Details

Poems must be in English Language on any subject or style with a maximum length of 40 lines. Open to every poet in every country. Poems entered must not have been previously published, posted to a website or blog. The poems must also not be under consideration for publication anywhere.

Prizes:
First Prize £100.00, Second Prize £50.00, Third Prize £30.00. Two Highly Commended Poets will also receive £10.00 each. [The three winning poems and the two highly commended poems will receive first publication in Swale Life magazine on 25th May 2011]

Entry Fees:
£3.00 per poem, £12.00 for 5 poems. [A third of all entry fees goes to the charity Diversity House – publishers of Swale Life] All 5-poem entrants receive a FREE Sentinel Champions #4 e-book courtesy of Sentinel Poetry Movement.

Entry Deadline: 20th April, 2011

Results in Swale Life Magazine www.swalelife.com 25/05/2011

Judge: Claire Askew

Competition Administration: Eastern Light EPM International (Organisers of Excel for Charity competitions)

YOU MAY ENTER ONLINE OR BY POST

How to enter online:

1. Select how many poems you wish to enter on the PayPal drop-down button below and click on Pay Now.

2. Pay securely with PayPal. You will be given a Transaction ID or Receipt Number. Make a note of this.

3. Make up a Cover Note with your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number (Optional), and the titles of your poems.

4. Send your poems, together with your cover note as attachments in Word, or rtf formats to excelforcharity@easternlightepm.com in the subject line, type

How to enter by post:



Download and Print out the Competition Information & Entry Form here >



Alternatively



1. Make up a Cover Note with your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number (Optional), and the titles of your poems.



2. Send your poems with your Cover Note and the appropriate entry fees to:



Excel for Charity
Eastern Light EPM International
Unit 136
113 - 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United Kingdom



PLEASE NOTE: Cheques or Postal Orders must be in GB£ Sterling only payable to EASTERN LIGHT EPM INTERNATIONAL



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Terms & Conditions

1. You may enter as many poems as you want.
2. The decision of the judge is final, and no communication will be entered into.
3. For transparency, Eastern Light EPM International makes it clear that the primary aims of this competition are to raise money for the charity and to honour the winning writers. The prize money is expected to be generated by the entry fees. In the event that there are too few entries to pay the prize money from the entry fees after a third has been earmarked for donation to the charity, we reserve the right to either reapportion the prize money or refund all entry fees to the entrants by the methods they paid for their entries.
4. Postal entries must be received by 20th of April 2011.
5. Online entries must be received by midnight 20th of April 2011.
6. Poems will not be returned, please don't send your only copy.
7. The judge's report will be published alongside the winning and commended poems in Swale Life Magazine on the 25th of May 2011.
8. When you enter the competition we will invite you to join our mailing list so that you may receive updates on this and other competitions. Joining the mailing list is optional. We will never sell your details to anybody for research or marketing purposes.

The Swale Life website is www.swalelife.com

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