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Jonathan Edwards to judge Kent and Sussex poetry competition

Jonathan Edwards will be judging the £1,000 Kent and Sussex poetry competition. The deadline is 31 January 2023. More details 

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Fiona Benson to judge Teignmouth poetry competition

Fiona Benson will be judging the £600 Teignmouth poetry festival competition. The closing date is 31 January 2023. More details 

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Jane Commane to judge WoLF poetry competition

Jane Commane will be judging the £400 Wolverhampton literature festival (WoLF) poetry competition. The deadline is 31 December. More details

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Halloween is deadline day for National Poetry Competition

The deadline is Halloween, 31 October, for this year’s £5,000 National Poetry Competition, organised by the Poetry Society. This year’s judges are Greta Stoddart, Jason Allen-Paisant and Michael Symmo...

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Deborah Harvey to judge Indigo poetry prize

Deborah Harvey will be judging the £250 Indigo Dreams autumn poetry prize. The deadline is 30 October. More details

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Feeling angry? Enter the Bread & Roses poetry competition

Andy Croft, publisher of Smokestack Books and poetry editor of the Morning Star, and Fran Lock, associate editor of Culture Matters, will be judging the Bread and Roses poetry award, organised by Cult...

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Joshua Bennett and Victoria Kennefick to judge £2,000 Troubadour competition

Joshua Bennett and Victoria Kennefick will be judging the £2,000 Troubadour international poetry prize. The deadline is 26 September. More details

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Deadline nears for £1,000 Oxford Brookes competition

Caroline Bird will be judging the £1,000 Oxford Brookes international poetry competition. The deadline is 31 August. More details  

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Pioneer poetry competition for deaf and disabled poets

Jerwood Poetry Fellow Jamie Hale, pictured, is launching the UK’s first Disabled Poets prize in collaboration with Spread the Word, Verve Poetry Press, Verve Poetry Festival, and CRIPtic Arts. The pri...

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Jo Bell to judge £1,000 Winchester poetry prize

Jo Bell will be judging the £1,000 Winchester poetry prize. The deadline is 31 July. More details

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Inua Ellams to judge £5,000 Bridport poetry prize

Inua Ellams will be judging the £5,000 Bridport poetry prize. The deadline is 31 May. More details

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Deadline nears for Wirral poetry competition

The deadline is 22 May for the Wirral poetry festival annual competition. First prize is £250. More details

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Deadline nears for £600 Ver Poets competition

John McCullough will be judging the £600 Ver Poets open competition. The deadline is 30 April. More details

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Deadline nears for £600 Ware poetry competition

Jonathan Edwards will be judging the £600 Ware open poetry competition. The deadline is 30 April. More details

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Fancy opening a show for Dr John Cooper Clarke? Then read on ...

No, we don’t think this is fake news! It seems unlikely but the Bard of Salford, Dr John Cooper Clarke, is offering one lucky poet an opening slot at JCC’s London show at the Hammersmith Eventim Apoll...

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Anna Saunders to judge £250 Indigo Dreams poetry prize

Anna Saunders will be judging the £250 inaugural Indigo Dreams open poetry prize. The deadline is 31 March. More details

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Kim Moore to judge £600 Poets & Players competition

Kim Moore will be judging the £600 Poets & Players competition. The deadline is 23 February. More details

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Deadline nears for Brian Dempsey Memorial poetry prize

Konstandinos (Dino) Mahoney will be judging the Brian Dempsey Memorial poetry prize. First prize is publication of the winner’s pamphlet, judged from entry of 10 poems. The winner of this prize will  ...

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Richard Skinner to judge Kent & Sussex competition

Richard Skinner will be judging the £1,000 Kent & Sussex Poetry Society open poetry competition. The deadline is 31 January. More details

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Gaia Holmes to judge Red Shed poetry competition

Gaia Holmes will be judging the £100 Red Shed poetry competition. The deadline is 31 March. More details

 

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Gillian Clarke to judge £1,000 Rialto nature and place competition

Gillian Clarke will be judging the £1,000 nature and place poetry competition, run by The Rialto magazine with RSPB, BirdLife International, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and The University of Lee...

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Deadline nears for Edward Thomas competition

The deadline is 15 January for entries to the £150 Edward Thomas Fellowship poetry competition. The judge is Jamie McKendrick. More details 

 

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Submissions open for Yaffle anthology competition

Submissions are open until 31 January for the Yaffle poetry prize, with the winner receiving £200, and publication in the Yaffle prize anthology, along with the runners-up, highly commended poets, and...

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