Manchester Cathedral Poetry Prize
Closing Date: 26 June 2015 Judge: Kim Moore (Yes, Kim Moore, who will running a workshop for us on the 7th June!!) Theme: Poems submitted should be broadly religious or ‘spiritual’ in nature and, like all good religious poetry, appeal to those who would not necessarily describe themselves as ‘religious’. We encourage poetry from a range […]
Poets and Players Competition
Closing date: 9 March 2015 Judge: Paul Muldoon Poems of up to 40 lines on any subject. http://poetsandplayers.co/competition/poets-and-players-competition-2015/
The Bristol Poetry Prize
Closing Date: 9 January 2015 Judge: Penelope Shuttle Poems of any length. http://www.poetrycan.co.uk/about/bristol-poetry-prize.html
Corinium Poetry Competition
Bit different, this one. No monetary prizes; winners will be – well, here’s what they say: The Corinium Museum is running a poetry competition. We are looking for poems of up to 40 lines inspired by an object displayed or theme interpreted at the museum. The winner of each category will receive a season ticket […]
Ware Poets Competition
Judge Carrie Etter Closing date 30 April 2015 Poems of up to 50 lines, typed or handwritten https://wrekinwriters.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/ware-poets-dl-2015.pdf
The Interpreter’s House Competition
Closing date 1 February, Judge Liz Berry. http://www.theinterpretershouse.com/competition
Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine
Prestigious prize – last year Ailsa Holland (participant on our Chester canal workshop) came second. Marvellous stuff. http://hippocrates-poetry.org/hippocrates-prize/2015-hippocrates-prize.html
Popshot Magazine invites submissions
Not so much a competition as an invitation to submit poems and stories on the theme ‘Outsider’. Poems must be no longer than 25 lines. Closing date 23 January 2015. http://www.popshotpopshot.com/submit
Guernsey Poetry Competition
Here’s an interesting competition. For poems of 14 lines or less, judge Andrew Motion. Closing date 31 December 2014. Winners will be contacted by 28 February 2015. Winning poems will become part of the Poems on the Move exhibition, and/or be placed on one of the 33 Guernsey buses, for a period of no less than […]
Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition 2104
Judge: Ian McMillan Prize: £1000 cash and a course at Ty Newydd, The National Writers’ Centre for Wales. www.tynewydd.org Closing Date: 10 July 2014 http://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/ledbury-poetry-competition/