Last day to enter the Write Out Loud WoLF poetry competition!
Write Out Loud is proud to announce that we have once again been chosen to organise the Wolverhampton Literature Festival (WoLF) poetry competition, and build upon the success of last year. The competition opens to entries on November 1st, and runs through till the last minutes of 2018, giving you all plenty of time to seek inspiration and submit poems on this year’s theme of ‘wanderer’. Use this...
31st December 2018
Manchester Poetry Prize 2018 Shortlist Revealed
The shortlist for the 10th anniversary edition of the Manchester Poetry Prize has been revealed – with founder Carol Ann Duffy returning to judge the contest in her final year as Poet Laureate.
Organised by Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, the Manchester Poetry Pri...
7th December 2018
LiveCanon 2018 Christmas Poetry Treasure Hunt!
Tomorrow is the first day of December... and that means it is time for the LiveCanon Poetry Treasure Hunt to start. So if you would like to take part, make sure you are signed up, and poems will start...
30th November 2018
Free to Enter Life-Writing Prize from Spread The Word
The Spread the Word Life Writing Prize run in association with Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre, aims to find the best life writing from emerging writers from across the UK. The Prize defines life writing a...
7th November 2018
Poetry Competition Supports Young Persons Charity
5 Aspects of ME are a charitable organisation, based in Lancashire, that supports children and young people aged 7 to 16 years. The 'M' stands for Mentoring and the 'E' stands for Education - the two ...
14th October 2018
Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2018 Winners Announced
The Poetry Society has announced today the top 15 winners and 85 commended poets of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2018 at a prize-giving ceremony at the Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall...
8th October 2018
€10,000 Moth Poetry Prize is Open For Business
The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the most prestigious – and lucrative – awards in the world for a single unpublished poem, with an overall prize of €10,000, and three runner-up prizes of €1,000. The p...
19th August 2018
What Price Poetry?
Following an article on Write Out Loud from our Contributing Editor Patrick Wright discussing the merits of poetry competitions (A Gamble Worth Taking), a recent debate on social media sparked some co...
5th August 2018
Bare Fiction Boost for Low Income Writers
Bare Fiction, a print magazine that publishes and promotes new writing in poetry, fiction, short stories and theatre, put out a call via an email newsletter, Facebook and Twitter for low income writer...
29th July 2018
Last call for Foyle Young Poets Award entries
“For me poetry isn’t about ‘understanding’ it’s about experiencing, like a dream, or a movie played on the inside of your eyelids.” – Caroline Bird (pictured), Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award Winn...
25th July 2018
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Open For Entries
If the recent article on Write Out Loud from our Contributing Editor Patrick Wright about entering poetry competitions has kick-started your competitive nature, why not take a look at the Aesthetica M...
14th July 2018
A Gamble Worth Taking: Entering Poetry Competitions
‘If you don’t buy a ticket, you don’t win the lottery’, so the saying goes. And the same can be said of entering poetry competitions. To get anywhere in the poetry world, such as looking to win the Ma...
12th July 2018
