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Prize money totals $6,000. Deadline: January 31. http://www.grainmagazine.ca/contest.htm An international creative writing competition for poetry (under 42 lines) and short stories (under 5,000 words). Prize money totals ten thousand pounds. Entry fee: Six pounds. Deadline: June 30, each year. http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/ Free Classified Ads Portal www.graand.com Comstock Review Annual Poetry Contest Original, unpublished poems are sought. Maximum length: 40 lines. Entry fee: $3 per poem. Prize pool: $1,350. Deadline: July 1. Selected poems will be published. http://www.comstockreview.org Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes Poetry prizes from $1,000 to $25,000 will be awarded for heartfelt lyric poems celebrating the spirit of life. Deadline: November 6. Entry fee: $10. Open to any writer under the age of 40. http://dorothysargentrosenbergmemorialfund.org First Writer Poetry Competition Annual contest offers first prize of £500 (over $750), with $150 for the best runner-up from the United States and £100 for the best runner-up from the United Kingdom for a poem in any style and on any subject. Length: under 30 lines. Minimum entry fee: 3 pounds. Deadline: October 1. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/poetry_competition.shtml Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Annual contest offers a $1,000 cash award, plus publication, for an imaginative work. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: June 15. http://www.bitteroleander.com/contest.html Georgia Poetry Society Contests Offers a number of contests throughout the year, international in scope, for short poems. http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests.htm Griffin Poetry Prizes, worth C$40,000 each, are annual international and Canadian literary awards for poetry written or translated into English. Publishers only are invited to submit collections of poetry in traditional print format each calendar year. http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com Provides details of haiku contests around the world. http://www.haikuworld.org/contests/ Seeks manuscript collections of unpublished poems. Prize: $500 cash, plus publication. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 31. http://www.ohiou.edu/oupress/poetryprize.htm Juniper Prize for Poetry Contest Original manuscripts of at least fifty pages are sought by The University of Massachusetts Press which will publish the winning collection of original poetry. Entry fee: $20. Submissions accepted August1 through September 30. http://www.umass.edu/umpress/juniper.html The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awards An annual award of $100,000 is offered for a published book of original poetry by a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien. http://www.cgu.edu/tufts Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize Publication plus $300 award. Postmarked March 1 through May 31. There is a $15 fee per entry. Women writers only. http://www.proaxis.com/~calyx/lois.html The Idaho Prize is open to U.S. authors only. It offers $1000 plus publication for a book-length poetry manuscript of 48 pages or more. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: May 15. http://www.losthorsepress.org Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse Annual awards totaling $2,000 (including a $1,000 First Prize) are made for poems in traditional verse forms. Any variations on metrical, rhyming and/or formal poems are eligible. The judge's interpretation of "traditional" is loose rather than strict. No restriction on previous publication or previous awards. Minimum: 25 lines. Maximum: No limit. Minimum entry fee: $5. Closing date: June 30. http://www.poetrycontests.exactpages.com The New Writer Poetry and Prose Prizes Annual contest seeks both single and multiple (six to ten) poems, plus short stories and essays. 2,500 pounds in prize pool. Entry fees vary from 4 pounds to 10 pounds. http://www.thenewwriter.com/entryform.htm Ohio State University Press Poetry Contest A $2,000 poetry contest for book-length manuscripts (at least 48 pages), sponsored by the Ohio State University's literary magazine, "The Journal". Reading fee: $25. Entries must be postmarked during the month of September. http://www.ohiostatepress.org Seeks original, unpublished verse for website publication. No maximum word or line length. Two contests per year with entry fee and cash prizes. http://www.oncewritten.com/ContestPage.php People Before Profits Poetry Prize An annual prize for an original poem on a "people before profits" theme. $10 entry fee. $200 prize. Deadline: March 1. http://www.bbbooks.com/contests.html An interactive data base, publishing submitted works and critiques and offering monthly prizes for best poet and best critiquer. Includes membership form and contest rules. http://thepoeticlink.com/ Provides a listing of some on-line poetry websites which sponsor misleading or deceptive "contests", for which no entry fees are usually charged. http://windpub.com/literary.scams/ One of Britain's leading poetry magazines, features original poems, and reviews, and sponsors a rewarding annual contest for unpublished poems, less than 80 lines in length. Winners have been announced for 2003 contest. http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/ Ragged Raven's International Poetry Competition Annual contest seeks poems of any length and on any subject. Prize money totals 450 pounds. Entry fee: 3 pounds. Closing date: October 31, 2003. http://www.raggedraven.co.uk/competition.htm Reuben Rose Annual Poetry Competition Annual competition seeks poems on general themes, not more than forty lines in length. Three monetary prizes totalling $800, also honarary mentions. All poems judged anonymously. Entry fee: $5. per poem. Deadline each year-: October 7 2008. http://www.poetry-voices.8m.com Revelever Publications Chapbook Contest 2004 2nd Annual Chapbook Contest (30-40 pages). First place wins $500 plus 25 free chapbooks. Lesser prizes for 2nd and 3rd place. Deadline: December 15. Entry fee: $10. http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/REPU2377/ Slipstream Press Poetry Contest An annual poetry chapbook contest, worth $1,000, seeking up to forty pages of poetry in any style, format or theme. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: December 1, each year. http://www.slipstreampress.org Swift Satire Poetry Competition Submissions are invited for a satirical poem, in the spirit and style of Swift, on a topic of social/political interest. First Prize: Euro 1,000. Closing Date: July 24, 2004. http://www.swiftsociety.com Annual contest, closing September 30, 2005, seeks original poems in any style, on any theme, and of any length. Published verse and simultaneous submissions are okay. Prize money totals $2,000, including a First Prize of $1,000. All prizewinners also receive a free copy of the Anthology of winning entries. Entry fee is $5 for every 25 lines. http://tomhowardpoetry.bravepages.com Utmost Christian Poetry Contest Annual Christian poetry contest, closing each February, offers $4000 in cash prizes with other poetry contests year round. http://www.utmostchristianwriters.com Features quarterly poetry competitions, with no entry fees. Open to all, though entries from children are judged by less strict criteria. Cash prizes total $175. http://www.voicesnet.com Offers several annual competitions, among them a contest on the specific theme of War and a parody competition. Includes link lists, recommendations for reading and an online guide to poetry contests for subscribers. http://www.winningwriters.com/ An annual poetry competition, seeking original, unpublished poems, five to thirty lines in length. Theme: wolves. Closing date: December 12. Entry fee: $5. http://members.tripod.com/~SAYANAWOLF/poetry.html | Derby shock Man Utd with first leg win in Carling semi Kris Commons' fierce strike gives Derby County a shock win in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United. news.bbc.co.uk Cabinet set for Liverpool meeting The entire cabinet is in Liverpool for its third meeting outside London as Gordon Brown continues his regional tour. news.bbc.co.uk Murray through to Qatar quarters Andy Murray beats Germany's Philipp Petzschner 6-2 6-4 as his defence of the Qatar Open continues in style. news.bbc.co.uk Poor service 'risks tourism jobs' Poor service in hotels and restaurants could cost thousands of jobs in the recession, Britain's tourism chief says. news.bbc.co.uk Six-year-old boy misses the bus, so takes the family car instead The parents of a six-year-old boy in the US are charged with neglect after the boy drove their car for 10km trying to get to school on time. news.bbc.co.uk New Clough era Why Nigel is ready to follow his father news.bbc.co.uk Warning given on tax returns scam Fraudsters are targeting people with scam e-mails in the run-up to the self-assessment tax returns deadline. news.bbc.co.uk Free future Why it makes sense to charge customers nothing news.bbc.co.uk Downturn 'fuels unpaid overtime' The economic downturn is helping to drive record levels of unpaid overtime by workers fearing for their jobs, the TUC claims. news.bbc.co.uk Send your video, pictures and story ideas Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you. news.bbc.co.uk Brown on tour BBC reporters take temperature of industry en route news.bbc.co.uk Strauss to lead West Indies tour Andrew Strauss to captain England for the forthcoming West Indies tour after Kevin Pietersen's shock resignation. news.bbc.co.uk Water supply back on after freeze Water supplies to more than 5,000 homes in a south Wales valley are restored after a burst mains disrupts supply. news.bbc.co.uk Israel bombs Gaza into the night Israel makes 60 air strikes on the Gaza Strip in a single night after the first daily truce to allow in humanitarian aid expires. news.bbc.co.uk Plea over toddler's arson death The parents of a three-year-old girl who died in an attack on her family's Liverpool home appeal to catch the killers. news.bbc.co.uk Brussels to broker gas row talks Top Russian and Ukrainian gas executives are due in Brussels as the EU seeks to end a row hitting Europe's gas supplies. news.bbc.co.uk Explosion at hotel injures three Two men and a woman have been injured in an explosion at a hotel in Aberdeenshire, police said. news.bbc.co.uk Treasury denies 'more cash' claim The government denies reports it plans to print more money to help ease Britain's recession but says the tactic cannot be ruled out. news.bbc.co.uk Falling interest Pensioners worried as rate cuts hit income news.bbc.co.uk England captain Pietersen resigns Kevin Pietersen resigns from his position as England captain and will be succeeded by Andrew Strauss, as coach Peter Moores is sacked. news.bbc.co.uk Gone but not forgotten - George Best added to National Biography Footballer George Best and comedian Ronnie Barker are among the big names to be added to the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. news.bbc.co.uk Canada expels US woman deserter A US army deserter and mother of three is ordered to leave Canada after her appeal for refuge fails. news.bbc.co.uk Store wars Northern retailer battles the 'Big Four' news.bbc.co.uk Firm vows to keep up sex adverts A medical company rejects a watchdog's call to remove adverts bearing the slogan "Want longer lasting sex?". news.bbc.co.uk Polls apart Charting President Bush's approval ratings since 2001 news.bbc.co.uk |
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