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    • SOUTH DOWNS POETRY FESTIVAL COMPETITION

      2023

      THE BINSTED PRIZE

      Judge: Wendy Klein

       

      Wendy Klein was born in New York and brought up in California, She spent time in Sweden, France and Germany, moving to live in England from 1971. She worked as a psychotherapist and began writing poetry seriously just prior to her retirement twenty years ago. She is widely published in magazines and journals, and the latest of her four collections is Out of the Blue, Selected Poems (The High Window. 2019) Her pamphlet Let Battle Commence (Dempsey & Windle, 2020) is based on letters from her great-grandfather, a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. She has judged several poetry competitions.

      Original unpublished poems on any theme are invited for the Binsted Prize: £300, £150, £50 

      Entry fees

      £5.00 for the first poem, £4.00 for subsequent poems, but poets aged 16-25 can enter for £3.00 per poem 

       

      Post 2 copies of each poem submitted, with entry forms and fees, to:

      Competition Secretary, 88, Cleveland Rd, Chichester, PO19 7AF

      to arrive by the closing date of Saturday April 15, 2023

       

      Prize winners and commended poets will be invited to read their poems, at a poetry evening in Binsted Church near Arundel (BN18 0LL) in June 2023

      The judge will also give a reading.

      There will also be an anthology of the winning and commended poems, as a record and celebration of the 2023 poetry competition. The winning poem will be published in the South Downs Poetry Festival magazine, Poetry & All That Jazz.

      For full details of the South Downs Poetry Festival visit www.sdpf.org.uk

       

       

      South Downs Poetry Festival Competition Entry Form 2023

      The form below can also be downloaded here as a pdf, or here as a Word document

       

      Name...................................................................................

       

      Address, with Postcode.............................................................................

       

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      Email...............................................................          

       

      D.o.b (16-25 yr old entrants only)       ………….

        

      Phone no................................................

       

      Title(s) of poem(s) submitted  

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      RULES

       

      Poems must be the original work of the named author and must not have been previously published or won a prize in any competition.

       

      Poems must not exceed 50 lines, must be typed, single spaced, in Times New Roman 12 point. No author names on poems - personal details to go on entry form only 

       

      Poems being submitted to other competitions can be accepted subject to withdrawal if another prize is awarded before winners in this competition are notified.

       

      The judge will read all entries and her decision is final. Copyright remains with the author.

       

      Send 2 copies of poems, each on a separate sheet, with entry form, by April 15 2023 to:

      Competition Secretary, 88, Cleveland Rd, Chichester, PO19 7AF

       

      PAYMENT

       

      Entry fee: £5 for the first poem, £4.00 for each subsequent one, £3.00 per poem if 16-25 yrs

       

      Send cheque/postal order with poem(s) OR pay on-line at:

      www.thenovium.org/sdpoetry and then write your reference number below

       

       

      I enclose a cheque or postal order payable to Binsted Arts   for £....................

      OR I have paid online and my reference no.is ………………

       

      To obtain further copies of this form go to www.sdpf.org.uk

       

      also available for downloading on http://www.binsted.org/poetry-comp-23