Poetry Competition 2015

For women poets over 60

Our annual competition is for poems of up to 40 lines on any subject.

Adjudicators:

Alison Brackenbury and Angela France

Prizes:

Ist – £100 2nd – £50 3rd – £25

All poems will be read by both adjudicators, whose joint decision will be final.

Winning poems will be posted on the website.

 

Rules of Entry

For women over 60 only. Those who will reach 60 before the end of June 2015 are eligible.

Poems should be up to 40 lines, on any theme, previously unpublished, and not accepted for future publication.

All entries should be typed and on A4 paper, and accompanied by an official entry form.

Manuscripts cannot be returned, so please keep a copy. If you wish an acknowledgement, please enclose sae marked ‘receipt’ with your entry

Poems to be listed on entry form, together with contact details. No personal details on poem page/s please.

No email submission. Poems (2 copies of each please) accepted by post only, and sent to: Competition 2015, Grey Hen Press, PO Box 450, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 9WS.
 

Entry Form

download here

Alternatively, you may request an Entry Form by post from the above address. Please enclose SAE.

Results will be posted on the website. Send SAE marked ‘results’ with entries if you wish to be notified by post.

£3 per poem or 4 for £10. Cheques payable to Grey Hen Press.

Closing date 30^th April 2015