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Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2025
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The Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2025 is open to national and international entries with a closing date of 2nd June 2025. With a maximum of 60 lines (excluding line breaks and title), there’s space to flex your poetic muscles. The judging panel (Luigi Marchini – Chair, SaveAs Writers Group, and Joint Winners – Poet of the Year 2024, Kerry Rawlinson and Gary Michael Studley), will pick the winners and a longlist of entries will be published in the 2024 anthology. Check out the Canterbury Festival website for the full terms and conditions.
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