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National Poetry Competition 2013

Information
Closing date: 
31 October 2013
Entry: 
Open to all adult poets across the world writing in English
Prize: 
First Prize: £5000, Second Prize: £2000, Third Prize: £1000,Seven Commendations: £100

The top-three winning poems will be published in Poetry Review. The winner is also invited to read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in July 2014. Up to 150 entrants will also be offered a discount on selected activities from the Poetry School. Winning and commended poems will be published on the Poetry Society website when the competition prizes are announced in spring 2014.
Judges

The judges of the 2013 National Poetry CompetitionAnnual poetry prize run by the UK-based Poetry Society established in 1978; accepts entries from all over the world; over 10,000 poems submitted each year are: Julia Copus, Matthew Sweeney and Jane Yeh. The National Poetry Competition is an award for individual poems that are previously unpublished. Each entry remains anonymous throughout the judging process.

Entry fees

£6 for your first poem
£3.50 for each subsequent entry in the same submission.

FREE second entry for Poetry Society members (including those joining now).


Established in 1978, the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition is one of the world's biggest and most prestigious poetry contests. Winners include both established and emerging poets, and for many the prize has proved an important career milestone. Win, and add your name to a roll-call that includes the current UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Tony Harrison, Ruth Padel, Philip Gross and Jo Shapcott. Read poems by previous winners of the National Poetry Competition.

 

 

Closing date: 
31 October 2013
Entry: 
Open to all adult poets across the world writing in English
Prize: 
First Prize: £5000, Second Prize: £2000, Third Prize: £1000,Seven Commendations: £100