Tongues and Grooves Tenth Anniversary Poetry Competition

The Portsmouth organisation is celebrating ten years of poetry and performance
The competition is for original, unpublished poems of up to 40 lines.
There are prizes of £250, £175 and £75, and seven £20 prizes for the best poems from the Portsmouth area.
The winners will be invited to read at Tongues and Grooves' first Poetry & Music Festival on 9 November.
There is a fee of £3 per poem, or £5 for two poems, or £10 for five poems.
An entry form can be downloaded from the website.
The closing date is 30 September.

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