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The Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition 2009/10

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Closing date: 
29 November 2009
Entry: 
Entry fee £25 ($41) Open to all
Prize: 
Four of these are selected as first stage winners, and the poets offered pamphlet publication and a share of £1,000. Winners may then submit a longer manuscript for the overall prize of book publicatio

The National Poetry Competition

Closing date Saturday 31 October 2009

Entry fee £5

Open to all poets writing in English

Britain's (and perhaps the world's) biggest competition for a single poem has just opened for entries.

First Prize £5000

Second prize £1000

Third Prize £500

This year's judges are Daljit Nagra, Ruth Padel and Neil Rollinson.

The winners will be published in Poetry Review, on the Poetry Society website, in Aesthetica Magazine and also get the chance to read at Ledbury Poetry Festival.

Last year's winning poem.

Closing date: 
29 November 2009
Entry: 
Entry fee £25 ($41) Open to all
Prize: 
Four of these are selected as first stage winners, and the poets offered pamphlet publication and a share of £1,000. Winners may then submit a longer manuscript for the overall prize of book publicatio