The Manchester Poetry Prize 2010
Under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching the second Manchester Poetry Prize; a major international literary competition that has a first prize of £10,000 to be awarded to the best portfolio of poetry submitted.
In addition to the main prize, a bursary for study at MMU will be awarded to one entrant aged 18-25, as part of the Young Writer of the Year Award.
The prizes will be awarded at a gala dinner, hosted at MMU as part of the 2010 Manchester Literature Festival
To enter, you are asked to submit a portfolio of three to five poems (total maximum length 120 lines). The poems can be on any subject and written in any style, but must be new work, and not published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.
The judges are Simon Armitage, Lavinia Greenlaw, and Daljit Nagra. The competition is open to anyone over the age of 16, there is an entry fee of £15 and the deadline for entries is 6th August 2010.
To find out more, and enter online, please go to:
