Poetry Index
Competition Listings
Always include SAEs. # = open to young writers, under 18.
^ = awaiting further details. NB may also mean competitions are no longer running.
Source: Competitions Bulletin: aims to list details of all UK writing competitions
POETRY COMPETITIONS
APRIL 29 MSLEXIA NATIONAL WOMEN’S POETRY COMPETITION
PO Box 656, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1PZ; 0191 261 6656
[email protected]; www.mslexia.co.uk
APRIL 30 OPEN POETRY COMPETITION 2005 For Myeloma Awareness
IMF (UK), Lower Ground Floor, 37 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3HP
[email protected] www.myeloma.org.uk
MAY 15 SPLIT THE LARK POETRY FESTIVAL
DEAL AND DOVER COMPETITION JUNE 2005
Liz Turner, 1 King Edward Road, Deal, Kent CT14 6QL; 01304 380866
[email protected] (Sindy Tyrell)
MAY 21 NORTHAMPTON LITERATURE GROUP’S
OPEN POETRY COMPETITION
B Dee, 165 Birchfield Road, Northampton, NN3 2BZ [email protected]
^MAY 27 BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE POET OF THE YEAR
PO Box 229, Bristol BS99 7JN; 0117 973 8402 (Abigail Johnstone)
MAY 31 THE 2004 CRABBE MEMORIAL POETRY COMPETITION
Competition Secretary, T. Butler, 9 Gainsborough Road, Felixstowe IP11 7HT
^JUNE 1 POETRY LONDON COMPETITION
P O Box 30104, London E17 4XR
[email protected] www.poetrylondon.co.uk
JUNE 30 ENVOI INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
The Competition Secretary, 44 Rudyard Rd, Biddulph Moor, Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7JN
JUNE 30 MARTELLO OPEN POETRY COMPETITION
The Secretary, 11 Barcombe Walk, Old Town, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 8HT
JULY 2 MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL SIXTH INTERNATIONAL & INTERFAITH RELIGIOUS POETRY COMPETITION
‘The Religious Poetry Competition’, The Cathedral, Manchester M3 1SX.
[email protected]
POETRY & SHORT STORIES
MAY 1 LYMM LINES WRITING COMPETITION 2005
‘Fire’, c/o 39 Fairfield Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2UR
MAY 31 AYR 800 WRITERS COMPETITION
Ayr Writers Club, c/o 69 St. Ninians Road, Prestwick, Ayrshire KA9 1SL
www.ayrwritersclub.co.uk
^ MAY 21 #DROGHEDA CREATIVE WRITERS
ANNUAL SHORT STORY AND POETRY COMPETITION
Drogheda Creative Writers Resource Centre, 7 North Quay,
Drogheda, County Louth; 041 9835754 or 086 8640987.
MAY 31 MIKE HAYWOOD POETRY AND PROSE COMPETITON
Graham Rippon, 19 Godric Drive, Brinsworth, Rotherham, S Yorkshire S60 5AN
[email protected] www.carillonmag.org.uk
JUNE 30 THE BRIDPORT PRIZE
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR; 01308 485120 (Frances Everitt) [email protected] www.bridportprize.org.uk
^JUNE 30 #THE RUSHMOOR WRITERS SOUTHERN COUNTRIES CIRCLE LITERARY COMPETITION
Competition Secretary, Rushmoor Writers, 53 Fernhill Rd, Cove, Hants GU14 9SA
POETRY & ALL SORTS
MAY 27 IMPRESSIONS, SOUTH TIPPERARY FESTIVAL OF WRITING
South Tipperary Arts Centre, Nelson Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Tel: 052 27877; [email protected] www.southtipparts.com
JUNE 22 BOHO – AVALON
boho – avalon, the boho press, PO Box 109, Portishead, Bristol BS20 7ZJ
[email protected] www.bohopress.co.uk/
JUNE 30 BRITISH CZECH & SLOVAK ASSOCIATION’S
WRITING COMPETITION
Essay: 1500-2000 words.
BCSA Prize Administrator, 24 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3NS
[email protected] www.bcsa.co.uk
^ = awaiting further details. NB may also mean competitions are no longer running.
Source: Competitions Bulletin: aims to list details of all UK writing competitions
POETRY COMPETITIONS
APRIL 29 MSLEXIA NATIONAL WOMEN’S POETRY COMPETITION
PO Box 656, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1PZ; 0191 261 6656
[email protected]; www.mslexia.co.uk
APRIL 30 OPEN POETRY COMPETITION 2005 For Myeloma Awareness
IMF (UK), Lower Ground Floor, 37 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3HP
[email protected] www.myeloma.org.uk
MAY 15 SPLIT THE LARK POETRY FESTIVAL
DEAL AND DOVER COMPETITION JUNE 2005
Liz Turner, 1 King Edward Road, Deal, Kent CT14 6QL; 01304 380866
[email protected] (Sindy Tyrell)
MAY 21 NORTHAMPTON LITERATURE GROUP’S
OPEN POETRY COMPETITION
B Dee, 165 Birchfield Road, Northampton, NN3 2BZ [email protected]
^MAY 27 BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE POET OF THE YEAR
PO Box 229, Bristol BS99 7JN; 0117 973 8402 (Abigail Johnstone)
MAY 31 THE 2004 CRABBE MEMORIAL POETRY COMPETITION
Competition Secretary, T. Butler, 9 Gainsborough Road, Felixstowe IP11 7HT
^JUNE 1 POETRY LONDON COMPETITION
P O Box 30104, London E17 4XR
[email protected] www.poetrylondon.co.uk
JUNE 30 ENVOI INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
The Competition Secretary, 44 Rudyard Rd, Biddulph Moor, Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7JN
JUNE 30 MARTELLO OPEN POETRY COMPETITION
The Secretary, 11 Barcombe Walk, Old Town, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 8HT
JULY 2 MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL SIXTH INTERNATIONAL & INTERFAITH RELIGIOUS POETRY COMPETITION
‘The Religious Poetry Competition’, The Cathedral, Manchester M3 1SX.
[email protected]
POETRY & SHORT STORIES
MAY 1 LYMM LINES WRITING COMPETITION 2005
‘Fire’, c/o 39 Fairfield Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2UR
MAY 31 AYR 800 WRITERS COMPETITION
Ayr Writers Club, c/o 69 St. Ninians Road, Prestwick, Ayrshire KA9 1SL
www.ayrwritersclub.co.uk
^ MAY 21 #DROGHEDA CREATIVE WRITERS
ANNUAL SHORT STORY AND POETRY COMPETITION
Drogheda Creative Writers Resource Centre, 7 North Quay,
Drogheda, County Louth; 041 9835754 or 086 8640987.
MAY 31 MIKE HAYWOOD POETRY AND PROSE COMPETITON
Graham Rippon, 19 Godric Drive, Brinsworth, Rotherham, S Yorkshire S60 5AN
[email protected] www.carillonmag.org.uk
JUNE 30 THE BRIDPORT PRIZE
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR; 01308 485120 (Frances Everitt) [email protected] www.bridportprize.org.uk
^JUNE 30 #THE RUSHMOOR WRITERS SOUTHERN COUNTRIES CIRCLE LITERARY COMPETITION
Competition Secretary, Rushmoor Writers, 53 Fernhill Rd, Cove, Hants GU14 9SA
POETRY & ALL SORTS
MAY 27 IMPRESSIONS, SOUTH TIPPERARY FESTIVAL OF WRITING
South Tipperary Arts Centre, Nelson Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Tel: 052 27877; [email protected] www.southtipparts.com
JUNE 22 BOHO – AVALON
boho – avalon, the boho press, PO Box 109, Portishead, Bristol BS20 7ZJ
[email protected] www.bohopress.co.uk/
JUNE 30 BRITISH CZECH & SLOVAK ASSOCIATION’S
WRITING COMPETITION
Essay: 1500-2000 words.
BCSA Prize Administrator, 24 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3NS
[email protected] www.bcsa.co.uk
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