Here's what you need to do

• Read the conditions of entry carefully, and follow them to the letter.

• Download the entry form to send with your entry.

• Double check that you are not identified on your poem/s. We're constantly amazed by how many people send in entries with their names on, which we have to disqualify.

• Make sure that you have included either your email address or a stamped, self-addressed envelope. We want to let you know if you are long or short listed, and to send you a breakdown of the results even if you're not

• If you want a free, tick box critique, you'll need to enclose an SAE for it. If you request and pay for full critiques, make sure that you include an extra copy of each poem for which you want a full critique, and an email address or a separate SAE for us to send it in.

• Please make your cheque out to The Plough Arts Centre. 

• Put your poem/s, entry form, SAEs (if sent) and payment in a strong envelope (ideally one into which your entry will fit without being folded more than once). Please be sure to stamp it correctly - the new postal charges have resulted in a large number of understamped entries, which will normally be returned to sender. Please do not reinforce your envelope heavily with tape: it's not necessary, and we'll have to use scissors to open it, risking damage to the contents.

• Send it to:
  
  The Plough Prize
  The Plough Arts Centre
  9-11 Fore Street
  Torrington
  EX38 8HQ