In searching out poetry competitions to enter, I have found The Poetry Kit to be a great resource.
The site itself is not especially user-friendly and looks extremely amateur, but it very usefully lists the main competitions and awards in chronological order, thereby providing a great online planner for poets and budding entrants to get their work in.
I suppose as most poetry competitions tend to charge a fee for entering, then if you're keen to get your work in, you need to be selective as to which ones you'll go for (remembering that the higher the prize money, the more competition you're likely to have!).
Take care to ensure the competition you're entering is a genuine one though - don't just send your cash off willy nilly to anyone!
One definitely worth entering if you can squeeze something in before the deadline of 26th Feb 2010, and you are unpublished (in that you do not have an ISBN number solely in your name), is the Brit Writers' Awards. With a £10,000 prize pot up for grabs, it's money (and an accolade) not to be sniffed at.
The Brit Writers' Awards are not just for poets either, there are categories for short fiction, novels, children's stories, song-writing and more.
Oh - and confusingly, I thought The Welsh Poetry Competition, was just for people living in Wales, but it's not - they accept entries from anyone and all over the world. Closing date for this year is Sunday, 30th May 2010.
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