The 2014 Prole Laureate poetry competition
Details and payment:
Prize
Winner: £140, Publication in Prole 13 in April 2014
Publication on the Prole website
2 x runner up prizes of £30, possible publication in Prole 13
Publication on the Prole website
Judge: Kate Noakes
Kate Noakes is an elected member of the Welsh Academi. She has taught creative writing for Oxford University. Her most recent collection is Cape Town from Eyewear Publishing (2012). I-spy and Shanty is forthcoming in 2014 from corrupt press. Her poem ‘Snow light’ was selected by Carol Ann Duffy for her Poetry Corner in The Daily Mirror in January 2010. She won the Owen Barfield Poetry Prize in 2009.
Entries will be anonymised before being sent to judge.
Winners will be announced in issue 13 of Prole in April and on their website by April 20th 2014
Details
All work must be the original work of the writer and be unpublished.
Fees
£3.00 for first entry, £2.00 for any subsequent entries.
How to enter
Via their website and email – preferred. Make the correct payment using PayPal. Email your entry, including the text and PayPal transaction number within the body of the email, to: poetrycompetition@prolebooks.co.uk
By post
Make a cheque (GBP only, please) payable to P Robertson for the correct amount and mail along with entry to:
Brett Evans
Prolebooks
15 Maes-y-Dre
Abergele
LL22 7HW
Abegail Morley 