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Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2024
We are delighted to announce that the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2024 will be launched on Monday 4 March 2024.
All poems entered are registered, numbered and then judged totally anonymously. From the entries received around 35 poems will be chosen for the long list and these are published in an anthology; copies will be available from the Festival Office. From these a shortlist of around 15 poems is then selected, any of which may be the winning poem.
The first prize for the Poet of the Year is £200, with £100 for second and £50 for third places. The winners will be announced on National Poetry Day, Thursday 3 October 2024, during our on-line Awards Evening.
The Competition deadline is Friday 7 June 2024. The fee for entry is £5 per poem and please don’t forget to send your poems along with the entry form. Also please read the Terms and Conditions carefully.
