Poetry Competitions

arranged in closing date order 

Swale Life Poetry Competition (January 2012)
Closing Date: 31st January 2012
Prizes: First Prize: £100.00, Second Prize: £50.00, Third Prize: £30.00, High Commendation Prizes: 2 x £10.00
Entry fee: £3 per poem, £12 for 5 poems. £16 for 7 poems and £22 for 10 poems.
Donations to Charity: A third of net entry fees and all profits from the sale of the anthology will go to Diversity House a charity based in Sittingbourne, Kent, publishers of Swale Life magazine.
This competition is for previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style, up to 50 lines long (excluding title). Poems entered must not have been posted to any website or blog, and must not be under consideration for publication, or accepted for publication elsewhere.
First Publication: All prize winners will receive first publication in Swale Life Magazine at www.swalelife.com on 28th February 2012, and will be included in the second Swale Life Anthology to be published in January 2013. Full details on web site.
Enter online and pay securely by PayPal or print off Entry Form at
easternlightepm.com/swale-life-poetry-competition/jan-12/

International Lumen/Camden Poetry Competition
Closing date February 14th 2012.
Prize: Publication of short collection for one winner, 50 free copies, launch event and promotion.
Entry fee: £2.50 per poem, 6 for £10.
Poems up to 40 lines. Proceeds go to two London Homeless Cold Weather Shelters. Judge: Carol Ann Duffy.
Online entry by email and Paypal, or by post to Ruth O'Callaghan, 49 Ripley Gardens, Mortlake, London SW14 8HF. Details on  competition page. wardwoodpublishing.co.uk

Norwich Writers' Circle 41st Annual Open Poetry Competition
Closing date: 21st February 2012
Prizes: £300, £150, £75, special prizes for
poems on family (£35), humour (£15) and
minimalist (£15). Seventy poems, including
winners, will be published in an anthology.
Entry fee: £3
Poems, up to 40 lines
Email: norwichwriters@hotmail.co.uk
Full details on web site. norwichwriters.org.uk

Straid Collection Award 2012
Closing date: 28th February 2012
Prizes: three winning submissions will be published.
Entry fee: £22 by post, £25 online
Full poetry collections from published and unpublished poets. No restrictions on form or style.
Email: info@templarpoetry.co.uk
Visit website for more details. http://www.templarpoetry.co.uk

The Battered Moons Poetry Competition
Closing date: 29th February 2012.
Prizes: First prize, £300; second, £150; third, £75. The 3 winners and 4 commended poets will be invited to read their poems at the Swindon Festival of Literature on Friday 11th May 2011, when Michael Symmons Roberts will hand out prizes and read his work. Winning and commended poems will appear in the Battered Moons Poetry Pamphlet and website.
Entry fee: £3 each poem or £10 for 4.
For poems up to 40 lines. Open to all UK residents 18 or over. The finals judge will be Michael Symmons Roberts, with Cristina Newton as preliminary judge. Supported by the Swindon Festival of Literature and Arts Council England. For further information, entry form and to enter, visit the web site. Postal entries also accepted.
http://batteredmoons.blogspot.com

Thynks Poetry Pamphlets Competition
Theme: 'Memories'
Closing Date: 29th February, 2012
Prizes: The winner will have their collection published and they and two runners up will receive £25 plus publication in the Bards at Blidworth and Beyond 2012 Anthology.
Entry fee: £10
For small poetry collections of up to 25 pages and up to 40 lines per page.
Contact: The Competitions Secretary, 18 Hillside Road, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0TR or visit web site.
thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions
Email: thynkspublications@yahoo.co.uk

Prolebooks Poetry Competition
Closing date: 1st March 2012.
Prizes: Winner: £130, publication in the April 2012 issue of Prole and on our website.
Two runners up: £25 each, publication on our website and possible publication in April 2012 issue of Prole.
Entry fee: One entry: £3, subsequent entries, an extra £2 per entry.
All forms of poetry considered. This is an international competition. Winners will be announced in the April 2012 issue of Prole and on our website 30th April. Entries are welcome by email: poetrycompetition@prolebooks.co.uk or post: Prolebooks, 15 Maes-y-Dre, Abergele, Conwy LL22 7HW United Kingdom.
More information on web site. prolebooks.co.uk/

2012 Cardiff International Poetry Competition
Closing date: 2nd March 2012
Prizes: The First Prize-winner will walk way with a cheque for £5,000 for just one poem. Further prizes available are £500 for second place, £250 for third plus five runners up will receive £50 each.
Entry fee: £6 per poem.
Make sure your poem is no longer than 50 lines long, is unpublished, in English and is not a translation of another author’s work then send it, along with your entry form and payment, to Literature Wales.
Judges: Sinéad Morrissey, Patrick McGuinness and filter judge Samatha Wynne-Rhydderch.
Full details on web site. literaturewales.org/

The Poetry Society of Social Media & SMS Olympics 2012 Micropoetry Competition
Closing date: 31st March 2012.
Prizes: The first prize is a Kindle ebook reader. There will also be 2 runner up prizes, but these will be announced later.
Entry fee: Not stated.
The Poetry Society of Social Media & SMS, proudly announce the launch our first Micropoetry contest. Due to our excitement of the approaching London 2012 Olympics, our chosen theme is “The Olympics”. Poems can be no longer than 160 characters and MUST be about the Olympics in some way. Entrants can submit a maximum of 5 poems.
Poems must not exceed 160 characters (including spaces), and you can only submit a maximum of 5 micropoems to the contest. Full conditions of entry on web site. pssms.com/olympics-2012-micropoetry

Flash 500 Humour Verse Competition
Closing date: 31st March 2012
Prizes: £150, £100, £50
Entry fee:  £3 for one poem, £2.50 per poem thereafter
Open theme, humour verse up to 30 lines.
More details on Web site. flash500.com/index_files/humourverse.htm

FBFT Sports Writing Competition
The entries may be prose or poetry, fiction or non-fiction.
Closing date: 13th May 2012 (last day of the Premier League football season.)
Prizes: First place, £50; Second place, £30; Third place, £20 (paid in British Pounds Sterling by bank transfer or Paypal) The three winning articles will receive the cash prizes as detailed and will be published on the website. We are particularly interested in sports writing that is original, exciting or somehow out of the ordinary.
Entry fee: FREE.
The FBFT Sports Writing Competition 2012 is open to anyone aged 18 years or older.
Entries may be anything up to 1500 words in length and must be related to sport in some way. Entries may be non-fiction, fiction, prose or poetry.
Entries may be submitted directly through the form on the website or by email to sportswriter@freebetsfreetips.com.
freebetsfreetips.com/sports-writing-competition

Thynks Poetry Pamphlets Competition
Theme: 'New Beginnings'
Closing Date: 31st May, 2012
Prizes: The winner will have their collection published and they and two runners up will receive £25 plus publication in the Bards at Blidworth and Beyond 2012 Anthology100.
Entry fee: £10.
For small poetry collections of up to 25 pages and up to 40 lines per page.
Contact: The Competitions Secretary, 18 Hillside Road, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0TR or visit web site.
thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions
Email: thynkspublications@yahoo.co.uk

The Sportswriter Competition 2012
Closing date: Midnight on the 1st July 2012, the day of the Euro 2012 Final.
Prizes: First place: £250; Second place: £75; Third place: £25; (paid in British Pounds Sterling by bank transfer, cheque or through PayPal)
Entry fee: £3.00, of which £1.00 will be donated to our chosen charity, Cyclists Fighting Cancer ( http://cyclistsfc.org.uk/ ). Entries may be fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry.
The Sportswriter Competition 2012 is open to anyone aged 18 years or older. Submissions may be up to 2000 words or 40 lines for poetry and should relate to sport in some way. Winning entrants will receive the cash prizes and their work will be published on the website, www.sportswriter.org.uk .
Entries may be submitted by email, info@sportswriter.org.uk or directly through the form on the website.
sportswriter.org.uk/writing-competition

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