Click on the Links below for more details on these competitions. Remember to read the entry conditions carefully. Tyne & Esk Members are asked to send me details on competitions they hear about. Remember too that some ‘competitions’ are scams, particularly if the ‘prize’ is publication in a book no-one else reads. While we believe that the following competitions are genuine, Tyne & Esk Writers accepts no responsibility if things go wrong; it’s down to the judgement of members whether or not they enter. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
William Soutar Writing Competition
Soutar Writing Prize 2012 Entry Form
Soutar Writing Prize 2012 Competition Rules
Edwin Morgan Poetry Competition 2012
http://edwinmorganpoetrycompetition.co.uk/index.php/competition-2012
The competition, sponsored by the University of Strathclyde and hosted by the Book Festival, offers one of the biggest poetry prizes in the UK, with awards totalling £6,600.
2012 will be the fifth year the competition has run and this year’s judges will be Don Paterson and Gillian Ferguson. For the first time we will also be accepting entries in Scots. The competition will open for online and postal entries on February 1st 2012 and this year’s prizegiving will take place at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August.
Rules
The closing date is 9am on Monday 4th June 2012.
Maximum of 60 lines per poem
The Prize is open to anyone, including non-UK applicants, over 18 years
Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self-published, published on any website or broadcast (this includes publication on social networking sites, e.g. Facebook).
Entries may be in English or Scots.
Entries must be anonymous with no identifying marks other than the title
Alterations cannot be made to poems once they have been submitted
Entrants can submit up to 3 (three) poems, provided the appropriate entry fee is included: the entry fee is £5 per poem
No employee of the University of Strathclyde may enter the competition
The copyright of each poem remains with the author. The authors of the winning poems must grant the University of Strathclyde the right to use the poems for one year from date of award
Prizewinners will be notified by July 25th 2012. The list of prizewinners will be displayed on the website after the prize-giving ceremony.
This year’s prizegiving will take place at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August.
The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into
Competition entries cannot be returned.
Entry implies acceptance of all the rules. Failure to comply with the entry requirements willresult in disqualification.
If you are entering by post, please do NOT send SAEs for results of winners. Details will be posted on this website.
If you are entering by post PLEASE do NOT staple your work.
Welsh Poetry Competition 2012 – Still Time To Enter!
There is still time to enter this years’ sixth international Welsh Poetry Competition and be in with a chance of bagging the £300 1st Prize.
The aim of the competition is to encourage and reward the abundance of creative writing talent that we know exists out there but finds difficulty getting recognition.
Writer and competition organizer Dave Lewis said: “Poets have just over a month left to send us their entries and be in with a chance of a cash prize and publication on our website.
“We are 100% independent, we do not use filter judges, we do not get grants, bursaries or other public money from the Arts Council but are purely self-financing.
“This year we’ve already had entries from France, India, USA, New Zealand and Cameroon to name just a few places. We are looking for new and innovative writers, so if you think you’re the one why not send us your work!
“We’ve had five great years now which confirms the Welsh Poetry Competition as a truly international event firmly embedded in the literary calendar. As always many people enter because they know it is a unique opportunity and feel our competition is judged fairly.
“We aim to discover previously unpublished voices and are less concerned with an academic approach to poetry but would rather see pure raw passion burst onto the creative writing scene in Wales.
“The prize money for 2012 is as follows. Prizes are: 1st Prize – £300, 2nd Prize – £150 and 3rd Prize – £75 plus 17 runners-up being published on our website.
“We are absolutely delighted that John Evans, has agreed to judge this year’s competition. He has become an internationally respected figure both for his writing and his work campaigning to conserve our wildlife and environment.”
To enter you just need to compose a poem, in English, of less than 50 lines and send to the competition organizers. Entry forms are available by post, can be downloaded from the web site or picked up from all of Wales’ libraries. It is only £4 to enter and the closing date is Sunday 27th May 2012.
Competition Website – www.welshpoetry.co.uk
Competition Judge – www.johnevans.org.uk
Writing the World – competition for children
We wanted to draw your attention to our latest poetry and short story competition called Writing The World . The theme reflects the 2012 Olympics and is called I Like The Way You Move. The children will need to think about how different life forms move and write either a short story consisting of no more than 350 words or a poem consisting of no more than 18 lines. The competition is open to individuals and schools worldwide, but entries need to be in English. There will be three age categories, 5 – 10, 11 – 14 and 15 – 18. The closing date for this competition is the 23rd August 2012. Please contact us if you require any further information.
Nature Poetry Competition 2012
Organisers: RSPB and The Rialto magazine
Prizes: £1000, £400, £300
Judges: Sir Andrew Motion, Mark Cocker
Closing Date: 30 April 2012
Entry fees £6 for first poem, £3 each subsequent poem
Websites: www.rspb.org.uk | www.therialto.co.uk
