For those of you interested in poetry for the money - Read on..........

Poetry on the Lake 7th International Poetry Competition. Closing Date:15-Jun-07
3 categories: Silver Wyvern 1st £300 + Silver Wyvern; 2nd £100 ; 3rd & 4th £50  - Theme 'Wild' max 60 lines.
Bill Winter: open theme, max 10 lines. £50 + plaque.
Formal verse: open theme, max 40 lines, £50 + plaque.
Judges: John Hartley Williams, Gary Bills, Kevin Bailey, Robert Morley
Entry Fee: £4 per poem (£15 for 4, £20 x 6, then £3 per poem)
Contact: Poetry on the Lake, Isola San Giulio, 28016 Orta NO, Italy
Info: poetryonthelake@yahoo.co.uk tel: Gabriel Griffin (+39) 347-8464227
www.poetryonthelake.org

Ledbury Poetry Festival Competition 2007 | Closing Date: 21-Jun-07 For poems of up to 40 lines. Judges: Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan. Three categories: 18 and over; 11-17; and 10 and under.
Entry Fee: £3.50 for first poem for 18 and over, first poem free for under 18s Contact: Ledbury Poetry Festival, Church Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1DH
Telephone: 0845 458 1743 Website: www.poetry-festival.com Email:
admin@poetry-festival.com

Welsh Poetry Competition | Closing Date: 24-Jun-07 For poems of up to 50 lines. First prize £100, second prize £50, third prize £25. Judge: John Evans. Entry Fee: £3 per poem
Contact: The Welsh Poetry Competition, 9 The Avenue, Pontypridd, CF37 4DF, Wales, UK Website: www.welshpoetry.co.uk

Poetry Writers' Yearbook Competition | Closing Date: 30-Jun-07
Details: For poems of up to 30 lines on the theme of Winter. £300 in prizes, or £500 of A & C Black books.
Entry Fee: £0 Contact: Website:
www.acblack.com/poetrycompetition : poetrycompetition@acblack.com

Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition Spring / Summer 2007 | Closing
Date: 30-Jun-07 Details: For surreal poems up to 50 lines. Judge: Paul
Ward. First prize: £100, second prize £50, third prize £25. Entry Fee:
£3 per poem, 4 poems for £10 Contact: Slipstream Poets (Poetry
Competition), c/o Homestead Studios, The Drive, Ifold, Loxwood, W.
Sussex RH14 0TE

Bridport Prize 2007 | Closing Date: 30-Jun-07 Details: For poems and
short stories. For poems of up to 42 lines. First prize in each
category: £5000. Poetry judge: Don Paterson. Top four poems submitted to
the Forward Prize. Entry Fee: £6 per poem Contact: The Bridport Prize,
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR
Website: www.bridportprize.org.uk

Keats-Shelley Prize 2007 | Closing Date: 30-Jun-07 Details: Two
competitions, open to all: an essay, a poem. £3000 in prizes. The essay
can be on any aspect of the life and work of John Keats, PB Shelley,
Mary Shelley or Lord Byron and should be of £2000 to £3000. The poem
should be of up to 50 lines, and should focus on a Romantic theme
associated with 'Slavery'. Judges: AN Wilson, Matthew Sweeney, John
Hartley Williams, Professor Peter Kitson, Dr Seamus Perry Entry Fee: £5
per entry Contact: KSMA Competition Secretary, School of English, The
University, St Andrews, KY16 9AL


National Poetry Competition - poems of up to 40 lines on any subject.
Entry fee: 1st poem £5, subsequent poems £3 each. To request an entry
form send an SAE to Competiton Organiser, the Poetry Society, 22
Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
Web site: www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/