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News
May 2013
Patricia Mccarthy reads her 1st prize poem from National Poetry Competition at House of Commons on May 15th, launching WWI commemorations
May 2013
Ann Gray, who was commended in the 2010 National Poetry Competition appears alongside US poet Matthew Dickman for an evening of exciting poetry
May 2013
NPC 2011 2nd prize winner Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch is shortlisted for The Wales Book of the Year Award
May 2013
Winner of NPC 2013 Patricia McCarthy will appear in the Keats House Festival in Anonymity & the Prizewinning Poem
May 2013
The National Poetry Competition opens for entries.
March 2013
The National Poetry Competition 2012 winner was announced as Patricia McCarthy for 'Clothes that escaped the Great War'
November 2012
The National Poetry Competition 2012 is now closed. The winners will be announced in spring 2013.
Competition Flyers
Do you work in a library, university, cultural centre, coffee shop, art gallery, bookshop, or are you running a poetry or literature festival? Would you like some National Poetry Competition 2013 flyers to display? Please get in touch with your UK postal address or click here for a copy of the 2013 poster.
Sponsorship
If you or your organisation is interested in sponsoring the National Poetry Competition, please click here.
Accepting entries!
The National Poetry Competition is currently accepting entries. Before entering please be sure to read the rules, and if you have any questions please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions.
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The closing date is 31 October 2013 (midnight, UK time). If you would rather enter by post,
print a postal entry form [PDF].
Prizes
First Prize: £5000
Second Prize: £2000
Third Prize: £1000
Seven Commendations: £100
The top-three winning poems will be published in Poetry Review. The winner is also invited to read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in July 2014. Up to 150 entrants will also be offered a discount on selected activities from the Poetry School. Winning and commended poems will be published on the Poetry Society website when the competition prizes are announced in spring 2014.
Judges
The judges of the 2013 National Poetry Competition are: Julia Copus, Matthew Sweeney and Jane Yeh. The National Poetry Competition is an award for individual poems that are previously unpublished. Each entry remains anonymous throughout the judging process.
Entry fees
£6 for your first poem
£3.50 for each subsequent entry in the same submission.
FREE second entry for Poetry Society members (including those joining now).
About the National Poetry Competition
Established in 1978, the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious poetry contests. Winners include both established and emerging poets, and for many the prize has proved an important career milestone. Win, and add your name to a roll-call that includes the current UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Tony Harrison, Ruth Padel, Philip Gross and Jo Shapcott. Read poems by previous winners of the National Poetry Competition.
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