Show me even more money.....!
New competitions are being added all the time - as soon as we find out about them, so don't forget to check this news item regularly for updates.
Of course money isn’t the reason we write, we’d be very disappointed all the time if it were! But it does make a very convenient prize for a competition, so whether you’re writing for the prestige, or if you want to see the money, then why not have a go at some of these?
Many Hands Cafe Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 15th December 2009
Entry Fee: £2 for 1 poem, £5 for 2-3 poems, £8 for 4-6 poems
Prizes: 1st -£100, 2nd - £50, 3rd - £25
Details: Winner will become ManyHands Cafe’s Poet in Residence
Contact: ManyHands Cafe, c/o 2/20 Napier Road, Chorlton, Manchester. M21 8AW
Website: www.manyhandscafe.co.uk
Divine Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 21st December 2009
Entry Fee: None
Details: Write a poem that describes how wonderful it would be to own a chocolate company. There are three age categories: age 7-11, age 12-16, and age 17-adult.
Contact: Divine Poetry Competition, 4 Gainsford Street, London. SE1 2NE
Email: poetry@divinechocolate.com
Website: www.divinechocolate.com
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 23rd December 2009
Entry Fee: £3 per poem or £12 for five poems
Prizes: 1st - £100
Details: Poems up to 40 lines
Judge: Munayem Mayenin
Contact: Sentinel Poetry Movement, Unit 136, 113/115 George Lane, London E18 1AB
Website: www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk
Ten Tors 50th Anniversary Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 24th December 2009
Entry Fee: None
Details: For poets over the age of 13. Poem of no more than 16 lines in length, including title, and a max. of 100 words. You may submit a maximum of three poems.
Theme: Dartmoor and the Ten Tors.
Contact: Tavistock Library, The Quay, Plymouth Road, Tavistock. PL19 8AB
Holland Park Press Poetry Translation Competition
Closing Date: 31st December 2009
Entry Fee: None
Prize: Publication in the publisher’s online poetry magazine
Details: For the translation of Slauerhoff’s poem ‘Wooninglooze’.
Contact: www.hollandparkpress.co.uk
The Ann Pierson Award for Young Writers
Closing date: 31st December, 2009
Entry Fee: None
Prizes: 1st - £400, Runners up - £200, £20 book token for those shortlisted, Publication in the award anthology
Theme: Space
Details: For ages 15-19 inclusive, write a poem, short story, or monologue around this year’s theme
Judges: Kevin Dyer, Sarah Hall, and Jacob Polley. With special guest – Emma Jones, Wordsworth Trust Poet in Residence
Contact: Send your work, along with completed entry form to: Ann Pierson Award, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. LA9 4HE
SLQ Short Story Competition
Closing date: (postmarked by)15th December 2009, and 19th December 2009 for online entries.
Entry Fees: £5 for one story, £9 for two, and £12 for three
Prizes: 1st - £100, 2nd - £60, 3rd - £40
Theme: Open
Judge: Unoma Azuah
Contact: www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/
International Hippocrates Prize
Closing Date: 7 pm on 31st January, 2010
Entry Fee: £6 per poem
Prizes: 1st - £5,000, 2nd - £1,000, 3rd - £500, and 20 commendations of £50
Details: Two categories ��" Open International category ��" open to all; The N.H.S. category ��" only U.K. N.H.S. employees & health students may enter.
Theme: Poetry and medicine
Judges: Dannie Abse ��" poet and physician, Prof. Sir Bruce Keogh ��" NHS medical director, and James Naughtie ��" broadcaster and journalist.
Website: www.hippocrates-poetry.org
