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2015 Manchester Writing Prize: The Manchester Poetry Prize

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Closing date: 
25 September 2015
Entry: 
Open to all writers across the world aged 16 and over Entry fee £17.50
Prize: 
£10,000

The judges are Adam O'Riordan, Olivia Cole and Kei Miller.

A £10,000 prize will be awarded for the best portfolio of 3 to 5 poems submitted.

The Manchester Writing Competition was established by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy in 2008, funded in the first instance by the Manchester Metropolitan University's innovative Enterprise Fellowship scheme. The project was designed to attract the best new writing from around the world, and to establish Manchester as the focal point for a major literary award. Since it began, the Competition has awarded more than £75,000 to its winners.

Initially, the Competition alternated annually between Poetry and Fiction but, since 2013, both are running every year, with £10,000 awarded to the writer of the best portfolio of poetry, and another £10,000* to the writer of the best short story. A new Writing for Children Prize was launched in late 2013, with prizes awarded at the Manchester Children's Book Festival.

For further details

Closing date: 
25 September 2015
Entry: 
Open to all writers across the world aged 16 and over Entry fee £17.50
Prize: 
£10,000