Excel for Charity Competitions Bulletin

You are welcome to the Excel for Charity Competitions Bulletin 17/07/2012. This issue gives you up to date information on our writing competitions.

 

First of all, the results of The Psychiatry Research Trust Poetry Competition 2012 were announced on the 9^th of July. The winning poems have been published in the Excel for Charity News Blog in these locations:

First Prize:

‘Fish’ by M.V. Williams http://excelforcharity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/fish.html

Second Prize:

‘Massacre in Houla’ by Lynn Roberts http://excelforcharity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/massacre-in-houla.html

Third Prize:

‘The Poltergeist’ by Max Hawker http://excelforcharity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/poltergeist.html

Highly Commended:

‘Illusion’ by Elin Lewis http://excelforcharity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/illusion.html

‘Gold’ by Tim Lenton http://excelforcharity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/gold.html

The adjudication report by Derek Adams can be read here http://excelforcharity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/results-and-judges-report-psychiatry.html

 

Swale Life International Poetry Competition 2012

Closing Date: 31-July-2012

#7 in the quarterly poetry competition in aid of Diversity House, a charity based in Sittingbourne, Kent, publishers of Swale Life magazine. This competition is for previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style, up to 50 lines long (excluding title). Poems entered must not have been posted to any website or blog, and must not be under consideration for publication, or accepted for publication elsewhere.

First Prize: £100.00, Second Prize: £50.00, Third Prize: £30.00, High Commendation Prizes: 2 x £10.00. Judge: N Quentin Woolf

http://www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/swale-life-poetry-competition/july-2012/

 

Build Africa Poetry Competition 2012

Closing Date: 15-August-2012

We have had to extend the closing date of the Build Africa Poetry Competition to the 15^th of August. The competition was originally scheduled to close on the 15^th of July. If you have not yet entered this competition, please do so now. This competition is in aid of a charity doing great and worthy work empowering young Africans through education and helping them escape poverty. Just one young person in Africa who beats poverty makes the entire world richer. Don’t forget that as you help this charity, you also stand the chance to win one of the cash prizes of £150, £75, £40, and 2 x £10. Judge: Afam Akeh

Enter Online and pay securely by PayPal or print off an Entry Form (for postal entry) at http://www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/buildafrica-poetry-competition-2012/

 

Lupus UK Poetry & Short Story Competitions 2012

We mention a few months ago that we would be running a new competition for Lupus UK to raise funds for the charity which helps people living with the debilitating illness. These competition will be announced on Monday 23^rd of July and will run until the 30^th of September. In 2011 our competition raised £180.65 for the charity. Hopefully we will do better this year.