Bailieborough Poetry Competition

This year’s judge is Patrick Chapman

Closing date for entries is Friday September 1st 

First prize of €300 for winning poem.

Each poem must not exceed 50 lines, and should be typed, single-spaced.

The competition is open to anybody who has reached their 18th birthday by the closing date of the competition.

Up to three poems may be submitted per entry. You may submit as many entries as you wish. A fee of €5 per poem or 3 poems for €10 is payable.  

See link for submissions details

All shortlisted poems will be featured at a reading at Bailieborough Poetry Festival in October 2017, and authors will be invited to attend. If the author is unable to attend the short-listed poem will be read by a LitLab member. The winner will be announced at that reading and will be published on the website.