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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
Welcome to the Plough Prize poetry competition, now in its eighth year.
Please note that entries closed on November 30th 2009, and will reopen for the 2010 competition in April.
In 2009, entries were are invited in three categories:
Open Poem (up to 40 lines)
Short Poem (up to 10 lines)
and our new category, included this year as a pilot:
Poem for Children (length unrestricted)
The full long and short listings for all categories and the final results of the Open and Short categories are available for download from the left-hand column on this page. The final judging of the Poem for Children category is still underway, and the results will be announced here and on the email list as soon as they are available.
Please download the results newsletter to read the winning poems and judge's comments. If you have any difficulty accessing these documents, please contact us via the form on the 'Contact' page, and we'll do our best to help.
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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Last updated:
February 01, 2010.
