The Ver Poets Open Competition 2017 welcomes entries. The competition, which will be judged by Tamar Yoseloff, has a first prize of £600, a second prize of £300 and a third prize of £100. Selected poems will be published in Ver Prize 2017 competition anthology. The competition is for original, unpublished poems, which may be in any style and on any subject, up to thirty lines.
Type each poem on a separate sheet of A4 and send two copies. The poet’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Include a completed entry form, which may be downloaded from the website, with each entry. There is an entry fee of £4 per poem, or £10 for three, and any subsequent poems are £2 each. Pay this with cheques made out to Ver Poets.
The closing date is 30 April.