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2020

Judge

Fri 31st
January

Teignmouth Festival Open Poetry Competition
 
Main Prizes: 1st – £500; 2nd – £250; 3rd – £100
Local Prizes: 1st – £100; 2nd – £50; 3rd – £25
 
Entry (by post – add 50p for online entries):
£4 per poem; £3 for each additional poem.
Winners announced at Teignmouth Poetry Festival, Saturday 21 March 2020
 
more details

Main: Hannah Lowe
Local: Susan Taylor & Simon Williams

Fri 28th
February

Acumen Literary Journal International Poetry Competition 2019
 
Prizes (cash & subscription to Acumen): 1st – £1,000, 5 years;
2nd – £400, 3 years; 3rd – £200, 2 years;
Special Prize: best entry from current subscriber, £100;
plus 6 Highly Commended &; 10 Commended prizes.
 
Entry: £5 per poem; £20 for 5 poems.
 
more details

Nancy Mattson & Michael Bartholomew-Biggs

Fri 28th
February

Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition 2020
 
Open Theme. Poems up to 60 lines.
 
Prizes: 1st – £200; 2nd – £100; 3rd – £50;
Additional prize of £25 plus the award of the Jim Johnston Chanctonbury Cup
for the best West Sussex entry.
 
Winners notified by 31st March.
Results and winning poems will be published on the Slipstream website.
 
Entry: £5 for 1st poem; £3.50 for each additional poem.
 
More at www.slipstream-poets.co.uk

Jackie Wills

Sat 7th
March

Enfield Poets’ Competition
 
Poems on any topic, max 50 lines
 
Prizes: 1st – £500; 2nd – £250; 3rd – £100

 
Entry: £4 per poem, £10 for 3 poems.
 
More at Enfield Poets or download order form here (pdf)

Ruth Padel

Thu 30th
April

Grey Hen Poetry Competition
for women over 60
 
Poems up to 40 lines on any theme
 
Prizes: 1st – £100; 2nd – £75; 3rd – £25
 
Entry: £3 per poem; £10 for 4 poems.
 
See Grey Hen website for Rules & Entry (pdf)

Rose Cook & Gill McEvoy

Thu 30th
Apr

Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2020
 
Prizes: 1st – £600; 2nd – £300; 3rd – £159
& The Ware Sonnet Prize £150
 
Entry: £4 per poem; £12 for 4 poems plus £3 per further poem in submission.
 
Poems max 50 lines
 
download entry form (pdf)

Glynn Maxwell

Sun 31st
May

The Frogmore Poetry Prize 2020
 
Prizes: 1st – 250 guineas and 2-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers;
 
1st & 2nd runners-up – 75 & 50 guineas respectively and 1-year subscription;
 
Shortlisted poets: copies of selected Frogmore Press publications.
 
Entry: £4 per poem
 
poems max 40 lines
 
download entry details (pdf) or visit Frogmore Press website

Maria Jastrzębska