The Salopian Poetry Society's Open Poetry Competition 2013
First Prize £200 - Second prize £100 - Third prize £50.
Six consolation prizes of £25 will be awarded and all nine winners will receive a copy of the Winter 2013
issue of Salopoet which will contain all nine winning poems.
Newfound: An Inquiry of Place
Deadline: 15th October 2013
Judge: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Submission fee: $17
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Awards: First place $1000 plus publication; ten finalists will be announced and all poems will be considered for publication
as a general submission.
For the first time this year, Live Canon are running a first collection prize, following the expansion of their poetry publishing press
and establishment of their first editorial board. The winning poet will have their first collection edited and published by Live Canon,
with a launch event, distribution to book shops, online sales through Amazon and distribution to the press.
his competition is aimed at discovering talented poets who are ready to publish their first collection of 30-45 poems.
Early bird deadline, Monday 22nd July 2013.
Final deadline September 21st 2013
For a poem, of any length, in the English language, on any topic.
20 Shortlisted poems will be
The overall winner will receive £1000.
Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2013
Sponsored by Cegin Productions
Judged by Deryn Rees-Jones & George Szirtes with both judges reading all poems
prizes: 1st £2,500, 2nd £500, 3rd £250
plus 20 prizes of £20 each
plus a spring 2014 coffee-house-poetry season-ticket
plus a prize-winners' coffee-house poetry reading with Deryn Rees-Jones & George Szirtes on mon 2nd dec 2013 for all prize-winning poets
submissions, via e-mail or post, by Mon 21st Oct 2013