To enter this competition you must be a member of the Poetry Society and a member of a Poetry Stanza on the closing date – Friday, 10^th September, 2010.

The theme for the 2010 competition is ‘Elsewhere’, under 40 lines long, and you may submit no more than two poems per person. The winner will be published in Poetry News and also receives a free Poetry Prescription or a year’s Poetry Society Membership. Two runners-up will be published on the Poetry Society’s website and will be featured in Poetry News. All three will receive a selection of poetry books.

Entry to the competition is free, and you can find full rules and further details on the website at: www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/membership/stanzas/competition/2010rules/