THE POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2020

 This year's competition is for poetry in English on the theme or subject of “home” which can be broadly interpreted and presented in any form or style. 

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 valued at £210 (this includes membership of our mentorship program)      2nd prize is £50

ENTER ONLINE - Entry is by email to comps@poetrykit.org  after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of info@poetrykit.org

all entries must be received before midnight 6^th January 2021 Entries received after this time will be discarded. All entries are judged anonymously so please do not put any identifying features on the poems.

Entry fees 1 poem £3.50   3 Poems £8.00  5 poems £10  (pay buttons on link below)

See more https://www.poetrykit.org/PKcomp.htm 

Mslexia Poetry Competition 2020
Judge Karen McCarthy Woolf 1st prize £2000   2nd £500   3rd £250
Competition for poems in English by women. 
1st £1000  2nd  £400    3rd £200 plus other prizes.
For more information see www.mslexia.co.uk/competitions

Mslexia Pamphlet Competition 2020
Judge Any Wack 1st prize £250 
Competition for poems in English by women. 
1st £1000  2nd  £400    3rd £200 plus other prizes.
For more information see www. mslexia.co.uk/competitions

MY CITY, MY HOME is an international writing competition for women in Birmingham, Pakistan & Bangladesh!
Entries will be accepted in English, Urdu and Bangla languages.

3 overall winners will each receive £200.00-one in each language: Urdu, Bengali and English
Eligibility to enter:
• All entrants must be women or girls of Aged 16+
• Submissions may be up to 1000 words
• Entrants must be residents or demonstrate a clear connection with locations in Pakistan, Bangladesh or Birmingham (UK)
Full details and entry form can be found on Sampad's website www.sampad.org.uk

StoryTown 2020 Poetry Competition
Win the chance to read your poem on the radio, plus book token prizes.
StoryTown Corsham is an annual celebration of reading, writing and storytelling. Corsham is famous for its peacocks, which are often found strutting along the town’s cobbled pavements, gathering on roof tops or admiring themselves in shop windows. Meanwhile, their symbolism – everything from vanity to immortality – spreads its feathers far beyond the town, across many cultures of the world.
So, the StoryTown 2020 Poetry Competition is inviting poem on the theme of peacocks.
There are three age categories: Under 11s, 11-17 and 18 and over
The winner in all three age categories will be invited to read their poem on The Poetry Place poetry magazine programme on West Wilts Radio. They will also each win a £20 book token.
One runner up in each category will receive a £10 book token.
The judge is poet and broadcaster Dawn Gorman, who will read all the entries.
For more information see https://www.corsham.gov.uk/index.php

Wolverhampton Literature Festival fourth poetry competition

Open to poets from across the globe. With the festival moving to the weekend of 12-14 February, we simply had to choose ‘aspects of love’ for this year's theme. Use this as a prompt to explore love in any of its different forms, whether that be love of a person or of a place, whether you write about the joy of love, or the grief for love lost. The Saturday afternoons you give up for your beloved team, or your passion for evenings spent doing yoga or knitting. Write about love in whatever way you fancy, however it inspires you, and send your entries in before December 31st! 

1st prize for this competition is £400. 2nd prize, £150. There are three 3rd prizes of £25. Poems will be read, and winners chosen, by our judge Liz Berry.

The Moth Poetry Prize 2020

1st prize €6,000, 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000, plus a further 8 prizes of €250 for commended poems. The Moth Poetry Prize is open to anyone (over 16) as long as their poem is previously unpublished.

There is an entry fee of €15 per poem. This year’s judge is Nick :aird. Closing 31 December 2020. See www.themothmagazine.com for details.

THE POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2020

 This year's competition is for poetry in English on the theme or subject of “home” which can be broadly interpreted and presented in any form or style. 

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 valued at £210 (this includes membership of our mentorship program)      2nd prize is £50

ENTER ONLINE - Entry is by email to comps@poetrykit.org  after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of info@poetrykit.org

all entries must be received before midnight 6^th January 2021 Entries received after this time will be discarded. All entries are judged anonymously so please do not put any identifying features on the poems.

Entry fees 1 poem £3.50   3 Poems £8.00  5 poems £10  (pay buttons on link below)

See more https://www.poetrykit.org/PKcomp.htm 

Love is in the Air

We’re looking for your best love and romance poetry! Whether happy and upbeat, or reminiscent of past love, we’re looking for your best poetry about love! Submit your original poetry for judging and publishing!

Prizes:
1st Place – $250 Cash Prize, Collection Publishing Contract, 100 Author Copies (of your collection)
2nd Place – $100 Cash Prize
3rd Place – $50 Cash Prize

All entrants whose work is published in the collection will receive a free copy of the finalized product and a publishing agreement with royalty payment!

All submissions must be received by January 15, 2021. Winners will be announced by February 5, 2021

For complete submission guidelines and process, kindly visit https://citylimitspublishing.com/contests/love-is-in-the-air-poetry-contest/

Edward Thomas Fellowship Poetry Competition 2021.

Poems are invited on any subject but of no more than forty lines. Closing date January18th 2021. The judge will be the prize-winning poet Jane Draycott.

Prizes:1^st prize  £150, two further £75 prizes and up to six highly commended of £25

 Fees £3 per poem with a maximum of three.

Postal entries welcome, cheques to Edward Thomas Fellowship and anonymised poem(s) to Margaret Keeping, 66 Fairacres Road, Oxford, OX4 1TG.

Or

 Email: Word doc, single attachment per poem, to Barbara Kinnes,bjkinnes@gmail.com + fee to the Fellowship’s account, 40-08-21  11250205, initial and surname as Reference, competition as Description, or  with Paypal via  www.edward-thomas-fellowship.org where you can also see details of winning poems of past years.

Kent and Sussex Poetry Open Competition 2021
The Kent and Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition 2021 is now open for entries.
Seven prizes on offer:
1st Prize: £1000
2nd Prize: £300
3rd Prize: £100
4th Prize: 4 x £50
The winners will be published online and in the annual Folio pamphlet.
The judge this year is poet and editor Rishi Dastidar, whose most recent collection, 'Saffron Jack', is published by Nine Arches Press.
For more information see
https://kentandsussexpoetry.com/the-kent-sussex-poetry-society-open-competition/

Acumen Literary Journal
For unpublished poems in English not over 50 lines in length.  Judges Mimi and Martyn Crucefix
For details and to enter online see www.acumen-poetry.co.uk/competition 

ARTISTS EMBASSY INTERNATIONAL POETRY CONTEST

Over $1,000 in prize money to be awarded and an invitation to read

either live at the Dancing Poetry Festival at the Palace of the Legion of Honor or virtually on Zoom

Deadline received by April 15, 2021

Three Grand Prizes will receive $100 each plus their poem costumed, choreographed and performed by Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company.

Six First Prizes -  $50 each
Twelve Second Prizes  -  $25 each
Thirty Third Prizes -  $10 each

All winners will be invited to read at the Dancing Poetry Festival and receive an award certificate suitable for framing.

CONTEST RULES
Line Limit: 38 lines maximum each poem. No limit on number of entries
Send TWO typed, clear copies of each entry
Show name, address, telephone number, e-mail and how you heard about us on ONE copy only (The anonymous copy goes to the judges. Judges decisions are final.)

Poems must be in English or include English translation. No poems will be returned.

Entry Fee: One poem for $5 or 3 poems for $10  (Poets outside the USA, please send an international postal money order in US dollars). 

Make checks payable to Artists Embassy International
Send all entries and fees postmarked by April 15, 2021, to...

       AEI Contest Chair, Judy Cheung
       704 Brigham Ave.
       Santa Rosa, CA 95404 USA

Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2021
The Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition is open for poems of up to 50 lines.
Prizes:
1st prize - £600
2nd prize - £300
3rd Prize - £150
The Ware Sonnet Prize -£150
Winners and commended poets will also be included in the Ware Poets Competition Anthology.
Judge: Kim Moore
More information http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/comps/ware21.pdf