PEACE & FREEDOM PRESS FREE ENTRY POETRY COMPETITIONS 2009
(the resumption of cash prizes should be announced later in 2009 - entries are free to 'Peace & Freedom' magazine life subscribers)

Animals & Wildlife Poetry Competition 2009

Two competitions - Haiku and General Poetry. Free entries for all. Please send up to three poems for either competition, and all entries MUST be accompanied by an SAE/IRC. All entries must have the senders name and address on the back of the respective entries.
HAIKU POETRY COMPETITION - up to three entries; subject matter - animals, wildlife, pets
GENERAL POETRY COMPETITION - up to three entries; 24 line limit on each poem; subject matter - animals, wildlife, pets

Closing date for both competitions, May 1st, 2009
THREE winners from each competition will receive a copy of the Peace & Freedom Press poetry and prose anthology, 'The Magic Of Animals', and their selected poem will be published in 'Peace & Freedom' magazine, and on the booksmusicfilmstv.com website. The best of the rest will be offered a chance to have their work published in 'Peace & Freedom' magazine, and on the booksmusicfilmstv.com website.

Entries to: P&F Animal & Wildlife Poetry Comp., 17 Farrow Road, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincs, PE12 0TS, UK.

Results should be announced within three months of the competition closing.

Love & Relationships Poetry Competition 2009

Two competitions - Haiku and General Poetry. Free entries for all. Please send up to three poems for either competition, and all entries MUST be accompanied by an SAE/IRC. All entries must have the senders name and address on the back of the respective entries.
HAIKU POETRY COMPETITION - up to three entries; subject matter - love and relationships, with people and/or animals
GENERAL POETRY COMPETITION - up to three entries; 24 line limit on each poem; subject matter - love and relationships, with people and/or animals

Closing date for both competitions, June 1st, 2009
THREE winners from each competition will receive a copy of the Peace & Freedom Press poetry and prose anthology, 'Planet Of Love', and their selected poem will be published in 'Peace & Freedom' magazine, and on the booksmusicfilmstv.com website. The best of the rest will be offered a chance to have their work published in 'Peace & Freedom' magazine, and on the booksmusicfilmstv.com website.

Entries to: P&F Love & Relationships Poetry Comp., 17 Farrow Road, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincs, PE12 0TS, UK.

Results should be announced within three months of the competition closing.

Science Fiction Poetry Competition 2009

Two competitions - Haiku and General Poetry. Free entries for all. Please send up to three poems for either competition, and all entries MUST be accompanied by an SAE/IRC. All entries must have the senders name and address on the back of the respective entries.
HAIKU POETRY COMPETITION - up to three entries; subject matter - science fiction
GENERAL POETRY COMPETITION - up to three entries; 24 line limit on each poem; subject matter - science fiction

Closing date for both competitions, July 1st, 2009
THREE winners from each competition will receive a copy of the Peace & Freedom Press poetry and prose anthology, 'Science Friction', and their selected poem will be published in 'Peace & Freedom' magazine, and on the booksmusicfilmstv.com website. The best of the rest will be offered a chance to have their work published in 'Peace & Freedom' magazine, and on the booksmusicfilmstv.com website.

Entries to: P&F Science Fiction Poetry Comp., 17 Farrow Road, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincs, PE12 0TS, UK.

Results should be announced within three months of the competition closing.

The Bridport Prize 2009

POETRY COMPETITION - up to 42 lines; 1st Prize £5,000; 2nd Prize £1,000; 3rd Prize £500 (also, additional prizes available). Entry fee: £6 per poem. Judge: Jackie Kay.
SHORT STORIES COMPETITION - up to 5,000 words; 1st Prize £5,000; 2nd Prize £1,000; 3rd Prize £500 (also, additional prizes available). Entry fee: £7 per story. Judge: Ali Smith.

Closing date for both competitions, June 30th, 2009

Full details: The Bridport Prize website

For entry form(s) by post, send SAE, or IRC, to: The Bridport Prize, PO Box 6910, Dorset, DT6 9BQ.

Ledbury Poetry Festival launches 2009 Poetry Competition

Budding poets everywhere will be sharpening their digital quills as Ledbury Poetry Festival launches its 2009 Poetry Competition. Ledbury is the biggest poetry festival in the UK and commands huge respect both at home and internationally.

"The Ledbury Poetry Festival has real claims to be the best of its kind in England. Without compromise or flashiness, it provides a rare and genuine joining of place, poetry and people." Carol Ann Duffy, 4 July 2008

Chloe Garner, Festival Director, provides a glimpse of the line-up so far for the 2009 Festival, which runs from 3 – 12 July 2009, she says: “The Festival is already looking very exciting. Two of Britain’s best-loved poets, Roger McGough and Benjamin Zephaniah are appearing. We will also welcome Alice Oswald, Ben Okri, Iain Sinclair, Ruth Padel and Richard Mabey.”

Highly respected, the Ledbury Poetry Competition is renowned for spotting new talent first. 

2001 winner Jacob Polley has since published two collections with Picador. His first collection Brink was a Poetry Book Society choice and was short listed for the TS Eliot Award. 

2005 winner Mike Barlow went on to win the 2006 National Poetry Competition. His book Another Place is published by Salt Modern Poets. 

2006 winner Christopher James’s book The Invention of Butterfly is now published by Ragged Raven Poetry.

Jacob Polley says:  “Winning at Ledbury was wonderful.” 

The 2009 Competition judge is Daljit Nagra, whose first collection, Look We Have Coming to Dover!, won the 2007 Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award. He will also run workshops and ‘one to one’ sessions at the 2009 Ledbury Poetry Festival. 


Also appearing at the Ledbury Poetry Festival  3 – 12 July 2009:

Patience Agbabi • Neil Astley • Ros Barber • Paul Batchelor • Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell • Julie Boden • Brian Catling • Fred D’Aguiar • Rhian Edwards • Adam Foulds • Angela France • Vona Groarke • Michael Horovitz • Frances Leviston • Richard Mabey • Glyn Maxwell • Roger McGough • Daljit Nagra • Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin • Ben Okri • Alice Oswald • Peter Oswald • Ruth Padel • Richard Parkinson • Brenda Read-Brown • Frank Reeve • Penny Rimbaud • Steve Roud • Kathryn Simmonds • Iain Sinclair • Barry Taylor • Christine Watkins • Philip Wells • Hugo Williams • Benjamin Zephaniah •

2009 Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition Info:
Judge: Daljit Nagra
Deadline: Thursday 25 June at 5pm
Prize: 1st Prize in the Adult Category is a residential writing course at Ty Newydd the renowned National Writers’ Centre for Wales and a chance to read your poems at the Ledbury Poetry Festival
For an Entry Form and more details: Please contact 0845 458 1743 or email admin@poetry-festival.com

Press Contact: 
Simon Steven
Ledbury Poetry Festival Press Office
Tel: 01843 596 194
Email: press@poetry-festival.com

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How to Publish Your Poetry: A Practical Guide
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