Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Award

The winner of this award gets a Ledwidge plaque for the mentalpiece. I don't have a mentalpiece. Perhaps you do.

1st Prize is the Ledwidge plaque (a keepsake) inscribed with the winner’s name & cash prize.
Cash prizes and books for second and third and merit certificates for finalists.

The first 3 poems will be entered in the Forward Prize UK

In addition, the winner will be invited to read at the annual Francis Ledwidge Commemoration at the National War Memorial Gardens in July 2014.

Poems should not exceed 40 lines of type.
€ 4 per poem, 3 for €10. Maximum 6 poems (€20) payable to the Inchicore Ledwidge Society

Name and address and telephone number on a separate sheet.

Deadline: 5th November 2013 

Snailmail only:
The Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Award 2013, c/o 20, Emmet Crescent, Inchicore, Dublin 8

Winners will be notified and results will be announced at the annual awards night.

check out the Inchicore Ledwidge Society Facebook page.