The Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre is launching its 2022 International Poetry Competition to celebrate the power of poetry across the world!
The competition is open to both new and established poets aged 18 and over from across the globe and has two categories:
Open category (open to all poets aged 18 years and over)
English as an Additional Language (EAL) category (open to all poets aged 18 and over who write in English as an Additional Language.
The competition deadline is 11pm BST on Wednesday 31 August 2022.
The first three poems submitted cost £5 per poem. Subsequent entries in the same submission cost £4 per poem. Entrants may submit a maximum of ten poems, following the instructions in the Oxford Brookes Shop. All entries must be unpublished work. Please read the full competition terms and conditions before entering. They are available below.
There are two steps to entering the competition:
1) Please visit the Brookes Shop and click on ‘Book Event’, selecting the number of poems you wish to enter. Then you can register as a new customer and pay for your entry/entries.
2) Once you have paid, please e-mail your unnamed poems in doc/docx/pdf format to [email protected]
Please mark your entry Open or EAL in the top right-hand corner of your document.
You will receive an automatic e-mail in response, confirming that we have received your poem/s. Please note that there is no entry form for this competition. The Poetry Centre will match the details you submit via the Shop with your e-mailed poems.
If you have questions about the competition, please consult our Frequently Asked Questions (below). If your question isn’t answered there, contact us at: [email protected]
Awards:-
The winner of the Open category will receive a prize of £1,000. The runner-up (second-placed poem) will receive a prize of £200. The winner of the EAL category will receive a prize of £1,000. The runner-up will receive a prize of £200.
Deadline:- 31-08-2022
