Win £10,000 in The Manchester Writing Competition for Poetry

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Deadline:

18 September 2020, 5pm (UK time)

Location:

Online and United Kingdom

(Prize)

Description

Manchester Poetry Prize

The Manchester Writing Competition offers the UK’s biggest literary awards for unpublished work, offered by the country’s most successful writing school. The Competition was established in 2008 by Carol Ann Duffy (UK Poet Laureate 2009-19) and has awarded more than £195,000 to writers.

More Details

The Manchester Poetry Prize 2020 (the “Competition”) is organised by the Manchester Metropolitan University (“Manchester Met”).

Opportunity Focus Areas:

Poetry

Required Languages

English.

Eligible Countries

ALL WORLD COUNTRIES.

Program Period

One day

Short-listed entrants will be invited to attend a prize-giving event in Manchester in February 2021.
Short-listed entrants will be notified by telephone on or before the end of 11th December 2020.

Eligibility Requirements (Criteria)

The Competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over who is not excluded by these Rules. There is no upper age limit for entry.
Members of Manchester Met staff (who may also be students) and their spouses are excluded from being eligible to enter.
The deadline for entries is 5pm (UK time) on 18th September 2020. Entries received after this deadline will not be considered but fees may still be charged. The online entry system may become busy as the deadline nears, so entrants are advised not to leave submission until the last minute.
Entrants must submit a portfolio comprising a minimum of three and a maximum of five poems. There is no line limit – minimum or maximum – for each individual poem, but the overall maximum length of the poems combined must not exceed 120 lines. Titles, blank lines and page numbers are not included in the line count.
Entrants may submit as many portfolios of three to five poems as they wish, but each portfolio must be submitted as a separate entry with a separate entry form and a separate entry fee.
All work submitted for consideration can be on any subject, and written in any style or form, but must be the entrant’s own original writing, and should not have been published in print or have been broadcast on or before 28th February 2021.
All work must be typed or word-processed, clearly legible and written in English.
Translations into English of work written in other languages can be accepted.

Opportunity Cost

(Prize)

a cash sum of £10,000.00 to the winner(s).

How to Apply

First Step: Complete the form here.

Second Step: Upload your work.

Note: The cost of entry is £18.100 (reduced price (£8) entries are available to writers who might not otherwise be able to take part in the competition. If you would like to apply for one of these, please contact ).writingschool@mmu.ac.uk