Poetry
Competitions
arranged in date
order
Poetry Comps. 
Academi's Cardiff
International Poetry Competition
Closing date:
30th January 2009
Prizes: 1st - £5,000, 2nd - £500, 3rd - £250 and five runners
up will recieve £50 each. Download an entry form and read some
of last years winning poems on the website.
academi.org/cipc/
Kent & Sussex Poetry
Society Open Competition
Closing date: 31st January 2009
Prizes: 1st - £700, 2nd - £250, 3rd - £100 plus four 4th prizes
of £75. Entry fee: £4 per poem.
Poems on any subject in any style accepted up to 40 lines. Full
details on website. kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org/
Slipstream Poets Open
Poetry Competition 2008-2009
Closing date: 31st
January 2009
Prizes: First prize £150: Second prize £75: Third prize £50
Theme - A SENSE OF PLACE. Winning entries will be announced and
published on the Slipstream Poets website: slipstream-poets.co.uk
The Mattia Family Poetry
Competition
Closing date: 15th February 2009 (Opens 15th September
2008)
Prizes: 1st. Prize is $100.00, 2nd. Prize is $50.00, 3rd. Prize
is $25.00. All prizes are paid in Canadian dollars.
They say: "We are a family oriented website that promotes
poetry. We host a one-of-a-kind, no fee, international
poetry competition that allows poets the opportunity to post
their poems for all to read. We choose the poems from our
board that are inviting enough to make our 'Fina-List' page. It
is from the finalist page that we select the winners. We
are preparing for our 12th Competition, which is free for
everyone to enter. Please visit us at: mattia.ca"
Norwich Writers' Circle
2009 Open Poetry Competition
Closing date: 17th February 2009
Prizes: Open Class 1st - £200, 2nd - £100 and 3rd - £50. Prizes
for other classes also. Entry fee: £3 per poem.
Poems up to 40 lines. Entries by post only. Rules and other
details on website. norwichwriters.org.uk
Stafford Poetry
Competition
Closing date: 28 February 2009
Prizes: 1st - £1,000 plus 5 runners up will receive a prize of
£50 each. There is also an extra prize of £250 for the best
poem with a local Stafford connection. This is an additional
prize and may (or may not) be awarded to the first prize winner
or a runner up. Entry fee: £4.00 made payable to Staffordshire
County Council (plus £3.00 each for any extra poems).
The competition is open to anyone, of any age, from anywhere.
Submit a poem of no more than 40 lines for the consideration of
the judge, Michael Hulse, a prize winning poet and university
lecturer. staffordshire.gov.uk/
Grace Dieu Writers'
Circle Open Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 28th February 2009
Prizes: £200, £100, £50, £30 and £20. Entry fees: £3, or £2 for
four or more entries.
Poems up to 40 lines accepted. Winners and short-listed entries
will be published on the Grace Dieu website. Go there for Rules
and entry form. gracedieuwriterscircle.co.uk/
The Ver Poets Open
Competition 2009
Closing Date: April 30th
2009
Prizes: First £500, Second £300, Third £100. Young Writers
(aged 16-21) £100
Entry Fee: £3 per poem, 4 poems for £10, £2 per poem
thereafter
Theme: open. Line Limit: 30
Prize giving: July 4th at the St Albans Arts Festival.
Adjudicator: John Whitworth. Winners and selected poems
published in The Ver Prize anthology and on our website. For
full details, rules and entry from visit verpoets.org.uk
The Countryside Tales
Summer Poetry Competition
Closing Date: May 1st 2009
Prizes: £50.00, £25.00, £15.00. Entry Fee: £3.00 per poem. The
three winning entries will appear in the summer edition of
Countryside Tales, which will be published during July
2009.
Theme. The Countryside in Summer. Poems can be in any style up
to 40 lines. See website. parkpublications.co.uk/writingcompetion.htm
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