Westport Arts Festival is running a poetry competition again this year in memory of their greatly missed friend, Dermot Healy. Judges, Geraldine Mills and Gerard Reidy.
Prizes: 1st prize-€500, 2nd
prize-€200, 3rd prize-€100.
Cost of entry: €3 per poem, 4 entries
for €10, unlimited entries.
Closing date for entries: Friday
September 4th, 2015
THE RULES: Entries must not have been,
by the date of submission, published or broadcast in any medium. Entries must
be the entrant’s own work. Entries should consist of no more than 40 lines.
Entrants are advised to keep copies of their own work as entries will not be
returned. The adjudicators will not enter into any correspondence concerning
the competition. The decision of the adjudicators is final. You may enter as
often as you like, provided entries are accompanied by the appropriate fees.
Entries must be typed, using only one side of the page. No indication of the
writer’s identity may appear on the poem(s) entered.
Postal entries and accompanying entry
forms should be sent in an A4 envelope to: Westport Arts Festival Poetry
Competition, c/0 Westport Chamber of Commerce, The Fairgreen, Westport, Co.
Mayo, Ireland. All cheques accompanying postal entries should be made payable
to Westport Arts Festival. Please do not enclose cash.
Winners will be announced during the
Festival on Thursday, Oct 1st 2015. Short- listed entrants will be
notified one week in advance and invited to attend. There will be an Open Mic
night at the Creel Restaurant, Westport Quay before the prize winners are
announced.
Entry Form
For more information and to enter online
visit http://westportartsfestival.com
Name:
Email:
Address:
Telephone number:
Number of poems entered:
Entry Fee: