The Poets and Players Poetry Competition 2013
with the Whitworth Prize
The inaugural poetry competition run by Poets and Players, one of Manchester’s leading organisers of poetry and music events.
JUDGE: JACOB POLLEY
Jacob Polley was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is the author of three acclaimed books of poems, The Brink (2003), Little Gods (2006) and The Havocs (2012), all published by Picador, UK. He received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002, and both The Brink and The Havocs were shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. In 2004 he was named one of the ‘Next Generation’ of the twenty best new poets in Britain, and his first novel, Talk of the Town, won the 2010 Somerset Maugham Award. He teaches at the University of St Andrews and lives in Fife, Scotland. Jacob Polley’s website can be found at www.jacobpolley.com
OPEN PRIZE
For this prize a long-list will be decided by the Poets and Players committee and judged by Jacob Polley.
1st Prize – £400
2nd Prize – £200
3rd Prize – £100
WHITWORTH PRIZE
This prize will be judged by the Poets and Players committee together with a senior representative from the Whitworth Art Gallery.
Whitworth Prize – £300
All poems will be judged anonymously.
Winners will be informed by 20 May 2013 and will be invited to read alongside Jacob Polley at a launch ceremony on the afternoon of 8 June 2013 at the Whitworth Art Gallery where they will also receive their prize. If you have not been notified before June, we are afraid you have not been successful.
RULES AND OTHER INFORMATION
Open Prize
§ This Prize is open to anyone over the age of 16, except for members of the Poets and Players committee.
§ Poems must be in English.
§ Poems can be on any subject, in any style or form, but must be author’s own original work. They should not have appeared anywhere before, online or in print. Please do not submit poems that are currently under consideration elsewhere.
§ Maximum line length for individual poems is 40 lines (excluding title).
§ No changes can be made to poems once submitted and under no circumstances can we offer feedback or make refunds.
§ You may submit as many poems as you wish, accompanied by the appropriate payment.
§ All competition entries must reach us by Friday 5 April 2013, entries arriving after this date will not be considered.
Whitworth Prize
The rules for the Open Prize apply, with the exception that poems in this category should be inspired specifically by the Whitworth Art Gallery, or works of art or exhibitions displayed in the gallery. We would encourage you to include a brief note, headed ‘NOTE’ beneath the poem stating the connection between the poem and Gallery if this is not immediately obvious.
The following links to the Whitworth are provided for your information/inspiration:
Whitworth Art Gallery Home
Whitworth Art Gallery Collections
HOW TO ENTER
Please send your poems by post. ALL entries must be accompanied by a completed application form (see the link below):
§ Please complete and print out the competition application form; details required include your name, contact information and a list of the poems you are submitting.
§ If you wish to receive confirmation of your entry please enclose a prepaid envelope.
§ Poems must be printed on separate sheets, word processed (or typed) and clearly legible or they will be dismissed without refund.
§ We are happy to receive poems for both prizes from the same entrant. However, please indicate on each page whether the poem is to be entered in the Open or Whitworth Prize by writing ‘Whitworth’ or ‘Open’ (the same poem cannot be entered in both).
§ Please do NOT include your name or other identifying information on the same page as the poem/s.
§ You may enter as many poems as you wish but please ensure you add all poem titles to the application form.
§ Entry fee is £3 per poem or 4 for £10 (the 4 for £10 option can include poems for both the Whitworth and the Open Prize). Please do not send cash. Payment can be made by cheque or postal order. Please make payable to ‘Poets and Players’ and send together with your poem/s and application form to:
Poets and Players Poetry Competition
83 Ducie Street
MANCHESTER M1 2JQ, United Kingdom
COPYRIGHT
Entrants retain copyright of their poem, however we would expect permission to make a video recording of the winners reading at the awards ceremony for our website, and to publish the winning poems on our website and/or in the Whitworth Art Gallery for 1 year after the competition.
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