Poems Please Me Prize 2014

Poems Please 2014 competition is now open for entries

Judge: Anthony Watts

1 Closing date: 11.59 pm BST Sunday 14th September 2014. Results will be published by Poems Please Me and mailed individually to winners

before 31 October.

2 Subject: this is an Open competition. The choice of subject is yours.

3 Language: English

4 Length: 12 to 40 lines (excluding title).

5 Prizes First: £600 Second: £300 Third: £150 Highly Commended (number at discretion of judge and organiser): £30 each.

Also: illustrations will be created of each winning and commended poem.

• The Artists’ Quarter (TAQ) will create a selection of digital art to illustrate the winning and commended poems. (A poem’s potential for

illustration will not be a factor in the judging.) TAQ is a worldwide online community of digital and traditional artists led by the UK’s Tim

Shelbourne. TAQ on Facebook.

• Winners of the top three prizes will receive a mounted print of the illustration of their choice.

• Winning and commended poems and TAQ illustrations will be published on Poems Please Me (in featured Poems, a Gallery & an e-Book) and

by TAQ. Browse 2013 e-Book of winning poems and illustrations.

6 Copyright in all poems remains with the poet, and in TAQ artwork with the artist.

7 Original poems required, not published elsewhere prior to 1st November 2014.

8 Entry fee: £5 for one poem; £9 for two; £12 for three.

For futher rules and details of how to enter visit: PoemsPlease.me