Here are some Competitions for you to enter sent to us by Sarah MacLennan of Dead Good Poet's Society in Liverpool.

Poetry on the Lake 8th International Poetry Competition | Closing Date: 12-May-08
Categories: 1.Silver Wyvern - max.60 lines, theme 'Colour', Adjudicator: Jo Shapcott. 2. Short poems - max.10 lines, open theme, Adjudicator: Penelope Shuttle. 3. Formal verse - max.40 lines, open theme, Adjudicator: Michael Swan. Prizes: Silver Wyvern Award + £400; £100; £50 x 2 Short & Formal: each £50 + designer bowl
Entry Fee: £5 for one entry, £12 for three entries, £20 for six entries, then £3 per poem
Contact: Poetry on the Lake, Isola San Giulio, 28016 Orta NO, Italy
Website: www.poetryonthelake.org Email: poetryonthelake@yahoo.co.uk

Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2008 | Closing Date: 19-May-08
Details: For poems of up to 40 lines. First prize £800. Judge: Gillian Clarke.
Entry Fee: £3 per poem and five poems for £12 Contact: CFW Poetry, PO Box 474, Eastleigh, SO50 0AN Website: www.poetrypf.co.uk

Indigo Dreams Press Booklet Competition 2008 | Closing Date: 30-May-08
Three Winners will have an A5 Booklet (to 44 pages) of their poetry printed and each will receive 50 copies. Submission: Selection of 10 to 15 poems Length: Poems to be maximum 36 lines. Entry Fee: £15 per block of poems Contact: Cheque payable Indigo Dreams Press and entries to Indigo Dreams Press, 8 Reynolds Court, Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 7NE. Please email any queries to indigodreamspress@tiscali.co.uk or sae for reply to above address. Full details/email/overseas entries visit www.indigodreamspress.co.uk

Frogmore Prize 2008 | Closing Date: 31-May-08
For poems of up to 40 lines. Adjudicator: Clare Pollard. The winner of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2008 will win two hundred guineas and a two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers. Entry Fee: £2 per poem Contact: The Frogmore Press, 42 Morehall Avenue, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4EF

The 2nd Annual Ted Walters International Short Story and Poetry Competition 2008 | Closing Date: 31-May-08
For poems of up to 40 lines and for short stories of up to 2000 words. The University of Liverpool Creative Writing Society for Lifelong Learning will donate £1 from each and every poem and short story entered to the Macmillan Cancer Support. Judge: Linda Walters Entry Fee: £3 for the first entry, £2.50 for subsequent entries
Contact: Mr Tommy McBride (Group Secretary), The University of Liverpool Creative Writing Society for Lifelong Learning, 50 Onslow Road, Kensington, Liverpool,
Merseyside L6 3 BB Email: thomas.mcbride2@sky.com