poetry
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My market this week is targeted at the poets among you. The Cinnamon Press Debut Poetry Collection Competition is open for poets who haven’t ever had a full collection published. Prizes: 1st: £300 plus a publishing contract 25 runners-up will be published in a poetry anthology Entry fee: £12 per collection (10 poems up to…
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Enjoy writing poetry? Here’s a competition for you. The Samuel Taylor Colderidge Memorial Poetry Prize welcomes entries of up to 25 lines for its themed competition. Here’s some information for you: Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £70 3rd: £50 Entry: FREE Theme: Trees Closing date: 1st June 2016 Send your entries to: 38, Brendon Road, Watchet, West…
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I’m looking for some new writers for my Friday guest slot. If you’d like to see your work in my Guest Writer Spot, please contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer…
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It’s Friday and time for my guest slot. If you’d like to see your work in my Guest Writer Spot, please contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer than 2000 words…
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Talented poet Gordon Simmonds has appeared in this slot a few times, with some beautiful, moving poems. If you haven’t read them please do: Everybody Dies, When I am Gone, Paschaendaele, Joe’s War , The Piper in the Graveyard and An Old Soldier’s Thoughts. You can read another below: More Old Soldiers Thoughts By Gordon Simmonds…
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My market this week is for the poets among you. The Red Shed Open Poetry Competition is currently accepting entries of poems up to 50 lines. Here are the all important details: Closing date: Saturday 30th April, 2016 Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £50 Wakefield Postcode prize: £25 Entry fee: £3 for the first entry and…
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Talented poet Gordon Simmonds has appeared in this slot a few times, with some beautiful, moving poems. If you haven’t read them please do: Everybody Dies, When I am Gone, Paschaendaele, Joe’s War , The Piper in the Graveyard and An Old Soldier’s Thoughts. Many of you have commented how much you like his poetry so…
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Four of Traci Aina’s powerful poems have featured in my Friday Guest Writer Spot on previous occasions and I’m thrilled to welcome her back. Here’s a little about her in her own words: ‘Hi, I’m Traci. I am a beginner writer, wife and mother of two. As well as writing, my passions are literature, travelling,…
Esther Chilton 