The Café Writers Open Poetry competition 2010 is open and poems can be submitted until 30th November 2010.

Prizes:

• First £1000, second £300, five commended prizes of £50.
  
• The 'Funniest Poem', not winning  another prize, will receive £150
• The Norfolk Prize of £100 will be awarded to the best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident not winning another prize.
  

The entry fee is £4 per  poem; or £10 for 3 poems and £2.00 per poem thereafter

Enter on-line at www.cafewriters.org.uk or by post with an attached, completed entry form

SOLE JUDGE  Michael  Symmons Roberts


Café  Writers is a Norwich based  grass-roots writers’ network supporting and  showcasing work by  established writers in all genres.  It also  encourages and  champions new work by emerging writers.  It is run  entirely by  volunteers that are passionate about encouraging wider  participation  and excellence in literature.  Our main activity is a  monthly  live literature event that gets a regular audience of around 50, and   sometimes double that. Our readers have included:    Jacob Polley, Michael Laskey, Penelope Shuttle, Emma Jones,  Jackie Kay,  Esther Morgan, Matthew Hollis, Christopher Reid and  Matthew Sweeney.   All these were supported by less established  emerging writers; Joe  Dunthorne gave one of his first readings with  us whilst studying at UEA.   In programming we aim to put on  interesting and balanced events.