Rhynes, Rivers and Running Brooks
International Poetry Competition 1999
from The Blue Nose Poets and Common Ground
Water is central to myth and the sacred in most cultures and poets have always had an eye for the richness of imagery to be found in running water. This international competition encourages any poem on the subject of rivers. Whether your poem is concerned with ecology, allegory, memory or awe, we welcome all styles and forms.
Prizes to the value of £1,500
will be awarded to the winner and five runners up. Winners will be invited to read their work at a special Blue Nose Poetry event in London and the winning poem will be published in Resurgence Magazine and read on 'Open Country' BBC Radio 4.Previous Winners: the Field Days Poetry Competition 1997/8 Results List is available
here.Judges:
Sue Hubbard is the founder member of the Blue Nose Poets and an art critic and poet. Her first collection is Everything Begins with the Skin. Mario Petrucci's co-runs the Blue Nose Poets. His first collection Shrapnel and Sheets is a PBS recommendation. Sue Clifford and Angela King are founder directors of the arts and environment charity Common Ground. They have edited two anthologies of poetry Trees Be Company and Field Days.How to enter:
after reading the entry conditions, print off an entry form and post it with your poem/s and fee to Blue Nose Poets.Entry Conditions
1. Entries must be written in English and be the unaided w
ork of the competitor.2. Each poem must be given a title and should not exceed 50 lines, typed clearly on white paper, using one side of the paper only. Writers must adopt a pseudonym, which has to be used on each sheet submitted (not the writer's actual name).
3. If for reasons of disability this format is not appropriate, please telephone Blue Nose Poets (0958 402 657) to discuss how we can facilitate your entry to the competition.
4. There is no limit to the number of manuscripts provided that the appropriate entrance fee accompanies each. Please make payment in sterling by cheque or postal order (payable to Blue Nose Poets / Common Ground) with the name and address of the competitor written on the reverse. Cash will not be accepted.
5. The
entry form must be completed and included with your entry.6. No alterations may be made to poems once submitted. No manuscripts will be returned. Competitors are advised to keep copies of their work.
7. Poems may have been published in a magazine or journal, but NOT in a collection or anthology.
8. Competitors cannot usually win more than one prize, although the judges may use their discretion. The judges reserve the right to withhold prizes if they see fit. Their decision will be final and binding and the organisers will not enter in to any correspondence thereon. The judges may be changed without notice.
9. For acknowledgement of receipt and/or list of winners, please supply in each case a stamped sae with RECEIPT or with PRIZEWINNERS clearly marked in the bottom left-hand corner of the envelopes.
10. Closing date is Saturday 27th November 1999. Entries must be postmarked on or before this date.
11. Prizewinners will be notified by the end of March 2000. Full results will be published on the website.
12. Submissions must be posted to Blue Nose Poets / Common Ground, Rivers Poetry Competition, 204 Horsenden Lane South, Greenford, UB6 7NU, England.
13. Copyright will remain with the author, but Blue Nose Poets / Common Ground reserve the right to publication of selected entries.
14. The reading and prize giving will take place in London, at which winners and highly commanded poets will be invited to read. Every effort will be made to arrange a convenient date.
15. Submission of poems implies the competitor's acceptance of all the above.
16. The entry fee is £4 for the first poem, and £3 for each subsequent entry. There is no limit to the number of entries
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