JUDGES: Ian Duhig & Mimi Khalvati

DEADLINE: last post on Wednesday 1st March 2017, or midnight on Wednesday 1st March 2017 for online entrants

ENTRY FEE: £28, or £25 for North subscribers, Friends of the Poetry Business and members of the Poetry Society.

PRIZES: Publication by smith|doorstop Books; a share of £2,000 cash; a launch reading at The Wordsworth Trust; publication in the North magazine; book vouchers from Inpress Books and more. 

The Poetry Business is delighted to announce the 31st International Book & Pamphlet Competition and the Inaugural Wordsworth Trust Reader's Prize judged by Ian Duhig & Mimi Khalvati are now open for entry.

Entrants are invited to submit a collection of 20-24 paged of poetry. Four winners will be selected by the judges to be published by our award winning imprint, smith|doorstop books. All winners will also receive a share of £2,000, publication in the North magazine, a reading at The Wordsworth Trust and gift vouchers from Inpress Books. 

All winners will be garunteed pamphlet publication, however there is also an opportunity to subit a full-length manuscript, which if successful will be published as a book in the Autumn of 2017. 

Full-price entry is £28. Subscribers to the North, Friends of The Poetry Business, and members of the Poetry Society are eligible for the discounted fee of £25. All entrants will also receive a 20% off discount cofe for the Inpress Books website at www.inpressbooks.co.uk

Entries can be submitted by post (with a cheque and completed entry form) or online at http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/competition-menu/competition