Poetry Competitions

arranged in date order 

Wells Festival Of Literature International Short Story and Poetry Competitions
Closing date: 31 Aug 2010.
Prizes: £500/£200/£100 in each category, plus local prizes. Fee: £4 in each category. Poems: 40 lines max. Story: 1800-2000 wds. Go to website for Entry Form and all other details. wlitf.co.uk/storyrules.htm

The Countryside Tales Autumn Poetry Competition
Closing Date: August 31st  2010.
Prizes: £50.00, £25.00, £15.00. Entry Fee: £3.00 per poem.
Theme. The Countryside in Autumn. Poems can be in any style up to 40 lines. The three winning entries will appear in the autumn edition of Countryside Tales, which will be published during October 2010. Short-listed entries may also be considered for publication. parkpublications.co.uk/writingcompetion.htm

Tenby Arts Festival Writing Competition (Short Story and Poetry)
Closing Date: 31st August 2010.
Prizes: £150, £70, £30 each category. Fee: £4 per story/poem or 2 poems for £6, 3 poems for £8. Story: 1500 wds. Poem: 40 lines max. No information on website, so write to: Writing Competition, c/o The Swallows, Stammers Lane, Rushy Lake, Saundersfoot, SA69 9PB

Over The Edge writing
Closing date: 3rd August, 2010.
The 2010 Over The Edge competition is open to both poets and fiction writers.
Prizes: the best poetry entry will win €300. One will be chosen as the overall winner between short story and poetry and will receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner total prize money of €700. Fees are €10 for one entry, €7.50 additional entries. Accepted are: three poems of up to 40 lines, or one poem of up to 100 lines. Multiple entries are acceptable but each must be accompanied by a fee. Post to Over The Edge, New Writer of the Year competition, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland. See blog for details. overtheedgeliteraryevents
 

English Heritage Writing Competition
Closing date: 31st August 2010.
Prizes: See below.
Here's something different folks! If you want the challenge of writing a mini play/sketch, song or poem that will become part of the audio guide at an English Heritage historical site, then here's your chance.
This is what they say: "English Heritage have recently installed some new signs at Chiswick House in west London that show historical views of the gardens. This competition you to write a mini play or sketch based on these images.
There are 3 categories of entry: adults, Under 18s, and Chiswick residents, each with a choice of two images to base their sketch on. The sketch can take any form, be it mini play, song, poem, etc. provided it is no longer than 3 minutes when read aloud. Winners will have their entry professionally recorded as part of a new audio guide for visitors to Chiswick House alongside established playwrights who we plan to commission to write the rest of the sketches. They will also receive an English Heritage membership and hamper."
All the details and the images can be found at: english-heritage.org.uk/ 

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. seftonarts.co.uk/

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. theploughprize.co.uk/

Nottingham Open Poetry Competition 2010
Closing Date: 31st August 2010
Prizes: 1st: £300 2nd: £150 3rd: £75 plus Merit Prizes of One Year’s subscription to ‘ASSENT’. Entry fee: £3.00 per poem or £10.00 for 4 poems. Poems should be no longer than 40 lines. Adjudicator: John Siddique. Entries should be addressed to: The Competition Secretary, 38 Harrow Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7DU For the fine print see website. nottinghampoetrysociety.co.uk/ 

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. poetrysociety.org.uk/ 

The Plough Prize
Closing date: 31st October 2010
Prizes: £500/£200/£100 in first two categories. £100 first prize in Poem for Children. Local prizes for entries from Devon. Fee: £4, or 4 for £14. Online entry fee: £4.35 per poem.
Open Poem: 40 lines. Short poem: 10 lines. Poem for Children: (suitable for children aged 5-11) unrestricted length. theploughprize.co.uk/ 

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. raggedraven.co.uk/competition

The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes
Closing date: 30th November 2010
Prizes (Single): £100, £75, £50; (Collection): £300, £200, £100.
This is what they say: "What we are looking for is bold, incisive material in any genre just as long as it reflects writing today. The prizes will be presented as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The New Writer 'Special Collection'".
Single poems must be previously unpublished with a limit of 40 lines. Entry fee: £5 for up to 2 single poems.
Collection of poems (6-10 poems) can be previously published. No line limit. Entry fee £12 per collection.
thenewwriter.com/

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

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. onwardwriting.co.uk/

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