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 (marked 'results'). We want send you a breakdown of the results, even if you're not among the winners.

• If you want a tick-box critique, you'll need to enclose a cheque and an SAE for it, and mark it 'TB'. To qualify, your entry must be received by September 30th 2010. The charge is £6 per poem.

• For an in-depth critique, enclose a cheque and an SAE marked 'CR'. The charge is £30 per poem and your entry must be received by September 30th 2010.

• 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 - we receive a large number of understamped entries, which will normally be returned to sender unopened. 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.

• The deadline for all entries is  October 31st 2010.

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