The Poetry Society Stanza Poetry Competition

Stanza Poetry Competition

Theme: Elsewhere
Closing Date: 10 September 2010
Details: The competition is exclusive to Poetry Society members who are also members of a Poetry Society Stanza. 40 lines maximum. No more than 2 poems per person. Judge: Sheenagh Pugh. The winner will be published in Poetry News and on these pages. The winner also receives a free Poetry Prescription or a year's Poetry Society Membership (or equivalent). 2 Runners-Up will be published on the website and featured in Poetry News. All 3 will receive a selection of poetry books Full rules and entry details.
Fee: FREE

An annual competition, exclusive to members of the Poetry Society who are also members of a Poetry Society Stanza. For poems of up to 40 lines. First prize: a free Poetry Prescription (your poetry appraised by an expert) or 1 year’s free membership of the Poetry Society (or equivalent); plus publication in Poetry News, the Poetry Society’s membership magazine, and on the Poetry Society website. 2 runners up also published on the website. Maximum 2 poems. The theme of the competition is the antithesis of the National Poetry Day theme e.g. in 2010 the theme is ‘Elsewhere' (as a balance to the National Poetry Day 10 theme of ‘Home’). Poems are judged anonymously.

The winners are announced on these pages on National Poetry Day and in Poetry News. 

Previous winners:

2009: Julie Lumsden (Nottingham Stanza)
2008: Richard Goodson (Nottingham Stanza)
2007: Emma Danes (Cambridge Stanza)