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Poet for Places 2023

Poet for Places Prize 2023

Deadline: 31 May 2023

  • Entry Fee: FREE
  • Prizes: Winner: £10,000 grant. plus one-to-one mentoring from award-winning poet Daljit Nagra, Dr Emma Filtness and other creative writers at Brunel University London
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (one or two poems) plus a 300-word personal statement
  • Judges: Professor Daljit Nagra, Dr Emma Filtness and Dr Nicola Stacey
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Eligibility: Open to poets aged between 18 and 25 on 1 May 2023; must be resident in London.
  • Competition Website:  heritageoflondon.org/poet-for-places

Queen Mary Wasifiri New Writing Prize

Queen Mary Wasifiri New Writing Prize 2023

Deadline: 5:00 pm on 30 June 2023

  • Entry Fee: £10 for a single entry, £16 for a double entry, and £6 for a single subsidised entry
  • Prizes: Winner: £1,000, publication and career development support
  • Word Limit: 3,000 words
  • Judges: Leila Aboulela (Fiction), Diana Evans (Chair), Caleb Femi (Poetry), Aanchal Malhotra (Life Writing)
  • Category: Poetry | Fiction | Life Writing
  • Competition Website:  https://www.wasafiri.org/new-writing-prize/
Poetry London Prize 2023

Poetry London Prize

Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 30 June 2023

  • Entry Fee: £5 per poem (subscribers), £10 per poem (non-subscribers)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £5,000, 2nd Place: £2,000, 3rd Place: £1,000; plus publication in the Poetry London magazine
  • Word Limit: 80 lines maximum (not including titles or blank lines)
  • Judge: Rachel Long
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: poetrylondon.co.uk/prize/

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New Writers Poetry Competition 2023

Deadline: Midday (UK time) on Wednesday 12 July 2023

  • Entry Fee: £10 per entry (£1 from each entry donated to charity)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200;
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (excluding title)
  • Charity:  £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)
  • Judges: Andy Craven-Griffiths
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition

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The Prose Poem Competition

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 15 October 2023

  • Entry Fee: 1 poem £3, 2 poems £4.50, 3 poems £6
  • Prizes: First place: £100; Second place: £50; Third place: £25; Honourable mention: £10 (all plus publication)
  • Word Limit: 500 words
  • Judge: Ingrid Jendrzejewski
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: theprosepoem.com/submit/

Cafe Writers Poetry Competition

Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2023

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 30 November 2023

  • Entry Fee: £4 for first entry, £10 for 3 poems & £2 per poem thereafter
  • Prizes: Winner: £1,000; 2nd Prize: £300; 3rd Prize: £200 (Norfolk Prize: £100)
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (excluding the title)
  • Judge: Martin Figura
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website:  cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-competition

Mslexia Poetry Comp 2023

Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition 2023

Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 4 December 2023

  • Entry Fee: £10 per poem (for up to three poems)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £2,000; 2nd Place: £500; 3rd Place: £250; Unpublished Poetry Prize: £250. The four winners, plus sixteen additional finalists will have their poems published in the March 2024 issue of Mslexia.
  • Line Limit: No limit
  • Judge: Fiona Benson
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: mslexia.co.uk/competitions/single-poem-poetry/womens-poetry-competition-2023
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Prole Laureate Poetry Competition

Deadline: 20 December 2023

  • Entry Fee: £3 for one entry, £2 for each any subsequent entries
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £200; 2x runners-up prizes of £50 each; winners and runners-up will be published in Prole issue 35
  • Line Limit: No limit
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: prolebooks.co.uk/competitions
The Moth Poetry Prize 2023

The Moth Poetry Prize 2023

Deadline: 31 December 2023

  • Entry Fee: €15 per poem
  • Prizes: 1st Place: €6,000; 3x runner-up prizes of €1,000; 8x prizes of €250 for commended poems
  • Line Limit: No limit
  • Judge: Hannah Sullivan (winner of the 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize)
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: themothmagazine.com

Letter Review

Letter Review Prize for Reprints

Deadline: 1st January 2024

  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Prizes: Three Winners share in the $1,000 USD total prize pool
  • Prizes: Three Winners share in the $1,000 USD total prize pool
  • Word Limit: First 5,000 words of your manuscript or up to 70 lines of poetry
  • Category: Various
  • Competition Website: letterreview.com/information/
Walk With Words

Walk With Words Competition

Deadline: 31 January 2024

  • Entry Fee: FREE
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £300; 2nd Place: £200; 3rd Place: £100
  • Line Limit: 250 words (for written entries)
  • Theme: Memories
  • Category: Various
  • Competition Website: walkwithwords.co.uk
TEIGNMOUTH POETRY FESTIVAL POETRY COMPETITION 2024

Teignmouth Poetry Festival Poetry Competition 2024

Deadline: 31 January 2024

  • Entry Fee: £5.50 for first poem, £3.50 for each additional poem
  • Prizes:Open Competition: 1st Place: £600, 2nd Place: £300, 3rd Place: £200; Devon Resident: !st Place: £200, 2nd Place: £100, 3rd Place: £50
  • Line Limit: 40 lines
  • Judge: Malika Booker (for the Open Competition); ​Graeme Ryan (for Devon Poets)
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: poetryteignmouth.com/competition-2024

Heroica Poetry Prize

Heroica Poetry Prize

Deadline: 29 February 2024

  • Entry Fee:  £2 per poem, £5 for 3 or £10 for unlimited entries. Entry is free for HEROIClub members.
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £125; 2nd Place: £50; 3rd Place: £25
  • Eligibility: Open to women and non-binary poets
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: heroica.co/poetry-prize

The Free Verse Prize

Poetry Society Free Verse Prize 2024

Deadline: 11.59pm on 18 March 2024

  • Entry Fee: £5 for first poem, £4 for subsequent poems
  • Prizes: First Prize: £500 plus publication
  • Line Limit: 48 lines (including title & blank lines / stanza breaks)
  • Judges: Chrissy Williams (poet, editor & comic book writer)
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website:  thepoetrysociety.submittable.com/submit

Creative Future Writers’ Award 2024

Creative Future Writers’ Award 2024

Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 19 May 2024

The Genesis Emerging Writers programme

Genesis Emerging Writers Programme

Deadline: 31 May 2024

  • Entry Fee: £8.50 (or three for £17). Students: £6 (or three for £12)
  • Prizes: 1st: £1500, 2nd: £300, 3rd: £200
  • Word Limit: Stories up to 3,000 words; poems up to 40 lines
  • Eligibility: Entrants must be aged 17 or older, but from anywhere in the world
  • Category: Short Story Competitions, Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: bedfordwritingcompetition.co.uk

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New Writers Poetry Competition 2024

Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on Wednesday 31st July 2024

  • Entry Fee: £10 per entry; (£18 for two entries, £26 for three entries, £34 for four entries, or £42 for five entries) *Multiple entries must be submitted together to receive the discount
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200; all winning poems will be published on the NewWriters.org.uk site and in a future New Writers Anthology
  • Word Limit: 42 lines (excluding title and line spaces)
  • Head Judge: Jordan Hamel (Poet & Performer)
  • Charity:  £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition

Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers

Solstice Nature Prize For Young Writers

Deadline: 31 October 2024

  • Entry Fee: FREE
  • Prizes: 1st: £100 plus publication in the Solstice Anthology (see notes for other prizes)
  • Word Limit: 500 words (stories or blogs) or 40 lines (poems)
  • Eligibility: Entrants must be UK residents in one of the following age categories: 7-11* years, 12-14* years, 15-17* years and 18-25 years (*entrants will need permission to enter)
  • Judge: Gill Lewis (multi-award-winning and best-selling author)
  • Category: Short Story Competitions, Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: writingeastmidlands.co.uk/young-writers-groups/solstice-writing-prize
Broken Sleep Books Poetry Competition 2024

Broken Sleep Books Poetry Competition 2024

Deadline: 31st October 2024

  • Entry Fee: £10 (standard entry) or £5 (low socioeconomic entry)
  • Prizes: There are two prizes: 1 x full-length collection contract with Broken Sleep Books and £250. 1 x mentorship towards a full collection with Broken Sleep Books, and £250 (low socioeconomic status entrants only)
  • Word Limit: Minimum of 60 pages, maximum of 90 pages.
  • Judges: Penelope Shuttle (Lyonesse) & Andre Bagoo (Narcissus)
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: brokensleepbooks.com/broken-sleep-books-poetry-competition

RHYME AND RECYCLE: AN E-WASTE POETRY CHALLENGE

Time After Time Rhyme and Recycle E-Waste Poetry Challenge

Deadline: 5th November 2024

  • Entry Fee: FREE
  • Prizes: Cash prizes of £50 for those selected for the e-zine
  • Theme/Genre: To engage and inspire young people to learn about e-waste through poetry, song lyrics, spoken word, visual or multi-media.
  • Eligibility: This competition is open to people aged 18-24
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: hubbub.org.uk/time-after-time

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