There are two categories in this year’s competition. The Adult Competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over from anywhere in the world. The Young People’s Poetry Prize invites submissions from poets aged between 11 and 17 who are resident in the UK.
Adult Competition
1st Prize: £1,000, plus a week-long residency in the Contemporary Poetry Archives at Newcastle University during the Newcastle Poetry Festival, May 13-16, 2020.
2nd Prize: £500
3rd Prize: £250
Five highly commended prizes of £25.
Entry fee: £6 to enter one poee, and £4 per poem thereafter.
Judge: Colette Bryce
Young People’s Poetry Prize
Each year 12 poets will be selected to appear at a special event at the Newcastle Poetry Festival and receive a £25 book voucher.
Entry to the competition is free.
Judge: Vidyan Ravinthiran
Further details here
The deadline for both competitions is 3 March 2020.