SWALE LIFE POETRY COMPETITION (July 2011)

Details
You are invited to enter #3 in the quarterly Swale Life international poetry competition in aid of Diversity House, a UK Charity, publishers of Swale Life Magazine (Online). This competition is administered by Eastern Light EPM as part of the Excel for Charity writing competitions series that raises money for charities whilst rewarding creative excellence with prizes. 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.

Prizes:
First Prize £100.00, Second Prize £50.00, Third Prize £30.00. 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 Swale Life magazine on 25th August 2011]

Entry Fees:
£3.00 per poem, £12.00 for 5 poems. [A third of all entry fees goes to the charity Diversity House]

Entry Deadline: 20th July, 2011

Results in Swale Life Magazine www.swalelife.com

and www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity on 25/08/2011

Judge: Mandy Pannett
 

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 on the PayPal drop-down button 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 SWALE LIFE POETRY JULY 2011 followed by your Transaction ID or Receipt number.

How to enter by Post

Download and Print out the Competition Information & Entry Form

Download in pdf  or Download in Microsoft Word

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 (Cheques payable to EASTERN LIGHT EPM INTERNATIONAL) to:

Excel for Charity
Eastern Light EPM International
Unit 136
113 - 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United Kingdom
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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 (a) elect to incur the expense of making up the prize money from our own funds, (b) reapportion the prize money in agreement with the winners. We have so far never done that. Or (c) refund all entry fees to the entrants by the methods they paid for their entries.
4. All entries must be received by midnight 20th July, 2011
5. Poems will not be returned, please don't send your only copy.
7. Although the results of our competitions are usually published on our website, many entrants still write us expecting personal notifications of the results. If you would like to receive information on the results, judge's report, or news about our other competitions, please join our e-mail mailing list at http://easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/mailing-list we will never disclose your e-mail address to any person or organisation outside Excel for Charity without your prior written consent.

The Swale Life magazine is www.swalelife.com
 

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