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deadline

2019

Judge

Thu 28th
February

Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition
 
Open theme. Poems up to 60 lines. Results by 31st March 2019.
 
Prizes: First £150. Second £100. Third £50.
Additional prize of £25 plus the award of the Jim Johnston Chanctonbury Cup
for the best West Sussex entry.
 
Entry fees: £5 for initial poem. £3.50 for each additional one.
 
For further details, rules and entry form visit www.slipstream-poets.co.uk

Mandy Pannett

Fri 29th
March

South Downs Poetry Festival Competition
for
The Binsted Prize
 
Open theme. Poems up to 50 lines. Results by April 15 2019.
 
Prizes: First £250. Second £150. Third £50.

 
Entry fees: £5 for initial poem. £4 for each additional one.
 
For further details, rules and entry form visit For further details, rules and entry form visit www.binsted.org/poetry-comp-19

James Simpson

Sun 31st
March

19th International Poetry Competition, Poetry on the Lake (Italy)
 
Silver Wyvern: open theme, any form, max 42 lines,
prizes: Silver Wyvern award & 500Euros 2nd: 200Euros
 
Formal poem category: open theme, max. 42 lines, Prize 100Euros
(Formal: traditional poetic forms: sonnet, sestina, villanelle etc)
 
Best poem in any category on theme of ‘Spirit’ (interpret freely) 100 Euros
Other prizes to winners present at award event
 
Entry (UK): £10 1st poem; £6 per further poem in same submission
EARLY BIRD – enter before 31st January and pay £5 per poem
 
more details & ROW entry fee details

Silver Wyvern: Paul Henry

Tue 30th
April

Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2019
 
1st Prize £600, 2nd prize £300, 3rd prize £150.
Ware Sonnet Prize £150
 
Entry: £4 per poem; £12 for 4 poems & £3 per further poem in same submission
 
download (pdf) Details & Entry form
 

Maggie Butt

Tue 30th
April

Grey Hen Poetry Competition 2019 (for women over 60)
 
Poems up to 40 lines on any theme.
 
1st Prize £100, 2nd prize £75, 3rd prize £25.
 
Entry: £3 per poem; £10 for 4 poems
 
Rules & Entry Form (postal entries)
 

Julia Deakin

Fri 31st
May

The Frogmore Poetry Prize 2019
 
1st Prize: 250 guineas & 2-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers
2 runners-up: 75 & 50 guineas respectively & 1-year subscription
     to The Frogmore Papers
All shortlisted poems: publication in Issue 94 of The Frogmore Papers
 
Entry: £3 per poem
 
download (pdf) Details & Entry form
 

John O’Donoghue

Sun 30th
June

The Poetic Bond IX (2019)
 
Poems on any subject, in any form, of any length
 
Prizes: For poets selected for publication, two copies of the paperback anthology, and eligibility to three awards of $25, voted by the poets published in The Poetic Bond IX.
 
More on the selection process at www.thepoeticbond.com.
 
Entry $15 (currency equivalents) for up to four poems.
Submissions window opens 1st March willowdownbooks.submittable.com/submit
ALL those submitting work will receive a free book from the Willowdown Books catalogue.

Anonymous panel, coordinated by Trevor Maynard, with cash award voted by poets published in final anthology