The purpose of our
competition is twofold: to raise funds for the Plough Arts Centre and to support and encourage poets.
To the latter end, we provide a great deal
more feedback than most competitions: every entrant who sends an SAE will receive a free tick-box critique of their poem/s; longer critiques are available for additional fee, and if you send us a stamped, addressed envelope or subscribe to our email
results service below, we will notify you when the complete long and short listings are available here for download.
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The Plough Arts Centre
9-11 Fore Street
Great Torrington
Devon
EX38 8HQ
Box Office and Enquiries:
Tel. 01805 624624
Current competition
We are delighted to announce that U A Fanthorpe has agreed to judge the 2008 Plough Prize.
Entries are invited in two categories: Open Poem (up to 40 lines) and Short Poem (up to 10 lines). The competition closes on November 30th, and free tick-box critiques will be available to all those whose entries arrive before October 30th.
Both postal and online entry are available - see the relevant areas of this site for further information and detailed instructions - and we welcome international entries. Please read the rules VERY carefully before you send us your poems.
Ronald Duncan Literary Foundation supports Plough Prize
We are extremely grateful to the Ronald Duncan Literary Foundation, which has kindly agreed to sponsor the Plough Prize. The Foundation exists to encourage and support creative excellence in arts and literature and to sustain interest in the works of its namesake, Ronald Duncan.
Duncan (1914-1982) was a writer best known for preparing the libretto for Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia (1946.) He was also a poet, a playwright, a writer of short stories, and a journalist. Duncan's archives are held at the University of Plymouth and are open to public consultation. Please contact: 01752 587153.
We're delighted to announce that Devon County Council has agreed to sponsor the prizes for both the 2007 competition and for 2008.
This is a big boost for the Plough Prize, freeing more of its income from entry fees to directly support the work of the Plough Arts Centre, and we'd like to take this opportunity to thank Devon County Council for its support.
You're never far from a chicken down here in Devon, and the Plough Prize is supporting Chicken Out, the campaign to improve welfare standards for Britian's broiler birds. Please help by signing up to the campaign (click the banner below for more info), and insisting on free range chicken in the supermarket, restaurant and fast food outlet.
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Last updated:
April 10, 2008.
