WRITE OUT LOUD'S BIG ANNIVERSARY POETRY COMPETITION 'ECHOES' IS OPEN FOR ENTRIES!
Write Out Loud’s 2025 poetry competition – to mark this website’s 20th anniversary – is open for entries! The judge is celebrated Bloodaxe Books editor and anthologist, Neil Astley, pictured, and the theme is ‘Echoes’- a theme that is open to your own interpretation. The first prize is £500, second place £250, and third place £50. Entries are via the website only, and the cost of entry is £5 for one poem, £10 for two poems, an...
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