Open to all poets across the world over the age of 16, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished.
Entry fee €15 per poem
Prize:
First Prize €1,000 and a week-long stay at The Circle of Misse in France, Second Prize €500 and Third Prize €250
If you have written a poem you think would appeal to 7-11-year olds, then why not enter the The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2024? The prize is open to anyone over 16, and the poem can be on any subject. Read more
Non-agented submissions in English from anywhere in the world.
No entry fee
Prize:
Publication by The Emma Press and small advances
The Emma Press is an independent publisher specialising in poetry, short fiction and children's books. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, UK. We publish poetry, short-form prose, and books for children.
The Emma Press's open submission will run from 1 August to 8 August. Read more
Open to all poets across the world over the age of 16.
Entry fee €14 per poem
Prize:
€1,000
If you have written a poem you think would appeal to 7-11-year olds, then why not enter the The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2022? The prize is open to anyone over 16, and the poem can be on any subject. Read more
Open to all poets across the world over the age of 16.
Entry fee €14 per poem
Prize:
€1,000
If you have written a poem you think would appeal to 7-11-year olds, then why not enter the The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2020? The prize is open to anyone over 16, and the poem can be on any subject. Read more
The Emma Press is calling for submissions of poetry manuscripts, with the deadline set for 24 January. There are two categories: pamphlets for adults and collections for children. The judges will be publisher Emma Dai'an Wright and poet Edward van de Vendel. Read more
Any adult poet can enter a single unpublished poem written for children
Entry fee €12
Prize:
€1,000 Prize
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize is for a single unpublished poem written by an adult for children. Anyone can enter the competition - from anywhere in the world - as long as the poem is original and unpublished. Read more
Open to all writers internationally but you have to join the Emma Press Club
No entry fee
Prize:
Publication
The Emma Press has launched an open submissions call for pamphlet proposals, for both poetry and prose, for adults and children. The submissions window will close on 10 December. Read more
The Children’s Poetry Bookshelf is asking children aged 7-11 years to write a poem on the theme of ‘Work’, linking with the theme of the UK's National Poetry Day 2008
Poems must be no longer than 25 lines.
Prize:
Cash prizes and books will be presented to the winners, with memberships of the Children's Poetry Bookshelf for their schools.
Poets who have published abook of children's poetry in 2013.
Prize:
Winning it
The CLPE is the only award for published poetry for children in the UK and is run by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education.
The judges will be chaired by the eminent poet Roger McGough. Roger will be joined by the 2013 winner George Szirtes, Chris McCabe from the Poetry LibraryExcellent library containing 80,000 volumes on the London South Bank, which covers all twentieth century poetry published in the UK and much in translation. Any UK resident can join. Useful Archive and Lost Quotations feature. www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/index.html Currently running survey about setting up free access poetry magazines library, which you can find at www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/, Anne Harvey, Poetry anthologist and Charlotte Hacking, CLPE's expert teacher. Read more
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