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National Poetry Competition 2011

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Closing date: 
31 October 2011
Entry: 
Entry fee £6 Open to all poets who are over 17 around the world.
Prize: 
First Prize: £5000 Second Prize: £2000 Third Prize: £1000 Seven Commendations: £100

National Poetry Competition

Closing date 31 October 2011

Entry fee £6

Open to all poets who are over 17 around the world.

First Prize: £5000
Second Prize: £2000
Third Prize: £1000
Seven Commendations: £100

You'll have to move fast to enter the National Poetry Competition.

Poems are judged anonymously, the judges for the National Poetry Competition 2011 are: Colette Bryce, John Glenday and Jackie Kay.

 

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

Further information

Closing date: 
31 October 2011
Entry: 
Entry fee £6 Open to all poets who are over 17 around the world.
Prize: 
First Prize: £5000 Second Prize: £2000 Third Prize: £1000 Seven Commendations: £100