Swale Life Poetry Competition (January 2011)
About the competition
This international competition is organised for two reasons. First of all, it is in aid of Diversity House; publishers of Swale Life magazine, to make the continued publication of the magazine possible and to keep it free-to-read as a source of information and social awareness. The second reason is to encourage creative output by rewarding the best entrants with cash prizes and publishing opportunity in the magazine.
Details
Poems must be in English Language on any subject or style with a maximum length of 40 lines open to every poet in every country.
Poems entered must not have been previously published, posted to a website or blog. The poems must also not be under consideration for publication anywhere.
Prizes: First Prize £100.00, Second Prize £50.00, Third Prize £30.00. Two Highly Commended Poets will also receive £10.00 each. [The three winning poems and the two highly commended poems will receive first publication in Swale Life magazine in February 2011]
Entry Fees: £3.00 per poem, £12.00 for 5 poems. [A third of all entry fees goes to the charity]
Entry Deadline: 25th January 2011
Results in Swale Life Magazine www.swalelife.com 28/02/2011
Judge: Charles Evans
Competition Administration: Eastern Light EPM International (Organisers of Excel for Charity competitions)
ENTER ONLINE OR BY POST
POSTAL ENTRIES
Poems must be in English Language and typed.
Author's name and address or any other identifying mark MUST NOT appear on any of your poetry pages.
PRINT your Name, Postal Address, E-mail Address and if you wish, Telephone number on a plain sheet of paper and place the paper in a sealed envelope.
Write "SWALE LIFE POETRY JAN 2011" followed by the Title(s) of your Poem(s) on the back of the envelope.
Make cheques or Postal Orders (in GB£ only) payable to EASTERN LIGHT EPM INTERNATIONAL.
Send your Poems, the envelope with your name inside, and your entry fee to:Eastern Light EPM International
Unit 136
113 – 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United KingdomAlternatively, CLICK HERE TO PRINT OUT AN ENTRY FORM
ONLINE ENTRIES*International/Online entrants may enter by e-mail and pay entry fees by Paypal. To enter by this method please follow these steps:
Select the option that matches your entry preference from the paypal drop-down button below and make the applicable payment.
After making your payment, you will be given a Transaction ID or Receipt Number by Paypal. Make a note of the Transaction ID.
Submit your poems and a cover note with your Name, Postal Address, Optional Telephone Number and Titles of your poems to excelforcharity@easternlightepm.com as a Word or rtf attachment.
In the subject line of your e-mail, type "SWALE LIFE POETRY JAN 2011" Followed by your Transaction ID. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of stories within 48 hours.
Terms & Conditions:
You may enter as many poems as you want.
The decision of the judge is final, and no communication will be entered into.
For transparency, Eastern Light EPM International makes it clear that 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 either reapportion the prize money or refund all entry fees to the entrants by the methods they paid for their entries.
Postal entries must be received by 25th of January 2011.
Online entries must be received by midnight 25th of January 2011.
Poems will not be returned, please don't send your only copy.
The judge's report will be published alongside the winning and commended poems in Swale Life Magazine on the 28th of February 2011.
When you enter the competition we will invite you to join our mailing list so that you may receive updates on this and other competitions. Joining the mailing list is optional.
The Swale Life website is www.swalelife.com