Poetry
Competitions
arranged in date
order
Poetry Comps. 
Cafe Writers Open Poetry
Competition 2008
Closing date: 30th November 2008
Prizes: First prize of £750, Second prize of £300 and Third
prize of £150 plus a Jarrold Norfolk prize of £150 (Book
vouchers) which is open to permanent residents of
Norfolk. Entry fee: £4 per poem, £10 for three
entries.
Unpublished poems on any subject up to 40 lines. Postal or
email entry. Visit website for more details. cafewriters.awardspace.com/
The New Writer Poetry
Prizes 2008
Closing date 30th November 2008.
Prizes: Collection: 1st prize £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Single:
1st prize £100, 2nd £75, 3rd £50. Entry fee £5 for up to two
single poems; Collections: Entry fee £12 per collection.
Single Poems and Collections - single poems up to 40 lines and
collections of between 6 - 10 poems. Single poem entries must
be previously unpublished; previously published poems can be
included as part of a collection.
Further information including guidelines, entry form at
thenewwriter.com/
The James W Hackett
Annual International Award for Haiku
Closing date: 30th November 2008.
Prizes: Two winning haiku will be chosen, each by a separate
adjudicator. The winning authors will each receive a prize of
£70 and one year’s free subscription to The British Haiku
Society. Winning and commended haiku will be published in
Volume 19 no. 2 (June 2008) of Blithe Spirit and on the BHS
website. See website. haikusoc.ndo.co.uk/
2008
Plough Prize
Closing date: 30th November 2008
Prizes: 1st £500, 2nd £200, 3rd £100 in each category. Special
prize for best entry by Devon resident. Entry fee: £4.00 per
poem, four poems £14, thereafter £3.50. Small surcharge for
online entry.
Categories: Short poem (up to 10 lines), Open (up to 40 lines)
Free check-box critique on request for every entry
posted/emailed before October 30th. Details, online entry and
previous winners at: www.theploughprize.co.uk email: admin@theploughprize.co.uk
The Anthony Hecht Poetry
Prize 2008 (The Waywiser Press)
Closine date:
Postmarked no later than 1st December 2008
Prize: £1,750 or $3,000. Entry fee: $25 for residents of the
USA, £15 for entrants in the rest of the world
Minimum 50 pages, maximum 100 pages.
Visit website for full details. waywiser-press.com/
Willesden Herald International Short Story
Competition
Closing date: 19 December 2008
Prizes: 1st place: £150 plus a one-off Willesden Herald mug
inscribed "The Willesden Short Story Prize 2009" 2nd: 2 x £100
(two runners up). The three winning stories will be published
in a special edition of Pulp.net. Entry is free.
Stories up to 8,000 words accepted and must be uploaded via
their website. Full details at: willesdenherald.com/competition/rules.php
Petra Kenney Poetry
Competition
Closing date: North America 31st December, UK/Rest Of World 1st
December.
Prizes: 1st - £1000 + Published in 'Writers Magazine', 2nd -
£500, 3rd - £250. Also £250 in the Comic Verse category and
£250 & £125 in the Young Poets (14 - 18) category'
Entry Fees: UK/Europe £3.00 (Sterling) per poem, North
America
$7.00 (CD), $5.00 (USD). Poems up to 80 lines in length.
petrapoetrycompetition.co.uk/
Fellows' Poetry Prize 2008
Closing date:
31st December 2008.
Prizes: 1st: £500, 2nd: £300, 3rd: £200. The winning poems will
appear in English and will later be published here on the
website. Entry Fees: 1st entry: £7.00 (EA members) / £10.00
(non-members). Additional entries: £5.00 each. Maximum number
of entries: 3.
Poems should not exceed 30 lines (excluding title). le.ac.uk/engassoc/
Academi's Cardiff
International Poetry Competition
Closing date:
30th January 2009
Prizes: 1st - £5,000, 2nd - £500, 3rd - £250 and five runners
up will recieve £50 each. Download an entry form and read some
of last years winning poems on the website.
academi.org/cipc/
Kent & Sussex Poetry
Society Open Competition
Closing date: 31st January 2009
Prizes: 1st - £700, 2nd - £250, 3rd - £100 plus four 4th prizes
of £75. Entry fee: £4 per poem.
Poems on any subject in any style accepted up to 40 lines. Full
details on website. kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org/
Slipstream Poets Open
Poetry Competition 2008-2009
Closing date: 31st
January 2009
Prizes: First prize £150: Second prize £75: Third prize £50
Theme - A SENSE OF PLACE. Winning entries will be announced and
published on the Slipstream Poets website: slipstream-poets.co.uk
The Mattia Family Poetry
Competition
Closing date: 15th February 2009 (Opens 15th September
2008)
Prizes: 1st. Prize is $100.00, 2nd. Prize is $50.00, 3rd. Prize
is $25.00. All prizes are paid in Canadian dollars.
They say: "We are a family oriented website that promotes
poetry. We host a one-of-a-kind, no fee, international
poetry competition that allows poets the opportunity to post
their poems for all to read. We choose the poems from our
board that are inviting enough to make our 'Fina-List' page. It
is from the finalist page that we select the winners. We
are preparing for our 12th Competition, which is free for
everyone to enter. Please visit us at: mattia.ca"
Norwich Writers' Circle
2009 Open Poetry Competition
Closing date: 17th February 2009
Prizes: Open Class 1st - £200, 2nd - £100 and 3rd - £50. Prizes
for other classes also. Entry fee: £3 per poem.
Poems up to 40 lines. Entries by post only. Rules and other
details on website. norwichwriters.org.uk
Grace Dieu Writers'
Circle Open Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 28th February 2009
Prizes: £200, £100, £50, £30 and £20. Entry fees: £3, or £2 for
four or more entries.
Poems up to 40 lines accepted. Winners and short-listed entries
will be published on the Grace Dieu website. Go there for Rules
and entry form. gracedieuwriterscircle.co.uk/
The Countryside Tales
Summer Poetry Competition
Closing Date: May 1st 2009
Prizes: £50.00, £25.00, £15.00. Entry Fee: £3.00 per poem. The
three winning entries will appear in the summer edition of
Countryside Tales, which will be published during July
2009.
Theme. The Countryside in Summer. Poems can be in any style up
to 40 lines. See website. parkpublications.co.uk/writingcompetion.htm
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