Judge: Mary Charman-Smith
Deadline 15 05 2012
Prizes, 1st £ 100, and the runner up will receive £ 25

Entry £4 per poem; three poems £9.

Poems can have a maximum of 45 lines, which will not include the title.

Poems must be the entrant's own work and not have been published, self published, published on a website or broadcast. They may not have previously received a written critique from the judge.

Entries must be in English. They can be on any subject and in any style or poetic form.

Entries cannot be returned, fees cannot be refunded and alterations cannot be made once entries have been submitted.

Attached entries must not have the writer's name or identifying marks but all the information required in the entry form must be submitted at the time of sending them.

No correspondence can be entered into as the Judge's decision is final.

Acceptance of the rules is implied by entry.

Entrants who do not comply with the entry rules will be disqualified.

You will receive an email from the competition administrator letting you know that the poems have been delivered safely and an immediate payment receipt from Paypal.

IF YOUR ENTRY AND YOUR PAYMENT COME FROM DIFFERENT EMAIL ADDRESSES, PLEASE MAKE THIS CLEAR WITH THE PAYMENT!

Entrants will receive notification of winners via the e mail address from which the entry was submitted unless they request otherwise at the time of submission.

A list of prize winners and short listed entries will be published on this webpage within a month of the closing date, 15/05/12.

Please see you keep a copy of your work as entries will not be returned.

I look forward to receiving and reading your work.

Competition Entry Form

Please click here. A new window will open. Please list the titles of your poems in the comments box.

How to Pay

You can pay for your fees by PayPal, Visa, Mastercard or any of the cards listed below. I can also arrange to take a cheque but please contact me through the contact form for information as to where to send.

http://www.marycharmansmith.co.uk/
http://www.marycharmansmith.co.uk/competition.html

Click on the link above and go to the contest official site