The Poetry Day Ireland and Butlers Poetry Competition 2017

The Poetry Day Ireland and Butlers Poetry Competition 2017 is now open for entries.

Deadline: 5pm on 24 Mar 2017
Poetry Ireland and Butlers Chocolate Cafés are inviting poets to submit poems for our Poetry Day Ireland 2017 competition. The theme of the competition is open, but poems should mention either chocolate or coffee, or give a flavour(!) of the coffeehouse and café. Poems should be no longer than sixteen lines.

Prizes
The winning poet will:

• Have their poem printed on a Pocket Poem card, which will be distributed in all 19  Butlers Chocolate Café branches on Poetry Day Ireland, 27 April 2017. 
• Win an hour-long one-to-one poetry clinic with Colette Bryce at Poetry Ireland.  
• Win a ticket to every poetry event in either the International Literature Festival Dublin (20-28 May 2017), Cúirt International Festival of Literature (23-30 April 2017), or to West Cork Literary Festival (14-21 July 2017). 
• Receive a 2-year subscription to Poetry Ireland Review. 
• Win a pass for 4 people to the Butlers Chocolate Experience. 

The runner up poet will:

• Have their poem printed on a Pocket Poem card, which will be distributed in all 18 Butlers Chocolate Café branches on Poetry Day Ireland, 27 April 2017. 
• Receive a box of Butlers Chocolates. 

Free to enter
Submit up to four suitable poems.

Online application form: https://poetryireland.submittable.com/submit