Lupus UK Poetry Competition 2012
Closing Date: 30-November-2012
Details: This competition is organised in aid of Lupus UK, a national charity helping people with the presently incurable immune system illness lupus. Lupus UK currently supports some 6,000 members through their Regional Groups and advise many others on the symptoms prior to diagnosis. The competition is for previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style, up to 50 lines long (excluding title). Poems entered must not have been posted to any website or blog, and must not be under consideration for publication, or accepted for publication elsewhere.
First Prize: £100.00 ($158.00)
Second Prize: £50.00 ($79.00)
Third Prize: £30.00 ($48.00)
High Commendation Prizes: 2 x £10.00 ($16.00)
Results & First Publication: Results will be announced in our News Blog on 5th January 2013.
Entry Fees: £3 ($5) per poem, £12 ($19) for 5 poems.
Donations to Charity: A third of net entry fees will go to Lupus UK
The Judge: Abegail Morley
Competition Administration: Eastern Light EPM International -organisers of Excel for Charity writing competitions series.
Enter Online or By Post
To Enter online
(1) Select the number of poems you wish to enter from the PayPal Drop-Down Menu below, click on pay now, and make the applicable payment securely. You will be given a Transaction ID or Receipt Number by PayPal. Make a note of this.
(2) Create a Cover Note titled LUPUS UK POETRY COMPETITION 2012 which should have the Title(s) of your poem(s), your Name, Pen Name (if applicable), Mailing Address, E-mail Address and Telephone Number. YOUR NAME OR ANY OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS MUST NOT APPEAR ON ANY OF THE POETRY PAGES.
(3) Send your poems, and your Cover Note as Word, or rtf attachments to excelforcharity@easternlightepm.com"> excelforcharity@easternlightepm.com in the subject line, type LUPUS UK POETRY OCTOBER 2012 followed by your TRANSACTION ID.
Enter by post
Download and Print out the Entry Form (pdf)
Download and Print out the Entry Form (Word)
orMake up a Cover Note with your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and the titles of your poems. YOUR NAME OR ANY OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS MUST NOT APPEAR ON ANY OF THE POETRY PAGES.
Send your poems with your Cover Note or Entry Form and cheque/Postal Order in GB£ only in favour of EASTERN LIGHT EPM INTERNATIONAL to:
Excel for Charity
Eastern Light EPM International
Unit 136
113 - 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United Kingdom
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Terms & Conditions
1. You may enter as many poems as you want.2. The decision of the judge is final, and no communication will be entered into.
3. The primary aims of this competition are to raise money for the charity and to honour the winning writers. The prize money is expected to be generated by the entry fees. In the event that there are too few entries to pay the prize money from the entry fees after a third has been earmarked for donation to the charity, we reserve the right to (a) elect to incur the expense of making up the prize money from our own funds, (b) reapportion the prize money in agreement with the winners. We have so far never done that. (c) refund all entry fees to the entrants by the methods they paid for their entries. (d) Extend the entry deadline to try and make up the numbers.
4. Poems will not be returned, please don't send your only copy.
5. Although the results of our competitions are usually published on our website, many entrants still write us expecting personal notifications of the results. If you would like to receive information on the results, judge's report, or news about our other competitions, please join our e-mail mailing list at http://easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/mailing-list we will never disclose your e-mail address to any person or organisation outside Excel for Charity without your prior written consent.
6. Please note that US Dollar Prizes are approximated based on exchange rate on the day the competition was announced. If you win and wish to be paid in US$, the amount you will receive will be the GB£ Sterling equivalent on the day the prize is paid.