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Thursday, 24 January 2013

Wigtown Poetry Competition 2013


Deadline:  31st May 2013
First Prize:  Main Prize £2000.   Runner-up £400.   Gaelic Prize £250.    Scots Prize £250.  Eight additional prizes of £25 each.
Summary:  The first poem submitted costs £7.00
Multiple entries: the first three poems cost a total of £19.00.
Each subsequent entry after the first three costs £5 or a total of £14 for every additional block of 3, ie:
1 poem £7; 2 poems £14; 3 poems £19; 4 poems £24; 5 poems £29; 6 poems £33; 7 poems £38; 8 poems £43; 9 poems £47; 10 poems £52; 11 poems £57; 12 poems £61 etc.

Main Prize Judge: Robin Robertson, Gaelic Prize Judge: Meg Bateman, Scots Prize Judge: Liz Niven.

Winners will be invited to read their poems at the Wigtown Book Festival 2013.  Winning poems will be published on the Festival website. 

For further details, rules and entry form, visit: www.wigtownbookfestival.com/poetrycomp