LEDBURY Poetry Festival poetry competition for 2017 is now open for entries.
First prize will be £1000 in cash and a residential course at T? Newydd, The National Writers’ Centre for Wales, and winners will also have the opportunity to read their poems at Ledbury Poetry
Festival 2018.
Fiona Sampson MBE, the Festival’s 2017 Poet in Residence, has agreed to judge all entries.
She has published twenty-seven books, received the Newdigate Prize, a Cholmondeley award and numerous awards from national Arts Councils, the Society of Authors and has twice been shortlisted for both T.S. Eliot and Forward Prizes.
Fiona Sampson said: “Entering the competition is a way to take part in the wonderful Ledbury Poetry Festival whether or not you can get along to any of the events.
"Poetry is a great way to communicate with people you've never met: I look forward to discovering many new poets I've never come across before.”
The Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition has been an important first step in many poets’ careers. Jacob Polley, winner of this year’s T.S. Eliot Award, started his career with a win at Ledbury in 2001.
The closing date will be Thursday, July 13.
Entry forms and full details of the Adult, Young People and Children’s Competition are on the website www.poetry-festival.co.uk
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