Poetry Competitions Oct-Dec 2013

Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2013
Closing Date: 21/10/2013
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Judges: Deryn Rees-Jones & George Szirtes.
Prizes: 1st £2,500, 2nd £500, 3rd £250, 20 prizes of £20 each - plus a spring 2014 coffee-house-poetry season-ticket, a prize-winners' coffee-house poetry reading with Deryn Rees-Jones & George Szirtes for prize-winning poets.
Entry Fee: £5/ 6 Euros/ $8 per poem
See full entry details at www.coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes/ 
By Post: Troubadour International Poetry Prize, Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box 16210, LONDON W4 1ZP.
By E-mail: CoffPoetry@aol.com

National Poetry Competition 2013
Closing Date: 31st October 2013
Prizes: First Prize: £5000, Second Prize: £2000, Third Prize: £1000, Seven Commendations: £100. The top-three winning poems will be published in Poetry Review. The winner is also invited to read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in July 2014. Up to 150 entrants will also be offered a discount on selected activities from the Poetry School. Winning and commended poems will be published on the Poetry Society website when the competition prizes are announced in spring 2014.
Judges: The judges of the 2013 National Poetry Competition are Julia Copus, Matthew Sweeney and Jane Yeh.
The National Poetry Competition is an award for individual poems that are previously unpublished.
Entry Fee: £6 for first entry, £3.50 for subsequent entries
Postal Entries: National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society,22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX, UK
Enter online: http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/

What's your Place?
Closing Date: 31st December 2013
Prize: £100 plus publication in our online magazine. Organised by Holland Park Press.
Theme: a poem about a neighbourhood that's important to you.
Entry Fee: £0
More information is available from http://www.hollandparkpress.co.uk/magazine_detail.php?magazine_id=255&language=English

National Poetry Competition 2013 by The Poetry Society is now open!

The Poetry Society runs many competitions and awards, amongst them some of the most prestigious prizes for young people: the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award and SLAMbassadors UK, which closes for entries on 15th September, not to mention the many challenges set by the Young Poets Network since it launched last year.

Accepting entries from entrants aged 17+, the National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious poetry prizes. Winners include established and emerging poets, and winning has proved an important career milestone for many poets who are now well known – Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy won back in 1983. Despite the name, the competition accepts entries from all over the world, and, wherever you are, it's easy to enter online.
Julia Copus, Matthew Sweeney and Jane Yeh are this year's judges, and the top prize is £5,000. The top three winners are also published in the Poetry Society's leading international journal, Poetry Review.
The deadline is 31st October and you can enter online now or download an entry form from the Poetry Society website.

FOYLE YOUNG POETS OF THE YEAR AWARD IS NOW OPEN

BRITAIN'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE FOR YOUNG WRITERS AGED 11 to 17 YEARS IS NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is now open for entries. The prize is for young writers from across the world. Last year's competition attracted entries from a staggering 7,351 young writers from 60 countries worldwide, making it one of the largest literary competitions in the world.  

Since it began 16 years ago the Award has kick-started the career of some of today's most exciting new voices. The phrase 'Former Foyle Young Poet', is now commonly found in professional biographies as alumni continue to make their mark on the wider literary world, their names appearing on bookshelves and at festivals the world over. The Poetry online Alumni Library  celebrates the successes of these exciting new voices.

http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/youngpeople/ymlibrary

 "I am absolutely delighted to be judging the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award this year. I am certain we will discover some really exciting new voices." 

Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2013 Judge, Hannah Lowe

"This journey has been transforming and surreal. I would encourage all young writers to submit to this competition while the chance still remains."

Sara Henry, former Foyle Young Poet of the Year

Find out more at www.foyleyoungpoets.org

Open for Submissions: 11th March 2013 

Deadline: 31st July 2013 

Judges: Hannah Lowe and David Morley