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Deadline September 15, 2020.
First place is publication, $1,000 prize, and 25 contributor copies.
Three finalists will be announced, and all previously unpublished work
will be considered for publication as a general submission to the journal.
Submit 15 to 30 pages of poetry.
Please include no more than one poem per page.
$15 ENTRY FEE.
Visit the website for details on how to enter: https://newfound.org/poetry-prize/
Deadline November 7, 2020. The poetry can be of any type, length, or content, but it must be your own. The poetry can be serious or whimsical, fact or fiction, but it should strike a chord that makes us sit up and take notice. Grand prize winner (Booksie Gold Poet Laureate) – $1,000, gold winner badge, writing featured across the site, $20 in books chosen by winner from the Booksie Bookstore, and two runners-up (Booksie Silver Poet Laureates). Runner-up $150, silver winner badge, writing featured across the site, $20 in books chosen by winner from the Booksie Bookstore. $7.95 ENTRY FEE.
How to enter, visit: https://www.booksie.com/contest/the-booksie-2020-poetry-contest-20
Our competition is for poems based on a painting (this can be broadly interpreted). There are no style or length restrictions, but it should be stressed that a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one.
1st prize is £75 – 2nd prize is £50 – 3rd prize is £25
ENTER ONLINE
Entry is by email to comps@poetrykit.org after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of info@poetrykit.org
all entries must be received before midnight THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2020
Entries received after this time will be discarded. All entries are judged anonymously so please do not put any identifying features on the poems.
Entry fees are as follows.
1 poem £3.50 3 Poems £8.00 -5 poems £10.00
For more information see https://www.poetrykit.org/PKcomp.htm
Welcome to the 18th annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest.
Submit published or unpublished work. $8,000 in prizes.
Deadline: September 30, 2020
Prizes:
Length limit: 250 lines maximum per poem. No restriction on age of author. Authors from all countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, and Crimea (due to US government restrictions). Please click the Submittable button below for full details. Read the winning entries from the 17th contest. The results of the 18th contest will be announced on April 15, 2021. Fee: $15 per poem.
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