Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Swale Life International Poetry Competition (July 2012)

Closing Date: 31 July 2012

N Quentin Woolf

Details: #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 This competition is for previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style, up to 50 lines long (excluding title).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 ($158.00)

Second Prize: £50.00 ($79.00)

Third Prize: £30.00 ($48.00)

High Commendation Prizes: 2 x £10.00 ($16.00)

Results & First Publication: Results will be announced in our News Blog on 31st August 2012 and all prize winners will receive first publication same day in Swale Life Magazine at www.swalelife.com

Entry Fees: £3 ($5) per poem, £12 ($19) for 5 poems.

Donations to Charity: A third of net entry fees will go to Diversity House.

The Judge: N Quentin Woolf

Competition Administration: Eastern Light EPM International -organisers of Excel for Charity writing competitions series.

Enter online or by post. Pay securely by PayPal and send your poems by e-mail or print off an Entry Form for postal entries at:

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

Send Cheques and Postal Orders in GB£ only payable to Eastern Light EPM International, together with your poems and entry form or cover note to:

Swale Life Poetry Competition, Eastern Light EPM International, Unit 136, 113-115 George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1AB, United Kingdom

Monday, 18 June 2012

£101.82 for The Psychiatry Research Trust

Following the recently-closed poetry competition in aid of The Psychiatry Research Trust, we are pleased to announce that we have today sent out a cheque of £101.82 to the charity.

We hope that this little donation will help in their funding of research work on mental illness and brain disease.