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Poetry Competition 2010
Sentinel Literature Festival Poetry Competition 2010
About the
competition
This
competition forms part of the Sentinel Literature Festival 2010 which
will take place at the Pearson Lecture Theatre, University College
London, between October 28th and 31st, 2010. Winners of this competition will
be invited to read at the festival on the last day - The Awards and
Recognitions Day, 31st October 2010.
Competition Details
Subject: Previously unpublished poems in English Language on any subject may be entered.
[i.e.
poems must not have been posted on blog, website or publicly accessible
online group. Poems posted on members-only groups for the purpose of
workshop as part of the creative process are not deemed to have been
previously-published.]
Length: Maximum 40 lines per poem
Entry Fees: £5.00 (1 poem), £10 (2 Poems), £13 (3 poems) or £20.00 for 5 poems. Poets may enter
as many poems as they wish.
First Prize: £250.00
Second Prize: £130.00
Third Prize: £70.00
First Publication: The winning 3 poems and 7 Highly Commended
Poems will receive first publication in the Sentinel Literature Festival
Anthology to be published in October 2010.
Entries Deadline: 20th August, 2010.
Results: Results will be announced on the 30th of September, 2010
on this website. This will be followed by a presentation of cheques to
winners and readings of their work from the festival anthology on
October 31st. If any of the winners cannot attend, perhaps due to
distance (if the winner does not live in the UK), somebody will read his
or her poem.
Judge: ROGER ELKIN - the multi-prize winning poet, former editor
of Envoi and author of No Laughing Matter, Rites of Passing and
Blood Brothers.
Competition Administration: Sentinel Poetry Movement
ENTER BY
POST OR ONLINE
POSTAL ENTRIES
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Poems
must be in English Language and typed.
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Author's
name and address or any other identifying mark MUST NOT appear on
any of your poetry pages.
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PRINT
your Name, Postal Address, E-mail Address and if you wish, Telephone
number on a plain sheet of paper and place the paper in a sealed
envelope.
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Write "SLF
Poetry 2010" followed by the Title(s) of your poem(s) on the
back of the envelope.
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Make
cheques or Postal Orders (in GB£ only) payable to
SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT.
Send your
poems, the sealed envelope with your name inside, and your entry fee to:
Sentinel Poetry Movement
Unit 136
113 – 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United Kingdom
ONLINE ENTRIES*
International/Online entrants may enter by e-mail and pay entry fees by
Paypal. To enter by this method please follow these steps:
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Select
the option that matches your entry preference from the paypal
drop-down button below and make the applicable payment.
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After
making your payment, you will be given a Transaction ID or Receipt
Number by Paypal. Make a note of the Transaction ID.
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Submit
your poems and a cover note with your Name, Postal Address, Optional
Telephone Number and Titles of your poems to sentinelpoetry@gmail.com
as a Word or rtf attachment. In the subject line, type SLF Poetry
2010 Followed by your Transaction ID.
You will
receive an acknowledgement of receipt of poems within 48 hours.
Terms and Conditions
1.
You may enter as many poems as you wish with the appropriate entry fees.
2.
The decision of the judge is final, and no communication will be entered
into.
3.
If on the advice of the judge, the quality of entries is too low to
produce worthy prize winners, or any other legitimate reason beyond our
control arises which may affect a fair completion or conduct of the
competition, we reserve the right to cancel the competition and refund
all entry fees immediately by the same method we have received payment.
4.
If you would like an acknowledgement of postal entries, please enclose
an SAE marked "acknowledgement".
5.
The Judge's Report will be read at the Sentinel Literature Festival on
the 31st of October and published on this site on the 1st of November.
if you would like to receive the Judges' Report in the post, please
enclose an SAE marked "Judges' Report".
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Online entries must be received by midnight on the 20th of August, 2010
7.
The winning poets will receive their cheques at the Festival on the 31st
of October. If a winner cannot attend, and notifies us early his/her cheque will be sent by
post before the festival presentation day, or by Paypal if preferred.
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ROGER ELKIN is an English
poet who has won over 100 prizes and awards including the Lake
Aske Memorial Award (1982 & 1987), Douglas Gibson Memorial Award
(1986), Sylvia Plath Award for Poems about Women (1986), Howard
Sergeant Memorial Award for Services to Poetry (1987), Hugh
MacDiarmid Trophy (2003) and First Prize in the Diversity House
Excel for Charity Poetry Competition (2009). Co-editor (with JCR
Green) of Prospice, he was editor of Envoi from 1991 - 2006, and
organised the Leek International Poetry Competition from 1982 -
1992). His published poetry collections include Pricking Out
(1988), Points of Reference (1996), Home Ground
(2002), Blood Brothers: New and Selected Poems (2006),
and Dog's Eye View (2009). |
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