Welcome
Welcome to The Welsh Poetry Competition web site.
The 2012 contest was launched on 1st March 2012 at the Llanover Arms, Pontypridd. Our much awaited sixth international poetry competition is now open to one and all and accepting entries!
This year we can offer the following prizes:
1st Prize - £300
2nd Prize - £150
3rd Prize - £75
The closing date for the 2012 competition is: Sunday, 27th May 2012.
To enter click here, to read about our judge click here, to read our rules click here and to see last years' winners and a full list of results from the 2011 competition click here.
Enter Online via PayPal - click here.
Once again we should remind you that the competition is funded purely by the organisers and entrants and we receive no grants, bursaries or funding from the Arts Council of Wales, Literature Wales or any other external agencies whatsoever. So the London Olympics don't really effect us then!
If any libraries, writing groups, schools, universities, arts
organisations, poetry workshops, bookshops, art galleries,
councils etc. would like more information please let us know.
You can
email us or write to us at the usual address. We are more
than happy to post out entry forms to you. Also feel free to
download copies yourself as it saves us money and more money
goes to prizes next year.
Thank you
www.welshpoetry.co.uk
Anthology
The First Five Years anthology with over
100 previous
competition winners in is now available
direct from us or via
Amazon.
If you would be
interested in buying one and helping to support the competition
click here for more details.
To join our Facebook Group* and post your poems for the world to see and judge, or just chat about poetry or the competition click here.
*Note: You will need your own Facebook account
to join in.
To follow us on Twitter**
@welshpoetrycomp
**Note: You will need your own Twitter account
to join in.
Mailing list
If you would like to be added to our mailing list just send us an e-mail and we shall let you know when we update the web site, announce winners and launch the next competition.
We never give your e-mail address to anyone else.
Ponty Zen
Welsh Poetry Competition organiser and writer Dave Lewis has
just started a new blog which some of you may be interested in
following. To find out more -
click
here.
