The 2020 Live Canon Collection Competition is now open for submissions. There are two categories available: one for first collections and another for second and subsequent collections. Six books will be longlisted in each category. Three books will win a publication contract with Live Canon.

This competition is for full collections only. Live Canon consider a collection to be 35+ poems, but if the poems are particularly long (or short) please use your judgement. A collection is generally made up of over forty pages altogether. Less than this would be a pamphlet (Live Canon also run a pamphlet competition).

All work must be, predominantly, in the English language. All work must be original. You may enter more than once. If you are unsure whether your collection is eligible, please get in touch with Live Canon via their website. The collection should not have been published before. It is fine if individual poems within the collection have already been published elsewhere (journals, magazines, online) but please flag this up at the start of the manuscript.


Deadline: 25 May 2020.

The 2020 Live Canon International Poetry Competition is now open for entries. All poems will be judged by Mona Arshi.

Prizes:
• Overall winner: £1000
• There will be a £100 prize for the best poem by a writer living, working or studying in the Borough of Greenwich

Sixteen poems will be shortlisted and performed at an annual prize-giving event. Fifty poems will be longlisted and published in the annual anthology.

Entry fees:
• One poem: £6.50
• Two poems: £12
• Three poems: £16
• Five poems: £20
• Ten poems: £35

Deadline: 13th May 2020. Please enter using the link above.

What better way to spend these spring days than writing and sending your poems to this year's Winchester Poetry Prize? The 2020 judge is Andrew McMillan.

Poems may be on any theme, but must not have been previously published.

Prizes:
• First prize: £1000
• Second prize: £500
• Third prize: £250
• There is also a prize for the best poem by a Hampshire-based poet.

In addition to receiving cash prizes, all longlisted poets will be invited to read at a special prize-giving event at the Winchester Poetry Festival on 10th October 2020. Winning and commended poems will also be published in a competition anthology.

Entry fees:
• First poem: £5
• Subsequent poems: £4

Deadline: 31st July 2020. Please visit the website to enter.

The Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition is now open for entries.

Prizes:
• First prize: €1000
• Second prize: €500

Both winners will receive chapbook publication and twenty-five complimentary copies. They will also be invited to read at the 2021 Cork International Poetry Festival. Three nights' accommodation will be provided.

Entry fees:
• Entry to the competition costs €25.

Deadline: 31st August 2020. Please enter using the link above.

The 2020 Grey Hen Poetry Competition is now open. The competition is open for entries from women over 60. Poems may be on any theme and must not exceed forty lines. All poems will be judged by Rose Cook and Gill McEvoy.

Prizes:
• First prize: £100
• Second prize: £75
• Third prize: £25

Entry fees:
• £3 per poem
• £10 for four poems

Deadline: 30th April 2020. Please enter using the link above.

The Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition is now open for entries. All poems will be judged by Rachel Mann.

Prizes:
• First prize: £500 ('Manchester Cathedral Poet of the Year 2020')
• Second prize: £250
• Third prize: £150

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'. Poems from a range of faith traditions are encouraged, as well as from those struggling to discover a sense of the sacred. Poems are welcome in any style or form and will be judged solely on their merits as poetry.

Entry fees:
• First poem: £4.50
• Subsequent poems: £2

Deadline: 30th June 2020. Please enter using the link above.

The 2020 Creative Future Writers’ Award is now open for submissions. Founded in 2013, the Awards showcase talented writers who lack opportunities due to mental health issues, disability, identity or other social circumstance.

The 2020 judges are Kerry Hudson, Anthony Anaxagorou, Aki Schilz of The Literary Consultancy, Sarala Estruch of The Poetry School and the CFWA 2020 Writer In Residence.

This year's theme is 'tomorrow'. Submissions are open for:
• Poetry (up to 42 lines)
• Short fiction (up to 2000 words)

£12,000 in prizes will be awarded, including cash and professional writing development opportunities, publication in an anthology, and a high-profile awards ceremony at the Southbank Centre in London as part of London Literature Festival.


Deadline: 31 May 2020.

The 34th Frogmore Poetry Prize is now open for entries. All poems will be judged by Maria Jastrzebska. Poems should be a maximum of forty lines in length.

Prizes:
• First prize: 250 guineas + two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers.
• Runners-up: 75 guineas + one-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers.
• Runners-up: 50 guineas + one-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

All shortlisted poems will also be published in The Frogmore Papers.

Entry fees:
• £4 per poem. Cheques should be made payable to The Frogmore Press. Entries should be posted to The Frogmore Press, 21 Mildmay Road, Lewes, BN7 1PJ.

Deadline: 31st May 2020. Please enter using the link above.

The Poetry London Prize is a major international award for a single outstanding poem. The judge for 2020 is the poet, critic and translator Ilya Kaminsky.

Prizes:
• First prize: £5000
• Second prize: £2000
• Third prize: £1000

Entry fees:
• Standard: £8
• Subscribers: £4

Deadline: 1st May 2020.

What better way to spend these grey February days than writing and sending your poems to this year's Troubadour International Poetry Prize? The 2020 judges are Mark Doty and Mona Arshi.

Poems may be on any theme, but must not have been previously published and must not exceed 45 lines.

Prizes:
• First prize: £2000
• Second prize: £1000
• Third prize: £500
• Twenty poems will also receive commendations.

Entry fees:
• £5 per poem


Deadline: 22nd June 2020. Please visit the website to enter.