It’s that time of year again: we’re launching the
fourth Prole Laureate
competition. Details are below. We’d be very grateful if you’d share this
information with your members.
We remain open to submissions of both prose and poetry via the usual
submissions pages. We aim to respond to every submission within three weeks –
and if we do publish, we pay royalties.
In other news, Sue Millard’s pamphlet, Ash Tree, has received a lot of very positive attention in Cumbria, radio and
print media. Copies are still available on our site.
For anyone who writes poetry and fancies something different, we’re
looking for three or four poets to put together a three/four author collection.
As you likely know – poetry is a hard sell. We thought this might be a way of
maximising exposure. As well as the usual Prole quality and around twenty poems
or more, we’re looking for writers who are willing to get out there and do a
little pushing of the product: readings, newspaper interviews, local radio etc.
Best wishes,
Brett and Phil
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Prize
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Winner: £140, Publication in Prole 13 in April 2014
Publication on the Prole website
2 x runner up prizes of £30, possible publication in Prole 13
Publication on the Prole website
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Judge
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Kate Noakes
Kate Noakes is an elected member of the Welsh Academi. She has taught
creative writing for Oxford University. Her most recent collection isCape
Town from Eyewear Publishing (2012). I-spy and Shanty is
forthcoming in 2014 from corrupt press. Her poem ‘Snow light’ was selected by
Carol Ann Duffy for her Poetry Corner in The Daily Mirror in January 2010.
She won the Owen Barfield Poetry Prize in 2009.
Entries will be anonymised before being sent to judge.
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Time scale
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We will receive entries from October 7th 2013 to
February 1st 2014
Winners will be announced in issue 13 of Prole in April and on our
website by April 20th.
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Details
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We are, as ever, completely open: free verse, blank verse, highly formed
verse. You name it, we’re looking for it. We want poems that epitomise the
editorial values of Prole: to make writing engaging, accessible, entertaining
and challenging. Quality is all.
All work must be the original work of the writer and be unpublished.
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Fees
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£3.00 for first entry, £2.00 for any subsequent entries.
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How to enter
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Via our website and email – preferred.
Make the correct payment using PayPay on the competition page:http://www.prolebooks.co.uk/page6.html
Email your entry, including the text and PayPal transaction number
within the body of the email, to:poetrycompetition@prolebooks.co.uk
By post
Make a cheque (GBP only, please) payable to
P Robertson for the correct amount and mail along with entry
to:
Brett Evans
Prolebooks
15 Maes-y-Dre
Abergele
LL22 7HW
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Profits
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Any profits made from our competition help to support the work we do
at Prole. We are independent; we receive nor seek funding.
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