International Competitions
Browse this page for information on our three current international poetry competitions or print an entry form. All Blue Nose competitions are open to entrants from anywhere in the world, however entry fees must be paid in sterling.
The Rivers and Running Brooks Competition, i
n association with Common Ground, is now closed. Watch this space for details of the winnersCurrent Competitions…
Blue Nose 7th Annual Poets-of-the-Year Competition 1999/2000
£1000 prize fund plus anthology publication, reading in London and the Blue Nose Bursary enabling a London writer to attend a
Poetry at the Abbey creative writing course.Entry Fee: £3 for poems up to 60 lines, £6 for longer poems and all collections
Closing Date: in April 2000
Click to read more details and the
competition rules and to download the entry form.Past Competitions…
2000 Years of London
: The Millennial Poetry CompetitionIn association with the
Museum of London.Click here for the full
results.Blue Nose Poets-of-the-Year Competition 1997/8
The joint winners were Priscilla Borthwick, Denise McSheehy, Annemarie Austin and Lynne Wycherley. Click here to view the full
results listing.The Competition anthology, Feeding the Bi-valve , is available now.
Field Days
The Blue Nose Poets & Common Ground Poetry Competition was won by David Hart from Birmingham (UK). To check the full list of winning and short-listed poems, click
here.For information about Common Ground's environmental work and their Field Days campaign, send an ssae to Common Ground, Seven Dials Warehouse, 44 Earlham Street, London WC2H 9LA
Blue Nose Poets-of-the-Year Competition 1996/7
The winners were Philip Gross with 'The Wasting Game', Jill Bamber, Graham High and Robert Drake.
The competition anthology is available from
Blue Nose Press