December 31
0 @ StoryTown 2020 Poetry Competition
Under 11s; 11-17; 18+
Theme: ‘peacocks’
https://www.corsham.gov.uk/index.php
Judge: Dawn Gorman (#190)
Deember 31
20th Poetry on the Lake Competition 2020
www.poetryonthelake.org
December 7
Mslexia Poetry Competition 2020
1st prize: £2,000
Judge: Karen McCarthy Woolf
Entry fee: £10 for up to three poems
Closing date: 7 December 2020
Our Poetry Competition is back for another year and we’re excited to welcome poems of any length, in any style, on any subject.
Our judge is Karen McCarthy Woolf whose collection An Aviary of Small Birds was described as ‘extraordinarily moving and technically flawless’ (The Poetry Review) and was shortlisted for both the Forward Felix Dennis and Fenton Aldeburgh prizes. As an editor of five literary anthologies, she has launched many new voices. Her poems have been translated into Spanish, Turkish and Swedish, selected for Poems on the Underground, and made into poetry films.
The competition is open to women of any nationality from any country.
Each £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems. If you’d like to enter more than three poems, please select the correct number of entries below.
The winner will receive £2,000 plus two optional extras: a one-to-one feedback session with acclaimed poet Malika Booker; and a one-week retreat at the beautiful Cove Park Centre in Scotland. Our second-place poet will receive £500; our third-place poet will receive £250 and 17 runners up will receive £25. All winners and runners up will be published in the March 2021 issue of Mslexia.
In addition, there is a special prize of £250 for the best poem by a previously-unpublished woman poet.
https://mslexia.co.uk/products/uncategorized/mslexia-poetry-competition-2020/
Mslexia Pamphlet Competition 2020
1st prize: £250 plus publication by Seren
Judge: Amy Wack
Entry fee: £20 per pamphlet
Closing date: 7 December 2020
We’re excited to welcome entries for our annual Poetry Pamphlet Competition.
Our judge is Amy Wack, Poetry Editor at Seren Books. Originally from California, Amy started her career with Seren in 1989 where she was the reviews editor for poetry Wales before going on to become commissioning poetry editor.
The annual pamphlet competition is open to women of any nationality from any country, and welcomes completed collections of up to 24 pages of up to 20 poems; these poems may be in any style, of any length, on any subject.
In addition to the top prize of £250, the winning pamphlet will be published in 2021 by Seren Books. One or more poems from the pamphlet will be published in Mslexia in June 2021.
Each £20 entry fee allows you to enter one pamphlet. You may enter as many times as you like, provided each collection is accompanied by the £20 entry fee.
https://mslexia.co.uk/products/uncategorized/mslexia-pamphlet-competition-2020/
Trim Poetry Competition 2021
open for entries until 30 November
https://trimpoetryfestival.blogspot.com/
October 31
THE BEDFORD COMPETITION
https://bedfordwritingcompetition.co.uk/
Poems (maximum 40 lines) and short stories (maximum 3000 words)
Prizes in each category: £500, £150, £100
Over 70s: Rainbow Short Story Prize: £500, £150, £100.
Plus prizes for young short story writers and poets aged 17-25
Judges: Jordan Lees (short stories); Lesley Saunders (poetry); Leigh Russell (Rainbow);
Neil Beardmore (Bedford short story); Steve Kendall (Bedford poetry);
Stephen Bywater (Young Writers’ short story); Cameron Stuart (Young Writers’ poetry)
Fee: £6; £12/3. Students: £4; £8/3
Proceeds to Age Uk Bedfordshire for Covid-19 Emergency Appeal
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October 31
Cannon Poets’ popular Sonnet or Not 2020
October 20
Eyelands Book Awards 2020
https://eyelandsawards.com/2020/07/09/eyelands-book-awards-2020/
October 31st
Southport Writers’ Circle Annual Short Story Competition 2020
http://www.swconline.co.uk
October 31
The 2020 National Poetry Competition
October 12
The London Magazine’s Poetry Prize 2020
https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-magazine-poetry-prize-2020/