The High Sheriff’s Cheshire Prize for Literature 2016 is open for poetry this year – to poets with links to the English county of Cheshire. You are eligible if were born, have lived, or have studied in Cheshire. This includes the Wirral, Warrington and Halton. First prize is £2,000! Closing date is 1 September 2016. More information: http://chester.ac.uk/literatureprize
Month: July 2016
Prose Poetry Invited
The Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award is free to enter, and is inviting prose poetry (and prose) submissions until 30 July 2016. No poetry this year. (I am not familiar with Map Literary, who are behind this award – please do your own research before submitting!) Full info: http://www.mapliterary.org/rachel-wetzsteon-chapbook-award.html
Hope wanted for Popshot Magazine
The beautiful, illustrated international journal, Popshot, is inviting entries on the timely theme of ‘Hope’ for its 16th issue, due out in October 2016. Poems should be no more than 25 lines. Submit by 24th July 2016 ‘at the very latest’. Full details: http://popshotpopshot.com/submit.html
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