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Second Light Poetry Competition for Long and Short Poems by Women

Open theme for Long poems (over 50 lines) or Short poems (up to 50 lines). Must be the unaided work of the writer and not previously published unless in a magazine only.

Judged by Kate Foley. Kate’s background includes work as a nurse, midwife, teacher and archaeological conservator. She has published ten poetry collections, most recently Electric Psalms, New and Collected Poems (Shoestring 2016) and A Gift of Rivers (Arachne, 2018). She is the in-coming President of Suffolk Poetry Society.

  • £300 First Prize for each of Long (no upper limit) and Short (max 50 lines) poems
  • £150 Second Prize (1 poem from either category)
  • £75 Third Prize (1 poem from either category)

Winning and Commended Poems published (in full or extract) in ARTEMISpoetry. Winners offered a London reading.

Closing date
Tue 06 Aug 2019
Entry fee
Long Poem: £6 per poem | Short poems: £4 per poem | £9 for 3 | £14 for 8