Poetry Competiton launched
Eamonn Bonner
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2019 Aurivo /North West Words Poetry Competition
The Aurivo Poetry competition is now in its eight year and is open to original and previously unpublished poems in English. This prize is open to anyone over the age of 18 as long as the poem is the original work of the author submitting it. Winner receives €250 and the Aurivo perpetual Cup. Copyright remains with the poet, but North West Words reserves the right to first publication or broadcast of the winning poem. Entries must not have been previously published in any media, self-published, broadcast, and / or won any competition.
All shortlisted poets will be invited to read at the North West Words January event on Thursday 30th January 2020 and will also qualify to be published in the Spring/Summer issue of the North West Words magazine.
Cost of entry is €5 per poem (no maximum number of poems).
Entries can be submitted either online or by post (see below).
Online entries
Poems should be copied into the body of the email and sent to northwe...@outlook.com
Deadline: 5:00pm Thursday 12th December 2019.
Postal entries
Send your poem(s) along with a cover letter with name, address, and phone number and/or email address, and title(s) of each poem submitted. If you are sending more than one poem, please put each poem on a separate page(s).
Please DO NOT put your name or personal contact details on the same page as the poem(s).
Postal entries to : North West Words, Aurivo Poetry Prize 2019, 54Thornberry, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland, F92 Y 76W.
The 2019 Aurivo English Poetry competition will be judged by Kate Newman from Summer Palace Press. All entries are judged anonymously.
North West Words is a non-profit organisation run on voluntary effort, and competition fees go towards the administrative costs of the competition. Payment may be made by Cheque, Postal Order, Money Order (payments should be made out to North West Words), or pay via Paypal (see the link below).
A shortlist will be published on North West Words’ Facebook page in December. The winner will be announced and the prize awarded at a North West Words Event in Dillon’s Hotel, Main Street, Letterkenny, on Thursday 30th January 2020. The winning poet will be notified in advance of the event.
For online payment click the Paypal link below. Note that the cost of entry is €5 per poem. For each poem entered, you will need to fill out a separate Paypal transaction of €5. So, 1 poem will require 1 Paypal transaction of €5, 2 poems will require 2 Paypal transaction of €5 each and 3 poems will require 3 Paypal transactions of €5 etc..
