Perform Poetry Magazine Competition
For
poems of any length that respond to a poem written more than eighty years
ago. You can interpret this broadly but
we want to read modern poems that respond to the content of an earlier poem,
not a pastiche. Our competition will be
judged by the poet, Jim Bennett - www.poetrykit.org/jim.htm
1st Prize £100,
All shortlisted poems will be included in our ebook anthology "Revisited"
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. They must not be entered for any other competition, have previously won a prize in any other competition, or be under consideration elsewhere.
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, 20th July 2013.
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
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.
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The balance of entry fees over and above the prize money will be used to support our open floor events.
OUR JUDGE - JIM BENNETT
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)
The Cartographer /Heswall (Indigo Dreams 2013)
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. http://www.poetrykit.org/jim/index.htm
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