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Prize

€700

€700 + financial support towards the publication of a Slim Volume to be launched at next year's festival.

Categories

single poem
(70 lines maximum)

collection of poems
(6 to 12 single poems or an equivalent longer single work which may be in sections or in the form of a sequence)

This competition is open only to those who have not yet published a complete book of poems. (Individual pieces may have received prior publication).

Winners

Keith Francis

William Palmer

Adjudicator

Mark Roper

Sponsor

The Ireland Funds

Entry Fee

€8

€25

Closing Date

Friday March 3, 2006

Rules

1. An entry form is NOT required for this competition.

2. Entries must not have been previously published.

3. Entries must be typed.

4. Entries will NOT be returned.

5. No indication of entrant's identity may appear on the competition entry. (Please submit your name and address details on a seperate sheet).

6. Entries must be in Irish or in English/Is féidir iontrálacha a bheith i mBéarla nó i nGaeilge.

7. Please identify the category of Entry as "Poetry Competition ".

8. An unlimited number of entries may be submitted for this competition.

9. The Adjudicator's verdict is final.

10. Winners ONLY will be notified.

11. No correspondence shall be entered into regarding competition entries.

12. Awards may not be presented where an appropriate standard is not achieved.

13. Writers' Week reserves the right to withhold or publish winning entries in the publication "Winners Anthology 2006".

 

Submit entries to:

Poetry Competition,
Writers Week Limited,
24 The Square
Listowel
Kerry
Ireland

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