poetry competition

Poetry Competition 2012

Open to Everyone!

Title: ‘Words Paint Pictures’

How to enter:
The competition will be judged in 3 age categories:
7-10 years, 11-16 years & 17 and over

Maximum number of words: 600

Deadline: 4pm on Friday, 16th March 2012

 Please submit your poems either on-line by emailing a Word document to:
info@stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk

Or deliver clearly hand-written poems to: Civic Hall Box Office, Rother Street, CV37 6LU
or Victoria Jeffs Estate Agents, 35-36 Guild Street, CV37 6QY

All entries must include an entry form. 

Entires must not have been published elsewhere or entered into a competition previously.

 The winning entries will be published once again in a special Festival Book
on sale from 22nd April 2012. The book will remain copyright of the Stratford upon Avon Literary festival, though authors retain copyright on their own poems.

The Winners will each receive a £50 cheque from our sponsors:Victoria Jeffs Estate Agents

The Runners-Up will each receive book tokens.

All the winning entries as well as commended poems will be published in a Poetry Book My Home which will be on sale at The Shakespeare Bookshop, Henley Street, Stratford, for £8.99 from 22nd April.