Southport Writers Circle Internations Writing Competition 2012
Fri 9 Dec 2011 - 30 Apr 2012
Entries for the 2012 Southport Writers’ Circle International Poetry Competition are now being taken. This year the award-winning poet Alison Chisholm is judging the competition.
Alison has had over eight collections (600 poems) published in magazines, anthologies or broadcast by BBC Radio Network Northwest /Channel 4 TV.
She teaches creative writing and writing poetry in Adult Education, gives talks and readings, adjudicates competitions and is poetry correspondent for 'Writing Magazine' and 'Writers' News.'
Prizes for this year’s competition are:
First Prize: £200, Second Prize: £100, Third Prize: £50 (In addition: £25 Humour Prize: £25 Local Prize.
The closing date for this year’s competition in 30 April 2012 the rules are as below:
1. Each entry must be anonymous and local entrants (Liverpool and Preston Postcodes) should mark poems with an ‘L’. Please enclose a separate sheet of A4 paper with your full contact details and list of titles submitted.
2. Entries must be typed on A4 paper, in English, and must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant.
3. Each entry should be accompanied by the appropriate fee of £3 per poem or four poems for £10. Cheques/Postal orders should be in sterling and payable to SOUTHPORT WRITERS’ CIRCLE.
4. A maximum of 40 lines per poem is allowed.
5. Please keep a copy of your poem(s) as manuscripts cannot be returned.
6. The adjudicator’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into. Entrants who enclose an S.A.E will receive a copy of the adjudicator’s report.
No application form is required. Envelopes should be marked ‘POETRY COMPETITION’ and sent to:- Southport Writers’ Circle, 18 Ditchfield, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4EQ please DO NOT send entries by recorded delivery.
For further information about the competition or to enter online please visit www.swconline.co.uk
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