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MAG POETRY PRIZE 2011 - OPEN POETRY COMPETITION
Quite unlike other poetry competitions – a poetic e-democracy
Open for entries. Prize fund accumulates @£2.00 per entry (up to £10,000 maximum)
1st Prize - £2,000 minimum.
We have no appointed judges – the entrants judge the competition themselves. It's a knockout system in three rounds but beware - if you don't participate in the judging, your own poem may be knocked out!
Participants only have to read 12 poems in each round yet the combined effect is very powerful. In the final round everyone reads the last 12. All judging is anonymous.
Participants may leave twitteresque comments during the judging. Comments will be‘released’ after the announcement of the winners. All comments are anonymous.
The judging will take place in May and early June. It’s a fascinating process.
At the choice of the participant, entries can be either "published" (made available on the "poem randomiser" throughout the competition and published on the site when the cycle of the competition has completed) or "unpublished" (only made available to other participants for the purposes of judging).
Any subject. Style: Poetry or Prose Poetry. Maximum 42 lines. Previously unpublished work. £6 per poem.
See poetry competition rules for full details.
All profits from the poetry competition will be donated to MAG (Mines Advisory Group). MAG is a neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation that clears the remnants of conflict for the benefit of communities worldwide.
Poetry competitions are no longer simply poetry competitions!
We would like to thank the Arts Council England for supporting the MAG Poetry Prize 2011.
Closing date: 30th April 2011
Previous poetry competitions
In 2010 we received 591 entries - almost double the number received in 2009.
Entries were received from Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Uganda, Switzerland, UK, USA and United Arab Emirates.
The winner of the MAG Poetry Prize 2010 was Francesca McMahon (Francesca was also the winner of the MAG Poetry Prize 2009). She read her poem on BBC Radio Manchester on Friday 23rd July. Read all about the poetry competition winners.
The competition raised £591 for MAG’s humanitarian work – one pound for every entry.
Thank you to all the participants for taking part and providing constructive feedback and thank you to the individuals and organisations who kindly offered support in the promotion of the competition.
View entries to this year's poetry competition
You can view a random snapshot of the 2011 entries (where the poet has chosen to publish on the website) as they come in on the poem randomiser on the site
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