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National Poetry Competition 2014

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Closing date: 
31 October 2014
Entry: 
Open to all poets of 17 or over across the world Entry fee: £6.00. Subsequent entries in the same submission cost £3.50 per poem
Prize: 
First Prize £5,000

This year the judges of teh 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 Glyn Maxwell, Roddy Lumsden and Zoë Skoulding and the prizes are £5,000 for the overall winner, £2,000 for the second, £1,000 for the third, with seven commendations of £100. The top three winners are also published in the Poetry Society's leading international journal, The Poetry Review. The deadline is 31 October.

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

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Closing date: 
31 October 2014
Entry: 
Open to all poets of 17 or over across the world Entry fee: £6.00. Subsequent entries in the same submission cost £3.50 per poem
Prize: 
First Prize £5,000