Essex Poetry Festival , 2007, poetry competition

Essex Poetry Festival
8th Open Poetry Competition

First Prize £500
Second £200, Third £100
and 3 runner-up prizes of £10 book tokens

Closing date 30th August 2008

Prize giving will be in October at the Essex Poetry Festival
Winners & runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems at the festival.
Winning poems will be published here on the website

Catherine Smith was named as one of the Poetry Book Society/Guardian’s 'Next Generation' poets - 'the twenty most exciting poets to have published a first collection in the last ten years' Her first short poetry collection, The New Bride, was short-listed for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and her book, The Butcher's Hands, received a Poetry Book Society Recommendation . Her new poetry collection, Lip, was published by Smith/Doorstop in November 2007.

Competition Rules

1. Poems may be up to 40 lines, and on any subject.

2. Entries must be the poet's own unpublished work.
    They should not be on offer elsewhere during this competition.      Copyright remains with the author.

3. The entry fee is £3 per poem or £10 for 5 poems.
     PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO
                 ‘POETRY IN PRACTICE’

4. Each poem should be typed on one side of A4 paper with the title of the     poem at the top of the sheet.
    The competitor's name must NOT appear on the poem.

5. All entries must be accompanied by A4 covering sheet with the author's      name, address, & titles of poems.Click here for entry form

6. Poems cannot be returned, so please don't send original manuscripts

7. The adjudicator's decision is final.

Please read the rules carefully, and then send entries to the address below.

Essex Poetry Festival Competition
15 Seeleys,
Old Harlow,
Essex
CM17 0AD

click here to read last years winners