Sheppey and Sittingbourne
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Man may move mountains - poetry moves the soul

Competitons

 

Bards at Blidworth and Beyond Poetry Competition. The line limit is 40.
Closing: 31.10.09.
Prizes: £50, £25, £10. Winners will be published in an anthology in 2010.
Entry Fee: £1 for up to three poems.

http://uk.geocities.com/bardsatblidworth/poetrycompetition.html

SAVE AS (PROSE AND POETRY)

http://www.saveaswriters.co.uk/SA

Competitions.html#SaveAs_Prose_Competition

Southport Writers’ Circle Open Short Story Competition.

This one is for stories of up to 2,000 words on any theme.

Closing: 31.10.09.
Prizes: £150, £75, £25.
Entry Fee: £3.

http://www.swconline.co.uk/

Ragged Raven Poetry Competition.

This annual contest is unusual in that it is for poems of

any length on any subject.
Closing: 31.10.09.
Prizes: 1st - £300. Runners-up (4) - £50.
Entry Fee: £3 each, £10 for four.

http://www.raggedraven.co.uk/competition.htm

Poetry Society National Poetry Competition. Line limit is 40.
Closing: 31.10.09.
Prizes: £5,000, £1,000, £500.

Winners will be published on the website and in

the magazines Aesthetica and Poetry Review.
Entry Fee: £5 for the first, £3 thereafter.

http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/

Cannon Poets Poetry Competition 2009.

Required for this one are poems of betwen

20 and 40 lines on the theme of Earth.

Closing: 31.10.09.
Prizes: £200, £100, £50.
Entry Fee: £5 for the first, £2.50 thereafter

http://www.cannonpoets.co.uk/16901.html

Segora Poetry Competition. Here’s another

contest from Segora (the website of

The International Writers Block 1999).

This time it is for poems of up to 40 lines.
Closing: 14.11.09.
Prize : £100.
Entry Fee: £3.50 for one, £6 for two, £9.50 for four, £11 for 5.

http://www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk/competitioninformation.

htm#Segora_Open_Poetry_Competition_

Mary Gornall Memorial Short Story Competition.

This one from Ashby Writers’ Club is for stories of up to 2,000 words.
Closing: 15.11.09.
Prizes: £100, £40, £20.
Entry Fee: £4 for the first, £3 thereafter

http://www.freewebs.com/barneyc/shortstorycompetition.htm

 




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