cafe writers open poetry competition 2011
The Cafe Writers Open Poetry Competition 2011 is now open to entries.
Poems should be no more than 40 lines on one side of A4 only.
Entries accepted by post or by email.
Closing Date 30th November 2011
Competition Details
PRIZES
1st £1000 2nd £300 3rd £150
Five Commended Prizes of £50
Funniest Poem not winning another prize £100
Norfolk Prize £100
awarded to best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident not winning another prizeEntry Fee
£4 per poem; or £10 for 3 poems and £2.00 per poem thereafterSOLE JUDGE Pascale Petit
Pascale Petit has published five poetry collections. Her latest, What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo, published by Seren in 2010 (UK) and Black Lawrence Press in 2011 (US), was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and was a Book of the Year in The Observer. Two of her previous books, The Zoo Father (Seren, 2001) and The Huntress (Seren, 2005), were also shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and were Books of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement and Independent. In 2004 the Poetry Book Society selected her as one of the Next Generation Poets. Pascale Petit's Website