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| 10th January 2022 |
1st £100 entry £3.50 |
THE NINTH POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY
COMPETITION 2022 Our competition this year is open to poems
from around the world written in English and which can be on any subject
or theme. 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. Competition Judge is spoken word and visual artist James
Bain. 1st prize is £100 2nd prize is £50 Entry is by email only 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
10th January 2022 Entry fees 1 poem £3.50 3
Poems £8.00 5 poems £10 For more details and to enter see https://www.poetrykit.org/comp3.htm |
| 9th January 2022 |
1st £200 entry £4 |
Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Poetry Competition 2022 Judged by award-winning poet Pascale Petit, this year's Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Poetry Competition is themed 'Hope in Nature.' There are three age categories with three prizes of £50 for 11 and under, £70 for 12 to 17, and £200 for 18 and over. Poems must be limited to 30 lines long. Entries open 1 December 2021 and close 9 January 2022. see Competitions 2022 (sheptonsnowdrops.org.uk) |
| 10th January 2022 |
1st £100 entry £3.50 |
THE NINTH POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY
COMPETITION 2022 Our competition this year is open to poems
from around the world written in English and which can be on any subject
or theme. 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. Competition Judge is spoken word and visual artist James
Bain. 1st prize is £100 2nd prize is £50 Entry is by email only 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
10th January 2022 Entry fees 1 poem £3.50 3
Poems £8.00 5 poems £10 For more details and to enter see https://www.poetrykit.org/comp3.htm |
| 15th January 2021 |
1st £150 entry £3 |
Edward Thomas Fellowship Poetry
Competition 2022, the Edward Cawston Thomas prize. Poems are invited on any subject but of no
more than forty lines. Closing date January15th 2022. The judge will be
the prize-winning poet Jamie McKendrick. Prizes:1st 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 payable to Edward Thomas Fellowship, sent with your details and
the anonymised poem(s) to Margaret Thompson, 66 Fairacres Road, Oxford,
OX4 1TG. Emails: Word document,
single attachment per poem Surname A- M:, to Barbara Kinnes,
bjkinnes@gmail.com
Surname N-Z to
margthompson01@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. |
| 28th January 2022 |
1st share of prize fund entry £18 |
2021 Manchester Writing Competition
is now open to entries. £10,000 prizes for the best portfolio of three
to five poems and best short story of up to 2,500 words. Submissions
must be new work, not previously published. Open internationally to new
and established writers aged 16 or over. Deadline: 28 January 2022.
Entry fee: £18 – reduced price entry available. Organised by the
Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Judged
by Romalyn Ante, Malika Booker and Zaffar Kunial (Poetry) and Hilaire,
Simon Okotie and Nicholas Royle (Fiction). For full details, to enter,
and to read last year’s winners visit the Competition website:
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/writingcompetition/.
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| 31st January 2022 |
1st £1000 entry£5 |
Kent & Sussex Open Poetry Competition 2022The Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition is now open to all poets aged 16 and over, anywhere in the world. Poems must be original, unpublished, written in English, and no longer than 40 lines.
Prizes: This year’s judge is Richard Skinner, writer and editor of poetry, fiction, life writing, essays and non-fiction. His most recent book of poems is Invisible Sun (Smokestack Books, 2021). Winning poems will be published on the Kent and Sussex Poetry website, and included in our annual Folio publication. Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition, 2022 | kentandsussexpoetry |
| 31st January 2022 |
1st Pamphlet Publication entry £5 |
The Brian Dempsey Memorial PrizeTwo competitions in one: one for collections, one for individual poems.
Prizes *Open to collections of ten poems by UK entrants. Other prizes are for single poems by UK or international entrants. Judge Konstandinos Mahoney See COMPETITION - D & W PUBLISHING - POETRY BOOKS PAMPHLETS (dempseyandwindle.com) |
| 31st January 2022 |
1st £250 entry £5 |
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition January 2022 The Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition January 2022 is open to original, previously unpublished poems written in English, on any subject, in any style, up to 50 lines long. Visual poems will also be accepted, as long as they fit on a single page. Poets of all ages living anywhere in the world are eligible to enter. Prizes: £250 (First Prize), £125 (Second Prize), £75 (Third Prize), three £30 prizes (High Commendation), three £20 prizes (Commendation), three £10 prizes (Special Mentions) This quarter's judge is the poet and copywriter Mark Totterdell. See Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition - international, any subject, any style, open to all. Prizing poetry since 2009. (sentinelquarterly.com) |
| 31st January 2021 |
1st cash prize entry free |
Cheshire Prize for Literature 2021 This year’s Cheshire Prize for Literature will focus on the theme of sustainability. There are four genre categories: short stories, scriptwriting, children’s literature and poetry. The competition is open to writers of all ages who have lived, worked or studied in Cheshire (including Wirral and Halton). There are cash prizes available, and winners may be selected to appear in the competition anthology published by the University of Chester Press. Entries will be judged by an anonymous panel chaired by Dr. Simon Poole. See The Cheshire Prize for Literature 2021 | Press Office | University of Chester |
| 31st January 2022 |
1st £600 entry £4 |
Teignmouth Poetry Festival Competition 2022Open to all poets, both UK and international. Entries with Devon postcodes will also be automatically entered for the Graham Burchell Award For Devon Poets.
Open competition prizes
Graham Burchell prizes |
| 28th February 2021 |
1st £300 entry £5 |
Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition
2022 Deadline: February 28th 2022 Prizes: The best West Sussex entry will also be awarded a separate prize of £50 and the Jim Johnston Chanctonbury Cup Entry Fees: Adjudicator Entries may be made by post or online Winners will be notified individually by
March 31st. Full details may be seen here:
Competition –
Slipstream Poets (slipstream-poets.co.uk) |
| 1st March 2022 |
1st £1000 entry £7 |
RSPB and Rialto Nature and Place Competition 2022A collaboration between the RSPB, The Rialto magazine, BirdLife International, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Open to poems on any aspect of place or nature.
Prizes 1st: £1000 2nd: £500 3rd:
£250 Judge Gillian Clarke See NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2022 | The Rialto - the poetry magazine to read |
| 31st March 2022 |
1st E1000 entry E14 |
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2022 The Caterpillar Poetry Prize is a prize for adults writing poems for children aged 7-11. Poems must not have been previously published. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world. Prize: €1,000, plus publication in the summer 2022 issue of The Caterpillar. This year’s judge is award-winning US poet Naomi Shibab Nye. See The Caterpillar (thecaterpillarmagazine.com) |
| 14th April 2021 |
1st £300 entry £5 |
South Downs Poetry Festival Competition The South Downs Poetry Festival Competition is a collaboration between the South Downs Poetry Festival and Binsted Arts, for the award of The Binsted Prize. Poems may be on any theme and must be no longer than 50 lines. Prizes: 1st £300, 2nd £150, 3rd £50. Judge: Naomi Foyle. See 2022 Poetry Competition (binsted.org) |
| 18th April 2021 |
1st Publication entry £10 |
Cheltenham Poetry Festival Frosted Fire First Pamphlet
Competition Frosted Fire, publisher for Cheltenham Poetry Festival, is now open for entries to all poets who have not yet had a book published. At least two winners will receive a publishing contract for a pamphlet of up to 32 pages, 50 free copies, a book launch at the next Cheltenham Poetry Festival, marketing support, and an invitation to be a paid judge in the next competition. 2021 award winners Maeve Henry and Ben Verinder will read all entries for the 2022 competition. Lead Judge for the competition will be Angela France, with 2019 award winner Janet Lees. Individual poems may have been previously published in print or online as long as you still hold the copyright. Self-publication of a book does not exclude you from entering, though your entry must contain different poems. see Frosted Fire Firsts Pamphlet Competition 2022 (wildfire-words.com) |
| 30th April 2022 |
1st £600 entry £4 |
Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2022Annual competition for poems of up to 50 lines. Alongside the main awards, there is also a special prize for the best sonnet.
Prizes 1st: £600 2nd: £300
3rd: £150 Sonnet Prize: £150 See ww.poetrypf.co.uk/comps/ware22.pdf |
| 30th April 2021 |
1st £100 entry £3 |
Grey Hen Poetry Competition The Grey Hen Poetry Competition is now open to all women poets over the age of 60. There are three prizes of £100, £50, and £25. Judges: Wendy French and Susan Utting See Poetry Competition 2022 – Entry Rules | Grey Hen Press |
| 31st May 2021 |
1st 250 guineas entry £4 |
The Frogmore Poetry Prize 2022 The 36th annual Frogmore Poetry Prize is now open for entries. The winner will receive 250 guineas and a two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers. Runners-up will receive 75 and 50 guineas and a one-year subscription. All shortlisted poems will be published in the 100th edition of The Frogmore Papers. Judged by John Freeman. See Frogmore Poetry Prize 2022 – submission guidelines – The Frogmore Press |