27 October 2014
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The competion is for a single poem and has a first prize of €1,000 ...
The competion is for a single poem and has a first prize of €1,000
The annual competition from Munster Literature Centre is in honour of Gregory O'Donoghue, an Irish poet who died in 2005 and who had a long association with the Centre.
In addition to the first prize of €1,000 and the winner will be paid travel costs of up to €600 to visit the Cork Spring Poetry Festival, and will be provided with three nights hotel accommodation and meals. The winner will also be offered a week's residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.
There is a second prize of €500, a third prize of €250 and ten runners up will each have their poems printed in Southword and receive its standard fee of €30.
The competition is for original, unpublished poems of up to 40 lines, on any subject, in any style.
There is an entry fee of €5 per poem, or €20 for a batch of five.
The closing date is 30 November.
The annual competition from Munster Literature Centre is in honour of Gregory O'Donoghue, an Irish poet who died in 2005 and who had a long association with the Centre.
In addition to the first prize of €1,000 and the winner will be paid travel costs of up to €600 to visit the Cork Spring Poetry Festival, and will be provided with three nights hotel accommodation and meals. The winner will also be offered a week's residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.
There is a second prize of €500, a third prize of €250 and ten runners up will each have their poems printed in Southword and receive its standard fee of €30.
The competition is for original, unpublished poems of up to 40 lines, on any subject, in any style.
There is an entry fee of €5 per poem, or €20 for a batch of five.
The closing date is 30 November.
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