April 30
THE STOKE POGES SOCIETY –
THOMAS GRAY ANNIVERSARY POETRY COMPETITION
http://thomasgray2016.org/poetry-competition/
Prizes (over 15s): £250, £100, £60; £30 x 3 Honourable Mentions
Junior Class (14s and under): £125, £50, £30.
Winners announced August 5 (anniversary of Gray’s burial)
Fee: £5, then £3 (£2.50 then £1.50, Juniors).
Length: 24 lines maximum
Theme: ‘Inspired by the Elegy’;
run up to the tercentenary of Gray’s birth in 2016:
Judge: David Gwilym Anthony (Seniors): Roger Askew, Chairman (Juniors).
Online entry or
SEND SAE: The Stoke Poges Society, c/o The Firs, Farthing Green Lane,
Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4JQ.
http://thomasgray2016.org/poetry-competition/