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The National Poetry Competition

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Closing date: 
31 October 2009
Entry: 
Entry fee £5 Open to all poets writing in English
Prize: 
First Prize £5000 Second prize £1000 Third Prize £500

The National Poetry Competition

Closing date Saturday 31 October 2009

Entry fee £5

Open to all poets writing in English

Britain's (and perhaps the world's) biggest competition for a single poem has just opened for entries.

First Prize £5000

Second prize £1000

Third Prize £500

This year's judges are Daljit Nagra, Ruth Padel and Neil Rollinson.

The winners will be published in Poetry Review, on the Poetry Society website, in Aesthetica Magazine and also get the chance to read at Ledbury Poetry Festival.

Last year's winning poem.

Closing date: 
31 October 2009
Entry: 
Entry fee £5 Open to all poets writing in English
Prize: 
First Prize £5000 Second prize £1000 Third Prize £500