SANDWICH POET OF THE YEAR; SANDWICH LOCAL POET OF THE YEAR; SANDWICH 18 or under POET OF THE YEAR

 open until Friday 3^rd July for rules and entry form go to www.sandwichevents.org.uk

 Prizes: – 

SANDWICH POET OF THE YEAR – 1^st £100, 2 Runners-Up receive £35 each

SANDWICH LOCAL POET OF THE YEAR – 1^st £75, 2 Runners-Up £20 each

Under 18 Poet of the Year – winner £25, 2 Runners Up £15

 Entries cost £4 for 1 poem, £10 for 3 poems and £15 for 5 poems

Robert Graves Poetry Prize, a collaboration between the University of Roehampton and Wimbledon BookFest. I

The prize is judged by leading Literary Agent, Peter Straus and Professor Paul O’Prey, former assistant to Robert Graves. The winning entrant will be awarded £1,000 and two runners up will each be awarded £100.

The prize is unrestricted by location, genre, or subject, and is open to everyone. Entries must be original poems written in English, no longer than 40 lines. Entry fee of £5 per poem. Deadline 17 July, Submissions are via: www.wimbledonbookfest.org.

Poets Meet Politics International Open Poetry Competition
We are especially delighted that Bernard O'Donoghue has agreed to judge for us again, as this year marks Hungry Hill Writing's 10 Year Anniversary.
We will be awarding:
a first prize of €500
a second of €170
& a third of €90
We invite entries, worldwide, for poems on any theme related to politics.
hungryhillwriting.com/competitions.html
For more details on the prizes, our judge, entry requirements and other competition details, please click the box above. 

Winchester Poetry Prize 2020

The Winchester Poetry Prize is organised by the Winchester Poetry Festival and is open to poets from around the world. 

This year’s entries will be judged by Andrew McMillan, a senior lecturer in the Manchester Writing School and whose first collection, physical, was the only poetry collection to ever win The Guardian First Book Award.

The winner will be announced at the Winchester Poetry Festival, which takes place from 8 to 12 October.

First prize is £1,000, second prize is £500, and third prize is £250.

There will also be a prize for the best poem written by a Hampshire-based poet.

Closing date is 31 July 2020. More details can be found at https://www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize

Wax Poetry and Art Poetry Champions Cup 2020.

Contest closes August 2, 2020. Read the submission guidelines here:

http://waxpoetryart.com/contests/championscup.html

The winning poet wins the Grand Prize of $500 CAD plus a writing journal, pen, commemorative gift, and additional royalties (if accrued).

Submissions are open to everyone, everywhere. To enter this contest, you need a Poetry Champions Cup 2020 Ticket. Tic kets can be purchased or won for free by winning one (or more) of the 27 designated preliminary contests.  The Poetry Champions Cup 2020 closes on Sunday, August 2, 2020, at midnight. The winning poem will be published in a limited-edition,
mail-to-order print format on Monday, August 24, 2020. The winning poem will be published online in Wax Poetry and Art for everyone to read, on or before Monday, September 7, 2020.

Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition

Closing Date: 31^st August 2020

Entry fee: 25 Euro
Prizes: 1^st prize – €1000, 2^nd prize – €500; both winners will win a chapbook publication, 25 complimentary copies, and will be offered a reading and three nights' accommodation at the 2021 Cork International Poetry Festival

Details: http://munsterlit.ie/Fool%20for%20Poetry.html

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an international literary prize that is a hotbed for new talent in Poetry and Short Fiction. Now in its 14th year, the Prize supports both emerging and established writers. By entering, writers can showcase their work to key industry figures and organisations.

Submissions close 31 August 2020

Winners are selected for both categories and awarded with £1,000. Publication within the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology, is also awarded to a further 60 writers whose works are highly commended.

Prizes:

§  £1,000 prize money for the Poetry & Short Fiction Winners

§  Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2021

§  Full membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner)

§  Consultation with Redhammer Management (Fiction Winner)

§  Selection of books from Vintage and Bloodaxe Books

§  One year print subscription to Granta

Aesthetica is proud to champion new writing talent and supports its writing alumni beyond the Prize, offering print and digital publicity and continued exposure across our channels.

Poetry entries £12 | Short Fiction entries £18

See www.aestheticamagazine.com

 The 13^th Annual 2020 “Light of the Stars” Poetry Contest

(co-sponsored by LONE STARS MAGAZINE and CONCEIT MAGAZINE)

Submissions closing: October 31, 2020

Judging by the Editors of LONE STARS and Conceit Magazines

 READING FEE: $2.oo per poem UNLIMITED ENTRIES

Unpublished, simultaneous and previously published entries accepted.

Entries are to be 32 lines or less, single spaced, camera ready –  (the way you want to see it in print.) 

Contest Name & Author's Name and Address on each page Include SASE or postcard for acknowledgement. 

One-time magazine publication rights for each publisher. Author’s own copyrights guaranteed.

40% of fees collected - First Prize  20% of fees collected - Second Prize 20% of fees collected - Third Prize

PLUS: 1 YEAR Subscription to LONE STARS MAGAZINE

6 MONTH Subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE

Send Entries to (USMail preferred): Email: lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com

LONE STARS Magazine

4219 Flinthill

San Antonio, TEXAS 78230

Make payable to: LONE STARS Magazine PayPal to: lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com

Website: www.lonestarsmagazine.com