If you post or email your entry to us before November 1st, you are entitled to a free tick-box critique of every poem entered (postal entrants must enclose an SAE). Details here.
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Entries close on November 30th, and can be made either by post or online. International entries are welcomed, with payment via PayPal. Free, tick-box critiques are available for both postal and online entries postmarked or emailed before November 1st.
This year's competition will be judged by Alison Brackenbury. Click 'Info' in the menu bar for further details.
Please be sure to read the rules carefully before you enter. If you have any queries, you can send them to us using the form on the 'Contact' page.
Devon prize for Devon poet
A specially engraved crystal vase from Torrington-based Dartington Crystal will be awarded for the best poem from a Devon-based poet. There is no separate entry fee for this category - all qualifying Devon-based poems that have not been placed in any of the main categories will automatically be considered. You can see a larger picture of the 2008 vase here - the 2009 version will be slightly different.
NEWS
How (not) to get your poetry published
HappenStance Press is offering a free download of the first two chapters of its new publication How (Not) to Get Your Poetry Published from its website at www.happenstancepress.com. It's a realistic, practical and often funny guide to getting your poetry into print from someone who should know - poet and poetry publisher Helena Nelson. Highly recommended.
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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April 02, 2009.
