Essex Poetry Festival 7th Open Poetry Competition. First Prize £500, Second £200, Third £100

and 3 runner-up prizes of £10 book tokens

Sole adjudicator Anne-Marie Fyfe.

Winning poems will be published on the Essex Poetry Festival website. Closing date 30th August 2007

For poems up to 40 lines, entry fee is £3 per poem or £10 for 5 poems

For full details of rules visit Essex Poetry Festival website www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk

or send a stamped addressed envelope to Essex Poetry Festival Competition Secretary, 15 Seeleys, Old Harlow, Essex CM17 0AD

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