You can enter online here, using the secure PayPal payment facility. You do not need to open a PayPal account in order to pay in this way - you simply need your credit or debit card details.

If you live in the UK, it would make life much easier for us if you entered by post and paid using a cheque. This is because tying up poems with payments when they arrive separately is time-consuming. However, we do want you to enter, so if you prefer to pay online and send your poems via email or post, you may do so here.

After you have paid your online entry fee, please send your poem/s and online entry form as  attachments in MS Word or RTF format to this address: entries@theploughprize.co.uk . Please ensure that the email address under which your PayPal payment was made appears on the entry form. 

If you would like a tick-box critique or a full critique of your entry/entries, please pay here - then let us know using the appropriate box on your entry form. Entries for critique must arrive before November 1st.

Each online entry incurs a 35p surcharge. This is necessitated by the PayPal transaction charges, printing costs and the additional administrative time involved in processing online entries. It's balanced by your own saving in postage and printing costs. If you enter four or more poems, this surcharge is waived.