Women’s Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2018
Women's Poetry Competition 2018
For a single poem.
Judged by the UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duff
1st Prize: £2000 plus publication in both MslexiaStylish and lively site for quarterly UK literary magazine read by 12,000 'committed' women writers. Good range of quality writing, information and advice with news, reviews, competitions and interviews, all presented in a friendly fashion. Praised by Helen Dunmore as 'astute, invigorating and above all an excellent read.' www.mslexia.co.uk and the PBS Bulletin, as well a mentorship with PBS Book Selector Sandeep Parmar and a Cove Park writing retreat.
2nd Prize: £400, 3rd Prize: £200
17 finalists win £25 each.
All winning poems will be published in Mslexia and selected winners featured in the PBS Bulletin and on the PBS website.
Special Prize: £500 for the best poem by an unpublished woman poet
Women's Pamphlet Competition 2018
Win a life changing opportunity to see your pamphlet manuscript published by the leading independent poetry publisher, Seren.
Judged by Amy Wack - Poetry Editor at Seren BooksClick for Seren Books Publishers References listing.
The pamphlet competition is separate from the single poem competition and is for short collections of 20-24 pages of 18-20 poems.
Submitted pamphlet collections may contain poems of any length or style, providing all poems are original work, each page contains no more than 40 lines of poetry and there are no more than 24 pages of poetry in total.
The PBS & Mslexia Women's Poetry Prizes are now OPEN to entries! Simply enter your poems online or if you prefer to post your entry, follow the links to print the relevant entry form and return it via our FREEPOST address: FREEPOST RTUR-BJAL-UYLE, Poetry Book SocietySpecialist book club founded by T S Eliot in 1953, which aims to offer the best new poetry published in the UK and Ireland. Members buy at 25% discount. The PBS has a handsome new website at www.poetrybooks.co.uk, Churchill House, 12 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1DE alongside a cheque for your entry fee.
Entries for both competitions close 14th September.
