Writers Magazine 2009

The Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition 2009/10

Closing date 29 November 2009

Entry fee £25 ($41)

Open to all

The Poetry Business is now inviting entries for its twenty-third Book & Pamphlet Competition.

Entrants are invited to submit a short collection of poems (up to 24 pages). Four of these are selected as first stage winners, and the poets offered pamphlet publication and a share of £1,000. Winners may then submit a longer manuscript for the overall prize of book publication.

This year's judge is Sir Andrew Motion, former UK poet laureate and Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.

The competition was established in 1986 and is now recognised as an important event in the poetry calendar. It has been judged by poets such as Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and Michael Longley; and previous winners have gained Poetry Book Society Recommendations, been named PBS Pamphlet Choice and shortlisted for the Forward and T S Eliot Prizes. Many, including Mimi Khalvati, Michael Laskey, Daljit Nagra, Catherine Smith and Moniza Alvi, have gone on to earn national reputations.

A £1 surcharge is applied to entries submitted online via The Poetry Business website.

For full conditions of entry and an entry form, go to www.poetrybusiness.co.uk  or email office@poetrybusiness.co.uk.

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