Applications are open for Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2021. Poems may be submitted from any country & must be in English, must each be no longer than 45 lines, must show title & poem only, must not show poet’s name, must be the original work of the entrant (no translations) & must not have been previously published; no text alterations accepted after submission; no limit on a number of poems or number of subsequent submissions.

Judges for this year’s prize (full details at Troubadour International Poetry Prize) are Gallery Press poet & Univ. Manchester poetry professor John McAuliffe, & Univ. Michigan poet & Renaissance scholar Linda Gregerson: with email submission deadline Mon 27 Sep, you’ve all summer long to polish your finest 2021 poems.

Prizes

It has the following prizes

• First prize: £2,000
• Second prize: £1,000
• Third prize: £500
  Plus 20 commendeds

Rules 

• Submission: Email only, no postal entries: email your poems as attachments (.doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf only) to [email protected]; include in email: Poet’s Name & Address, Phone Number, List of Titles, Number of Poems, Total Fees, & PayPal Receipt Number.
• Fees: £5/€6/$7 per poem (Sterling/Euro/US-Dollars only); payment via PayPal (see below, PayPal account not required).
• Timeline: Submit by midnight (your local time) on Mon 27 Sep 2021; prize-winners will be contacted in week commencing Mon 22 Nov 2021.
• Acknowledgement/Results: Submissions acknowledged within 14 days of receipt; results posted on website after our Mon 6 Dec 2021 prize-night event; judges’ decision is final; no correspondence entered into.
• Email Address: By including email address you agree to receiving emails regarding annual Troubadour International Poetry Prize.

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