Waltham Forest Poetry Competition (Poets Corner): "A Bright Future"

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Our competition celebrates Waltham Forest as London’s first Borough of Culture in 2019. The theme is “A Bright Future” and the entries will be judged by local poet Meryl Pugh. The competition closes at midnight Friday 7th September this year.


(We have a lovely photo of Meryl)  http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2018/01/meryl-pugh/

There are prizes!!!
The competition has three sections: National, Young Poets and a Local Prize for those living and working in the borough.

The prizes for the National Competition are: 1^st prize (£300), 2^nd (£200) and 3^rd (£100). For the Young Poet and Local Competitions the prizes are identical: 1^st (£50), 2^nd (£30) and 3^rd (£20).
For the National and Local Competitions there’s an entry fee of £3 for the first poem and £1 for each subsequent poem (up to a maximum of four entries). The Young Poets competition for young poets under the age of 18 is free to enter. Poems can be sent by post, email, or entered online.
There’ll be a prize giving and readings of the winning and short listed poems at Ye Old Rose and Crown in late October.

Do you have a favourite poem? If you would like to tell us about it in about 100-200 words we’ll feature it here. Email poetrycompetition@yahoo.com with a brief biog (couple of sentences).

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