Lupus UK
International Poetry Competition
Details:
Poems must be in English Language on any subject or
style with a maximum length of 40 lines. Open to every
poet in every country. Poems entered must not have been
previously published, posted to a website or blog. The
poems must also not be under consideration for
publication anywhere.
This competition is administered by Excel for Charity in
aid of LUPUS UK - a national charity helping people with
the presently incurable immune system illness lupus.
Lupus UK currently supports some 6,000 members through
their Regional Groups and advise many others on the
symptoms prior to diagnosis.
Prizes:
First Prize £150.00, Second Prize £75.00, Third Prize
£40.00. Two Highly Commended Poets will also receive
£10.00 each. [The three winning poems and the two highly
commended poems will receive first publication in the
Excel for Charity website.
Entry Fees:
£4.00 for 1 poem, £7.50 for 2 poems, £10.50 for 3 poems,
£12.50 for 4 poems, and £14.00 for 5 poems. [A third of
all entry fees goes to the charity Lupus UK] All 5-poem
entrants receive a FREE Sentinel Champions #4 e-book
courtesy of Sentinel Poetry Movement.
Entry Deadline:
31st May, 2011
Results: 15th July, 2011 at
www.easternlightepm.com/excelforchaity
Judge: JIM BENNETT, Managing Editor, Poetry Kit (www.poetrykit.org),
author of over 50 books including Larkhill, The Man Who
Tried to Hug Clouds, and Bold Street.
Competition Administration: Eastern Light EPM
International (Organisers of Excel for Charity
competitions)
YOU MAY ENTER ONLINE OR BY POST
How to enter online:
1. Select how many poems you wish to enter from the
options below and click on Pay Now.
2. Pay securely with PayPal. You will be given a
Transaction ID or Receipt Number. Make a note of this.
3. Make up a Cover Note with your name, postal address,
e-mail address, telephone number (Optional), and the
titles of your poems.
4. Send your poems, together with your cover note as
attachments in Word, or rtf formats to
excelforcharity@easternlightepm.com in the
subject line, type LUPUS UK POETRY 2011 followed by your
Transaction ID or Receipt number.
Number of poems
Entry Fees
Secure PayPal Checkout
1 Poem: £4.00
2 Poems: £7.50
3 Poems: £10.50
4 Poems: £12.50
5 Poems: £14.00: Get FREE Sentinel Champions #4
eBook
How to enter by post:
Download and Print out the Competition Information &
Entry Form here >
Alternatively
1. Make up a Cover Note with your name, postal address,
e-mail address, telephone number (Optional), and the
titles of your poems.
2. Send your poems with your Cover Note and the
appropriate entry fees to:
Excel for Charity
Eastern Light EPM International
Unit 136
113 - 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United Kingdom
PLEASE NOTE: Cheques or Postal Orders must be in GB£
Sterling only payable to EASTERN LIGHT EPM INTERNATIONAL
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Terms & Conditions
1. You may enter as many poems as you want.
2. The decision of the judge is final, and no
communication will be entered into.
3. For transparency, Eastern Light EPM International
makes it clear that the primary aims of this competition
are to raise money for the charity and to honour the
winning writers. The prize money is expected to be
generated by the entry fees. In the event that there are
too few entries to pay the prize money from the entry
fees after a third has been earmarked for donation to
the charity, we reserve the right to either reapportion
the prize money or refund all entry fees to the entrants
by the methods they paid for their entries.
4. Postal entries must be received by
31 May 2011.
5. Online entries must be received by
midnight 31st
May 2011.
6. Poems will not be returned, please don't send your
only copy.
7. The judge's report will be published alongside the
winning and commended poems in the Excel for Charity
website
www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity
8. When you enter the competition we will invite you to
join our mailing list so that you may receive updates on
this and other competitions. Joining the mailing list is
optional. We will never sell your details to anybody for
research or marketing purposes.
The Lupus UK website is
www.lupusuk.org.uk
JIM BENNETT
Author of 57 books including poetry, children's books
for children, and technical training manuals, Bennett is
the award-winning author of The Man Who tried to Hug
Clouds. He is also the Managing Editor of Poetry Kit –
the foremost resource for poets online.
Source:
Lupus UK International Poetry Competition
