Bread and Roses Poetry Competition

This Award is a bit different from the usual - might spark some interesting poetry. And it appears to be free. And it's anonymised, which is always a good thing.

Culture Matters is pleased to announce a new poetry award, sponsored by Unite the Union.

Bread and Roses Poetry Award, and is now open for submissions.

The purpose of the new award is to encourage poets to focus on themes which are meaningful to working class people and communities, and to enable those communities to engage more with poetry. 

Prizes: 1st £500; 2nd: £250; 3rd: £100.

The judges will be Andy Croft from Smokestack Books, and Mary Sayer from Unite.

Entry is free, and open to everyone regardless of trade union membership.

• Entries should consist of three poems, each no more than 50 lines long.
• Poems must be the original work of the entrant, in English, and not have been previously published in print or online. 
• Entries should broadly deal with any aspect of working class life, communities and culture and show commitment to the common people, the common good and the common music of poetry.

Poems should be sent via email to info@culturematters.org.uk

or by post to Culture Matters, c/o 8 Moore Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8QE.

The deadline for receipt of submissions is midnight on 31st May 2017.

Entries will be anonymised before judging, and the winners will be invited to an awards ceremony at a Unite conference in Durham in July.

When emailing or posting submissions please provide your name, email or postal address, and phone number.

All entries remain the copyright of the author but Culture Matters and Unite will have the right to publish and/or broadcast them online and in other media.

 www.culturematters.org.uk/bread-and-roses-poetry-award