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Poetry competition: the rules

Thursday 3 January, 2013 @ 1.03 pm News YorkMix
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Win £100 for your poem!

In association with YorkMix, York Literature Festival launches its 2013 poetry competition.

First prize: £100 Second Prize: £60 Third Prize: £30

The York prize (£20) will be awarded to an excellent poem from somebody with a York postcode. Four commended poets will each win £15. The competition will be judged by award-winning poet Carole Bromley, and prizes will be awarded on Monday, March 18th at the Black Swan pub in York.

Rules:
1) Poems may be on any subject
2) Poems must not have been previously published in any form
3) Poems must be not longer than 40 lines
4) Entry is free
5) Send your poems by email to: [email protected] and include your name, address and telephone number
6) The deadline for entry is midnight on February 28th 2013
7) No more than three poems per person
8) The competition is open to anybody resident in the UK
9) Any writers or speakers listed in the York Literature Festival programme are NOT eligible to enter
10) York Literature Festival Committee members are not eligible to enter
11) Winners will receive payment by cheque
12) The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into
13) Entrants agree to have their details added to the York Literature Festival and YorkMix mailing lists, but can unsubscribe at any time.

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Hi
9 years ago

I mean do u have to go and collect the money there?!

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Reply to  Hi
9 years ago

No, you don’t have to be there on the evening to win.

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Ricky James
9 years ago

Is there an age restriction to the competition?

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YorkMix
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Reply to  Ricky James
9 years ago

Hi Ricky. No, there’s no age restriction. But there are no age-related categories either. Hope that helps.

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Ricky James
Reply to  YorkMix
9 years ago

Thanks

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June Drake
9 years ago

May the poems be attachments or would you prefer them in the body of the e-mail?
Would you like each entry seperately or may 2 or 3 be in one e-mail?
June Drake?

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Reply to  June Drake
9 years ago

Hi June, good question. We can accept poems in the main body of the email or attached as Word files. They can be sent altogether or separately, whichever you prefer.

To ensure fair judging, each poem is then copied on to a separate document and sent to the judge with a reference number rather than the poet’s name. So either format is fine.

Hope this helps.

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Alan Gillott
9 years ago

FYI,
This is the second York Literature Festival Poetry competition: the first was won by Annalise Emmans Dean
A

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Reply to  Alan Gillott
9 years ago

Thanks for that Alan, text updated.

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