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Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition |
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Closing date: 30th April 2022
Prizes: £250 (1st), £125 (2nd), £75 (3rd), £30 x 3 (High Commendation), £20 x 3 (Commendation), £10 x 3 (Special Mentions)
Fees: £5/1, £8/2, £10/3, £12/4, £14/5, £16/7, £22/10)
Judge:
Oz Hardwick has published nine full
collections and chapbooks, including
Learning to Have Lost (Canberra: IPSI, 2018) which won the 2019
Rubery International Book Award for poetry, and most recently the
prose poetry sequence Wolf
Planet (Clevedon: Hedgehog, 2020). His next full collection,
A Census of Preconceptions, will be published by SurVision Books
later this year. With Anne Caldwell, Oz edited The Valley Press
Anthology of Prose Poetry (Scarborough: Valley Press, 2019), and
they have also co-edited Prose Poetry in Theory and Practice,
which will be published by Routledge in May 2022. Oz is Professor of
Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University. www.ozhardwick.co.uk
Results: 15th June, 2022
- All placed poems will receive first publication in Sentinel Literary Quarterly Magazine.
HOW TO ENTER (Note: You may pay your entry fee by PayPal, Cheque / Postal Orders or by Bank Transfer.)
Rules and Privacy Policyo:
1.
Poems must be in
English, unpublished, and not accepted for future publication
elsewhere (before the due date of results).
2.
Poems should be typed
and must be no longer than 50 lines (excluding title). 3. Any number of poems may be entered on payment of the applicable fees. Cheques and postal orders in GB Pound Sterling only should be made payable to SPM Publications Ltd
4.
Each poem should be on a
separate sheet, which should not include the name of the author.
5.
The author’s name and
address should be provided on an accompanying Entry Form or Cover
Note.
6.
The winners and
commended writers will be notified by post or e-mail.
7.
All winning and
commended poems will appear in the Sentinel Champions section of
Sentinel Literary Quarterly online and in print.
8.
The Results will be published at
www.sentinelquarterly.com/competitions/results.htm
9.
Poems will not be
returned, please do not send your only copy.
10.
If you win one of the
prizes in this quarter’s competition, you will NOT be prohibited
from entering next quarter’s competition.
11.
If on the advice of the
judge, the quality of entries is too low to produce worthy prize
winners, or any other legitimate reason beyond our control arises
which may affect a fair completion or conduct of the competition, we
reserve the right to cancel the competition and refund all entry
fees immediately by the same method we have been paid.
12.
We reserve the right to
reapportion the prize money if necessary in the interest of
continuity as an alternative to cancellation of the competition.
13.
By entering this
competition, you provide some information such as your address and
e-mail address which may be deemed personal information. These will
be processed according to the data protection acts1998 and 2002 and
GDPR 2018. We
will never pass on any detail you provide in the course of entering
this competition to a third party and we will never sell your data
to anyone for marketing purposes.
14.
By entering this
competition, you agree that we may contact you by e-mail or post via
our newsletter with the results of the competition, the
adjudicator’s reports and information on future competitions. You
may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.
15.
Copyright of all poems
submitted will remain with the authors but the Sentinel Poetry
Movement reserves the right to publish all winning and commended
poems. 16. The contents of Sentinel Literary Quarterly are available to read at no cost online, therefore complimentary copies of the magazine may be provided at the editor's discretion.
17.
Please only submit your
own original work.
18.
The adjudicator’s
decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.
19.
We use independent
judges who do not work for Sentinel Poetry Movement or SPM
publications, and we never
influence their choices.
20.
Postal entries should be
sent to: The Competition Administrator, Sentinel Literary Quarterly,
120 Warland Road, London SE18 2ET. Online entries should be sent to
competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk
21.
The submission of poems
for the Prize will be taken as indicating acceptance of the above
conditions.
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About Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition This Competition has been successfully organised since July 2009, offering publishing opportunities for the winning, commended and specially-mentioned poems in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine (online & in print) plus cash prizes.
Past First Prize winners include:
January 2022 Awaiting Results
Melanie Banim (October 2021) Vanessa Lampert (July 2021) Marilyn Donovan (April 2021) Jane Burn (January 2021)
Mary Gilonne (October 2020) Kathleen Strafford (Jul 2020) Cheryl Pearson (Mar/Apr 2020
Christopher M. James (Nov 2019) David Duncombe (Aug 2019) Steve Xerri (May 2019) Peter Wyton (Feb 2019)
Catherine Rose (Nov 2018) A.C. Clarke (Aug 2018) Robbie Frazer (May 2018) Karen Morash (Feb 2018)
Mary Anne Smith (Nov 2017) Noel Williams (Aug 2017) David Canning (May 2017) Pat Borthwick (Feb 2017)
Jackie Wills (Nov 2016) Lesley Burt (Aug 2016) Jocelyn Simms (May 2016) Bruce Marsland (Feb 2016)
Andrea Holland (Nov 2015) Camilla Lambert (Aug 2015) Julian Dobson (May 2015) Kate Gething-Smith (Febr 2015)
Mike Bannister (Nov 2014) Philip Burton (Aug 2014) Mark Totterdell (May 2014) Jen Campbell (Feb 2014)
Jason Lytollis (Sep 2013) Paul McDonald (Jun 2013) Jim Bennett (Mar 2013) Daniel Knibb (Dec '12/Jan 2013)
Terry Jones (Sep 2012) Roger Elkin (July 2012) Oz Hardwick (April 2012) Bob Beagrie (January 2012)
Lynn Roberts (Oct 2011), Jenny Donnison (Jul 2011) Ellie Evans (Apr 2011) Cass Iskandr (Jan 2011)
Nicholas Y.B. Wong (Oct 2010) Kate Horsley (Jul 2010) Christian Ward (Apr 2010), Noel Williams (January 2010)
Akinlabi Peter (Oct 2009) Miles Salter (Jul 2009)
All winning and commended poems and short stories receive first publication in Sentinel Literary Quarterly (Online)
The Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition is open to writers of all nationalities living in any part of the world.
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