Arvon International Poetry Competition 2008
2008 marks The Arvon Foundation’s 40th birthday and the 14th Arvon International Poetry Competition. The competition is open to all poets around the world and poems are entered anonymously. There are no line or subject matter restrictions.
The judges for 2008 are UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, Moniza Alvi and Alice Oswald.
The deadline for entries is 15th August at 5pm.
Prizes -
Classic FM First Prize - £5000
Second Prize - £2500
Third Prize - £1000
Three commendation prizes - £500 each.
Ted Hughes Environmental Poetry Prize
of £1000 plus a selection of Ted Hughes publications.
:: Get more information from the Arvon Foundation website.
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#1. August 2nd, 2008, at 12:40 PM.
it’s wonderful when group of people engcourage young people like us [poet’s] i highly interested in entry your next competition but one thing keep bothering my heart…am i going to be entertained?. i have enter some competition i don’t understand THEM.