Current Free Poetry Competitions
Please read our Rules and Information Before Entering
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The National Poetry Anthology 2013 (Closing Date: 30th June 2012)
Entries are now being accepted for the UK's biggest free poetry competition - the National Poetry Anthology 2013.
Over 250 winners will be selected, with each winner representing a different town or area, and each winner will receive a free copy of the book. The poets published in the book will then vote for their favourite poem, and the overall winner will receive a trophy and £1,000!
You can submit up to three poems of no more than 25 lines (including blank lines) and 160 words each, and your poems can be on any subject.
If you have never entered one of our competitions before now is the perfect time to do so, because first-time entrants will receive a free copy of the National Poetry Anthology 2012, in which you can read all 250 winning entries from the last book. But hurry because we cannot keep this offer open for long (offer applies to entries to the National Poetry Anthology only).
You can enter by post to: NPA 2013, United Press, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB, or online via our online submission form.
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It's A Colourful Life (Competition Closing Date: 16th March 2012)
There's a £100 prize to the winner of this free poetry competition, and you have three chances to win. As well as choosing one winner we are going to publish the best of the rest in a brand new book.
The title of the competition is It's A Colourful Life, but your entry does not have to be on a fixed subject - you can let your imagination run free.
Your entry must be something you haven't submitted to us before, and you can submit up to three poems or no more than 25 lines and 160 words each.
You can enter by post to: It's A Colourful Life, United Press, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB, or online via our online submission form.
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Who Should Enter Our Free Poetry Competitions?
Our free poetry competitions are open to any UK resident. Our overall objective with these competitions is to increase the level of interest in poetry and to encourage people to start writing poetry for themselves, so it really doesn’t matter what level you are currently at. The absence of an entry fee makes these competitions totally accessible!
Our main poetry competitions are the annual National Poetry Anthology and Local Poem competitions, both of which carry a £1000 first prize to the overall winner.
You can find details of all our past National Poetry Anthology winners here, and details about our past Local Poem Competition winners here.
