Perform Poetry Magazine Competition
Time for the first competition we have ever held. For poems of any length on the theme of “seasons”. With a 1st prize of £100. Our competition will be judged by the poet, Jim Bennett - see below.
Poems must be the entrant's own work and not have been published in print or on a website, other than a workshop or critique platform.
The decision
of the judge is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Entries
must be in English. They should use “seasons” as the theme, but as a theme it
is not intended to be proscriptive and it may be interpreted and used in any
way the poet wishes. Poems can be in any
style or poetic form or none.
Entry
£3.50 per poem; three poems £9; five poems £12
Entries
cannot be returned, fees cannot be refunded and alterations cannot be made once
entries have been submitted.
Obscene,
graphic or sexually explicit poetry will NOT be excluded unless it is
gratuitous.
Poetry expressing racial, sexual or
any other form of prejudice will be excluded.
Entrants who do not comply with the entry rules
will be disqualified.
You will receive an email from the competition
administrator letting you know that the poems have been delivered safely and an immediate payment receipt
from Paypal.
Acceptance
of the rules is implied by entry.
A list of
prize winners and short listed entries will be published on this blog after the
closing date, 30/11/12.
ONLINE
ENTRY ONLY
Please state in the body of your email;
Your name,
Address,
Email address
Names of the poems entered
Transaction number of your PayPal payment
Please put your poem or poems into a single word file and attach them to
your email. Ensure that there is no
identifying name on your attachment or poems.
You can make your payment to enter here.The balance of entry fees over and above the prize money will be used to support our open floor events.
Jim Bennett lives
near Liverpool in the UK and is the author of 69 books, including books for
children, books of poetry and many technical titles on transport and
examinations.
His poetry collections include;
Drums at New Brighton (Lifestyle 1999)
Down in Liverpool (CD) (Long Neck 2001)
The Man Who Tried to Hug Clouds (Bluechrome 2004 reprinted 2006)
Larkhill (Searle Publishing 2009)
He has won many
awards for his writing and performance including 3 DADAFest awards. He is also
managing editor of www.poetrykit.org one of the worlds most successful internet
sites for poets.
Jim taught Creative
Writing at the University of Liverpool and now tours throughout the year giving
readings and performances of his work.
posted by June Clitheroll @ 3:26 PM
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