Westport Poetry Competition 2015

Westport Arts Festival is running a poetry competition again this year in memory of our greatly missed friend, Dermot Healy. I am delighted to be judging it with Gerard Reidy.

Prizes: 1^st prize-€500, 2^nd prize-€200, 3^rd prize-€100

Cost of entry: €3 per poem, 4 entries for €10, unlimited entries

Closing date for entries: Friday September 4^th, 2015

THE RULES:

Entries must not have been, by the date of submission, published or broadcast in any medium. Entries must be the entrant’s own work. Entries should consist of no more than 40 lines. Entrants are advised to keep copies of their own work as entries will not be returned. The adjudicators will not enter into any correspondence concerning the competition. The decision of the adjudicators is final. You may enter as often as you like, provided entries are accompanied by the appropriate fees. Entries must be typed, using only one side of the page. No indication of the writer’s identity may appear on the poem(s) entered.

Postal entries and accompanying entry forms should be sent in an A4 envelope to: Westport Arts Festival Poetry Competition, c/o Westport Chamber of Commerce, The Fairgreen, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland. All cheques accompanying postal entries should be made payable to Westport Arts Festival. Please do not enclose cash. 

Winners will be announced during the Festival on Thursday, Oct 1^st 2015. Short-listed entrants will be notified one week in advance and invited to attend. There will be an Open Mic night at the Creel Restaurant, Westport Quay before the prize winners are announced.

Entry Form

Name:

Email:

Address:

Telephone number:

Number of poems entered:

Entry Fee: