01 August 2021
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The world's most prestigious prize for a single poem has a first prize of £5,000
The international competition from the Poetry Society for single poems has prizes of £5,000, £2,000 and £1,000. Commended poets each get £200.
This year's judges are Fiona Benson, David Constantine and Rachel Long.
The Peggy Poole Award runs alonside the main competition, and is a talent scheme for poets from the North West entering the National Poetry Competition. The prize is mentoring from a leading poet who will judge the award.
Enter original, unpublished poems up to 40 lines.
The entry fee is £7 for the first poem in a submission, and £4 for any other poems in the same submission.
The closing date is 31 October 2021.
For full details see the website.
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