Welcome to the Plough Prize poetry competition
The Plough Prize 2011 closed on November 30th, and the results are now available from the menu to the right of this page. If you would like to be alerted when the next competition opens, please subscribe below to the (very occasional) Plough Prize newsletter. Please note that the Plough Prize will not run in 2012, but past entrants and everyone who subscribes below will receive notice of the next competition opening in 2013.
Full results for all previous contests are available under 'past years', as are the winning poems and judges' 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 poem prize
This picture shows the 2008 vase - the 2011 version will be slightly different. |
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A specially engraved crystal vase from Dartington Crystal, based in Torrington, will be awarded for the best poem from a poet resident in Devon. 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.-
Last night, Andrew Motion presented the 2011 Plough Prize winners with their prizes - and this coincided with the dispatch of the last few critiques. If you were expecting a crit but haven't rec
