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National Poetry Competition 2017

Information
Closing date: 
31 October 2017
Entry: 
Open to all poets of 17 and over internationally Entry fee £6.50
Prize: 
First prize: £5,000, Second prize: £2,000, Third prize: £1,000 and Seven commendations: £200 each

The Poetry SocietyLively and well-presented UK site supporting poetry with 4,000 members internationally and some thoughtful content. www.poetrysociety.org.uk's annual 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over the world; over 10,000 poems submitted each year is one of the most prestigious prizes in the world for previously unpublished single poems and has a first prize of £5,000.

The 2017 competition is now open for entries. The judges are Hannah Lowe, Andrew McMillan and Pascale Petit.
Winning poems are published on The Poetry Society website, and the top three in the spring 2018 issue of The Poetry Review. Winners are invited to read at events and festivals all around the country, including Ledbury Poetry Festival in July. Up to 150 longlisted entrants are offered discount on selected activities from The Poetry Society, and one of our competition partners the Poetry School.

How to enter

The National Poetry Competition is one of the world's biggest single poem competitions. The entry fee is £6.50 for your first poem, and £3.50 per poem thereafter. Members of The Poetry Society can enter a second poem for free. The closing date is 31 October 2017.

More details

Closing date: 
31 October 2017
Entry: 
Open to all poets of 17 and over internationally Entry fee £6.50
Prize: 
First prize: £5,000, Second prize: £2,000, Third prize: £1,000 and Seven commendations: £200 each