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Competitions compendium

We can’t find a better competitions listing than that provided by The Poetry Kit. It covers short story and other creative writing competitions as well as poetry, so we suggest you bookmark it and visit frequently or – better still -sign up for their competitions newsletter (emailed on the first of every month).

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Templar Poetry Pamphlet & Collection Competition – four £500 prizes plus publication

Deadline: 8 May 2010. For short collections of poetry of between 18 and 24 pages, judged by Pat Winslow. For full details visit Templar’s website here.

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Ted Walters International Writing Competition

Deadline: 31 May 2010. Organised by the University of Liverpool Creative Writing Society for Lifelong Learning. Three categories – poetry, short stories and plays – each with a first prize of £200. Click here for more information and an application form.

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Children’s Laureate Supports Poetry Competition in Honour of Artist Hannah Frank

A new poetry competition, launched to celebrate the life and work of the late Glasgow artist Hannah Frank, is now open for entries.
Entrants, who will be divided into five categories depending on age, must write a poem of not more than 40 lines taking their inspiration from any one of Hannah’s distinctive, other-worldly black and [...]

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Lakeland Book of the year awards

The Lakeland Book of the Year Awards has established itself as a really prestigious event on the literary calendar and once again we would like to encourage publishers and authors – whether they are a first-time writer or an established author – to enter. As usual last year’s awards saw an amazing number of [...]

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Poetry competition £5k first prize

Multi-award winning poet and short story writer Jackie Kay and Anglesey-based poet and Poetry Wales Editor Zoë Skoulding have been announced as judges for the 2010 Cardiff International Poetry Competition.
The competition, which is now officially open, is one of the UK’s leading poetry competitions and offers one of the largest monetary prizes for a competition [...]

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