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Poetry London Clore Prize 2019

Information

Closing date: 
1 May 2019
Entry: 
Open to all poets for unpublished poems in English Entry fee £7 or £3 for subscribers
Prize: 
1st prize £5,000, 2nd prize £2,000, 3rd prize £1,000. Four commendations £500 plus publication in the magazine

Poetry London is an arts charity and leading international poetry magazine where acclaimed contemporary poets share pages with exciting new names. Published three times a year in February, May and September, each issue contains new poetry, incisive reviews and features. Poetry London launches each issue with readings from distinguished poet contributors to the magazine.  Read more

'Ebooks made all of those old books immediate'

25 April 2019

‘Ten or 15 years ago, (literary estates) were dead. There were a few classic books that will always be with us, and the rest was dust. Then e-books provided the mechanism of making old things timeless - there was no such thing as backlist or frontlist any more. We, like a lot of people, worked hard and scrambled to make these book available again.  Read more

'Just set one day's work in front of the last day's work. That's the way it comes out. And that's the only way it does.'

— John Steinbeck

15 April 2019 - What's new

April 2019
  • ‘I'm a great believer in turning up still. No forgiving yourself because you are tired. I try to get there before 10, not too early. On those magical writing days you forget you exist and you surface an hour later and you have 400 words you were not expecting to write.
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