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Onward Short Story and Poetry Competition

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:44:17 +0100

Onward Short Story and Poetry Competition
Closing date: 28th February 2011 Prizes of £50, £30 and £20 with free anthology. Entry fee of £3 is required for each entry or £5 for 2 entries. Entries must not exceed 1200 words or 40 lines for poetry. The purpose of the competition is to raise funds to save and restore the Theatre Royal Hyde Cheshire,(http://www.theatreroyalhyde.co.uk) but should this fail the proceeds will be used to fund other heritage/theatre charities.

Plough Prize for Poetry

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:43:40 +0100

Plough Prize for Poetry
Closing date: 31st October 2010 Prizes: 40-line poem: 1st £500, 2nd £200, 3rd £100; 10-line poem: 1st £500, 2nd £200, 3rd £100; Children: 1st £100. Entry fees are: £4.00 per poem; block of four entries, £14; thereafter £3.50 each; tick-box critique £6; full critique £30. The competition has three caregories. They are: an open poem of up to 40 lines, a short poem of up to 10 lines, or an unrestricted-in-length poem for children. A specially-engraved Dartington crystal vase will be awarded for the best poem from a Devon-based poet. Poems must be the original work of the entrant, unpublished, and must not have won a prize in any other competition. No entrant may win more than one prize in each category.

Sefton Writing Competition

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:43:07 +0100

Sefton Writing Competition
Closing date: 22nd October 2010 Prizes: £250 and four runners up of £50 each. Original poems only are eligible and may be written in any style, but not exceeding 40 lines. Poems written by young people should be no more than 40 lines by young people aged 14 years or less.

Countryside Tales Spring Poetry Competition)

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:42:21 +0100

Countryside Tales Spring Poetry Competition
Closing date: 15th February 2011 Prizes: Prizes: £50; £25; £15. Fee: £3. Poems up to 40 lines max. Theme: The Countryside in Spring.

Ragged Raven Poetry Competition

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:41:27 +0100

Ragged Raven Poetry Competition
Closing date: 31st October 2010 Prizes: £300/4x£50. Fee: £3 per poem, 4 for £10 (one free entry with purchase of any Ragged Raven Poetry Book) Poems of any length accepted.

The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:40:47 +0100

The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition
Closing date: 31st October 2010. Prizes: £5,000, £2,000, £1,000 or one of seven commendations of £100. The winning poems will be published in leading poetry periodical Poetry Review and on the Poetry Society's website. The overall winner will be invited to read at Ledbury Poetry Festival in the summer of 2011. Entry fee is £6. Subsequent entries in the same submission cost £3 per poem. Entries must not have been published, self-published or broadcast, incl. Online publications. This competition is for poems written in English.