Your poem could help fight mental illness

"Mental illness and brain disease can be devastating. They cause profound distress not only to their sufferers but also to their families and friends. Sufferers often have to endure personal humiliation and social disadvantage which can make recovery even more difficult. Mental illness and brain disease are more common than many assume - they are part of everyone's life in some way." - The Psychiatry Research Trust.

By entering one or more poems in The Psychiatry Research Trust Poetry Competition 2012, you could help the charity fund research into ways to understand, prevent and treat mental illness. A third of your net entry fee goes to the charity and you could win one of five cash prizes of £150, £75, £40 and 2 x £10.

If you are a poet, why don't you give your creative work a chance to save somebody's mind? If you are not a poet but have friends who are, kindly share this message with them.

The Psychiatry Research Trust Poetry Competition closes on the 31st of May 2012.

http://www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/psychtrust-poetry-competition/

THE PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST POETRY COMPETITION 2012

CLOSING DATE: 31-May-2012
You are invited to enter The Psychiatry Research Trust Poetry Competition 2012 - an Excel for Charity competition organised by Eastern Light EPM International to raise funds for charity. Your poem could help fight mental illness and its effects on the society. This competition is for previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style up to 50 lines long (excluding title).
PRIZES: £150 (1st), £75 (2nd), £40 (3rd) and £10 x 2 (High Commendation). The winning and commended poems will be published in the Excel for Charity News Blog and in the Psychiatry Research Trust Newsletter (print).
FEES: £4 for 1 poem, £7.50 for 2 poems, £10.50 for 3 poems, £12.50 for 4 poems and £14 for 5 poems. (A third of net entry fees goes to the charity. This is for a good cause. Please enter generously.)
JUDGE: Derek Adams
HOW TO ENTER:  You may enter online and pay securely by PayPal or print out an Entry Form and enter by post at http://www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/psychtrust-poetry-competition/ Send your poems with Entry Form or Cover Note and applicable fees to address: Excel for Charity, Eastern Light EPM International, Unit 136, 113-115 George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1AB, United Kingdom. Cheques/Postal Orders payable to EASTERN LIGHT EPM INTERNATIONAL