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Prizes
Opportunities change throughout the year.
Please keep checking these pages for the latest news.
The benefit of entering and winning prizes is how they can build confidence, discipline, and a CV.
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SELF-SUSTAINING PRIZES
Tribute Prize • NEW •
Value: £100
for a poem that pays tribute
to someone or something.
Entry: £5
Opens: June 30
Closes: date: October 31, 2024
Announces: December 5, 2024
Basharat Hussain Memorial Prize • NEW • • Value: £500
for a poem celebrating cross cultural friendship.
Entry: £12
Opens: June 30
Closes: Feb 1, 2025
Announces: April 14, 2025
OCCASIONAL PRIZES
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2023/4 The UK Magnetics Society Prize
Value: £100
Entry: free
Open: competition is now closed
2024 Southside Wellbeing Festival
Value: 3 prizes of £25 each, plus an opportunity to perform
at the launch event Friday 6, September
Entry: free
Open: now
Closes: midnight August 1, 2024
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