 5 poems  £10

Competition Judge;  JIM BENNETT

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ENTER ONLINE SEE www.poetrykit.org/comp-spring.htm 

The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2018

Prizes: £100, £50 Wakefield postcode prize £25

Judge: Maria Isakova Bennett

Entry fee: £3, subsequent poems £2

Closing date: Saturday 28th April, 2018

Full details from: https://www.currockpress.com/currockpresscom.html 

The Ver Poets Open Competition 2018

Adjudicator – Adrian Buckner
Winning and selected poems published in the competition anthology

Entry from can be downloaded from verpoets.co.uk

Poems on any theme and in any form should be no more than 30 lines in length.

Competitors may submit any number of poems for a fee of 3poems for £10, £2 per poem thereafter.

Cheques/postal orders payable to Ver Poets. Or BACS to Sort Code 40-40-01 Account 82410419        

Please send entries to:

Competitions Secretary

181 Sandridge Road

St Albans

Herts

AL1 4AH

www.verpoets.co.uk

Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2018

Vallum Chapbook Award 2018!

Entry fee: $25

CONTEST RULES:

1.       The $25 entry fee covers 1 chapbook submission of 12-20 pages.  Do not label your chapbook with your name or address; instead include a cover letter with all pertinent information. 

2.       Chapbooks may be on any theme or subject, but must be original and not previously published (individual poems appearing in the manuscript that have been published elsewhere are fine).

3.       The winning chapbook will receive publication as part of the Vallum Chapbook Series and a $300 prize, plus promotion via social media and website. Selections from the chapbook will also be published in our print and digital magazine. 

Send us your best work!

DEADLINE: April 30 2018

http://www.vallummag.com/chapbookrules.html

Ó Bhéal  International Five Words Poetry Competition

At around noon each Tuesday (GMT), from April to the end of January, five words are posted on the Ó Bhéal Five Words competition page. Entrants have one week to compose and submit poems that include all five words given for the week.
The competition runs for 41 weeks, until the last week of January and  prize of 500 euros is awarded to one winner, and if available, invited to read at Ó Bhéal’s anniversary event in early April (an additional travel fee of 100 euro plus B&B accommodation will be provided for this). Follow the link for submission guidelines.

http://www.obheal.ie/blog/five-words-poetry-competition/

The Waltraud Field Open Poetry Competition  (Run by the Crewe and District Writers’ Circle) Adjudicator of short list : Roger Elkin. 

Green Spaces Lens and Pen.  Submit photos and poems or short pieces of prose representing the life and beauty of your favourite Wirral Park or green space.

Best writing and photos to  be incorporated into 20  posters to be displayed in an exhibition throughout the Independents Bienniel (part of the Liverpool Biennial art celebration)
Free to enter

Full details and to enter:

Welsh Poetry Competition 2018

Lord Whisky Animal Sanctuary Poetry Competition 

Poems are invited for a competition in aid of the long-established Lord Whisky Animal Sanctuary, Kent (reg. charity 283483 ). Poems should be on an animal-related theme – pets, rescue animals, wildlife habitat, endangered species, insects, birds etc.  

Prizes: 30% of all entry fees, a second prize of 10%, two further prizes of 5%, one reserved for a previously unpublished poet. 50% of all entry fees received will be used for the care of animals at the sanctuary. Judge: award-winning poet Derek Sellen. Length: 40 lines or less. Eligibility: unpublished poems written in English by writers over 16 from any country. 

Entry Fee: £5 per poem by donation to Lord Whisky Animal Sanctuary. Donate at:

http://www.lordwhisky.co.uk/donate

Full details are available at  http://www.lordwhisky.co.uk/news-and-events

The Frogmore Poetry Prize 2018

Wirral Festival of Firsts 8^th Open Poetry Competition. Adjudicator Anna Saunders. Prize giving by Jackie Kay at the Festival’s Community Poetry Day on 1^st July 2018
1st Prize £200; Two Runner Up prizes £50 each; Special Wirral Prize £50

Entry Fee £4 or 3 poems for £10

Winners will be invited to read their poems.
Full details and to enter: https://wirralfestivaloffirsts.org.uk/open-poetry-competition-2018/

Mad Like Us

For full details and how to enter the illustration and flash fiction categories see http://readingroomprojects.wixsite.com/competitionpages

Seogra International Poetry Competition 2018

Deadline: 15^th June 2018

First Prize: £300  2^nd £50  3^rd £30 and publication on website. Sole Judge: Mario Petrucci

Results announced early August and Invitation to a presentation and workshop event in France

Guidelines and how to enter: www.poetryproseandplays.com

Entry fees £5  £2 50 subsequent entries. This is the 12^th year of Segora International Writing Competitions

We support Médecins sans Frontières

Organiser: Jocelyn Simms, I rue de la Sèvre 79380 St André sur Sèvre France

Further details : www.poetryproseandplays.com

The McLellan Poetry Prize 2018 Closing Date 21-June-2018

Details: for a poem in English on any subject, maximum 80 lines

Prizes: 1st £1,500, 2nd £300, 3rd £150 and 6 commendations of £25.

Judge: Sinéad Morrissey

Entry: £6 for first poem, £5 thereafter.

Contact: enter on line or by post. Full details http://Mclellanpoetryprize.org.uk or from The Competition Organiser, The Yellow Land, Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran KA27 8PZ, Scotland, UK enclosing s.a.e.

The Poetic Bond VIII (2018)

The eighth annual, international poetry competition in The Poetic Bond series is open for submissions. So far, 176 poets from 30 countries have been published. Poets can submit up to four poems on any subject, in any form, and of any length* (the first 120 will be printed in paperback with a web-link for longer works).

First prize – three poems will be selected from those published in the anthology to receive an award of $25. All poets published will receive two copies of the anthology.   All entrants will receive a free book from the Willowdown catalogue. Entry is £15 ($20) for up to four poems. Deadline 30 June, submission through Submittable

For further information and to enter online visit http://www.thepoeticbond.com or https://willowdownbooks.submittable.com/submit

Prole Poetry Pamphlet Competition

One winner will receive £100 and 15 copies of their winning book. The book will also be sold through Prole’s website and copies sent out for review. There is an entry fee of £12 (or £20 for two entries).

All entries to be judged by Mab Jones.

Any profit made after paying out prize money, printing costs, and the judge’s fee will go toward Prole’s continuation as a paying print journal.

Full entry details and details of our judge can be read here:

 http://prolebooks.co.uk/pamphlet%20competition.html

Trouble & Strife  A Celebration of Protest Grist Competition 2018

First Prize £500, Second Prize £250,  Third Prize £125

2018 marks the centenary of women’s suffrage in the UK. It is a lesser-known fact that 2018 also marks the centenary of working class men being given the vote.

Inspired by the Representation of the People Act 1918, the new GRIST anthology, Trouble & Strife, will showcase poems and stories of protest –celebrations of why and how people have banded together to bring about a change in their own or others lives.

Submissions are welcomed from published and unpublished authors and poets (maximum 5,000 words or 40 lines of poetry).

The judges are  Helen Mort (Chatto and Windus)

Adelle Stripe (Little, Brown)

Kim Moore (Seren/The Poetry Business)

and Alison Teal (Amnesty International Modern Suffragette 2018)

Entry fee £5

Closing date 15 July 2018

Multiple submissions welcome

For queries please contact grist@hud.ac.uk

Please see https://www.store.hud.ac.uk/product-catalogue/competitions/writing-competition/grist-competition-2018  for payment details.

The 14th Annual Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest

The theme for this year’s contest is “The Magic of ‘If . . .’ Through the Power of Poetry.” There are five new categories: “If I Could See The Future,” “If I Could Travel Back In Time,” “If I Had A Robot That Knew Everything,” “If I Believed Anything Was Possible,” “If Money Grew On Trees.”  Poets may submit a maximum of three poems, no more than one in each of three of the five contest categories.

Everyone is encouraged to enter the contest.  Poets do not have to live in Lincoln, CA to be eligible. Young Poets, 18-years of age or under, are encouraged to submit poems and will compete in a special “Young Poets” category. 

Entry Forms and Contest Rules can be downloaded from the following website: www.libraryatlincoln.org 

under “NEWS.”

If you have questions, please contact Alan Lowe, Contest Coordinator, at slolowe@icloud.com for assistance.

Winners will read their poems on Sunday, October 14, 2018, at the Voices of Lincoln Special Event to be held from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the Willow Room at the Lincoln Public Library at Twelve Bridges, 485 Twelve Bridges Drive, Lincoln, CA. 

1st  £1000

Winchester Poetry Prize Judge: Liz Berry. Prize-giving will be on Saturday 6th October 2018 at the Winchester Poetry Festival.  First Prize £1000 Second £500, Third £250.  Winners & runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems at a celebratory reading at the festival.  Winning poems will be published in a prizewinners' anthology.   

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest

Judges: See website

16th annual contest sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest). Submit poems in any style, up to 250 lines each. Both published and unpublished work accepted. All entries that win cash prizes will be published online. See guidelines, past winners, and enter online via Submittable at https://winningwriters.com/tompoetry

troubadour international poetry prize 2018

judged by jo shapcott & daljit nagra

first prize £2,000
second prize £1,000
third prize: a week-long creative-writing course at the arvon centre of your choice
with thanks to arvon: home of creative writing

plus with thanks to leading poetry magazines & poetry publishers:
5 prizes of book bundles each with 6 latest poetry titles from

plus for all prizewinners, an invitation to read at coffee-house poetry on prize night, mon 26 nov 2018, with jo shapcott & daljit nagra

submit via e-mail or post by mon 22 oct 2018

Fees: Â£6/€7/$7.50 for 1st poem & £4/€5/$5 for each subsequent poem in same submission (Sterling/Euro/US-Dollars only); payment via PayPal on website (PayPal account not required) OR via cheque/postal-order payable to Coffee-House Poetry. 

By Post: No entry form required; submit two copies of each poem; include following details on a separate page: Poet's Name & Address, Phone Number, E-Mail Address (if available), List of Titles, Number of Poems, Total Fees, & EITHER PayPal Receipt Number OR enclose cheque/postal-order; post to Troubadour International Poetry Prize, Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box 16210, LONDON W4 1ZP; no staples, no Special Delivery, Recorded Delivery or Registered Post; entries are not returned.

By E-mail: No entry form required; e-mail poems to poems@coffeehousepoetry.org as attachments (.doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf only); do not send to info@coffeehousepoetry.org or coffpoetry@aol.com; include following details in e-mail: Poet's Name & Address, Phone Number, List of Titles, Number of Poems, Total Fees, & EITHER PayPal Receipt Number OR send cheque/postal-order by post.

Timeline: E-mail submissions by midnight (your local time) on Mon 22 Oct 2018; postal entries postmarked on or before Mon 22 Oct 2018. Prize-winners only will be contacted individually in week commencing