The Poetry Society has launched this year’s National Poetry Competition, and is inviting entries.
With a first prize of £5,000, the National Poetry Competition is one of the biggest and most prestigious single-poem competitions in the world. The second prize is £2,000, the third prize is £1,000 and seven commended poets will each win £200. All winners will be published in a Poetry Society anthology and the top three will be published in Poetry Review. This year’s judges are Moniza Alvi, Gerry Cambridge and Jack Underwood.
The competition is for original, unpublished poems of up to forty lines by poets anywhere in the world. The poet’s name must not appear on the manuscript. All entries should be typed in black ink in 12pt font on single sides of A4. Poets may enter as many poems as they like, by post or online. Postal entrants should download and complete an entry form.