The iYeats International
Poetry Competition 2019 is now open for entries! Hosted by Hawk’s Well Theatre since
2009, the annual event has won a prestigious reputation for the calibre of
both entrants, and judges.
The competition is open to all those who are sixteen
years of age and upwards, with an prize of €500 for the winner of the General
Category, and €300 is awarded to the winner of the Emerging Category for those aged
between 16-25 years of age.
Launched a decade ago, the poetry
competition was initiated by the Hawk's Well Theatre to mark the 50th Yeats
International Summer School, and the 70th anniversary of the death of W. B
Yeats.
Following in the tradition of the previous years’
lauded panels, the judges for this year’s iYeats Poetry Competition are highly
respected poet John F. Deane, and spoken word artist
Rafeef Ziadah.
Reflecting the truly global impact of the
competition, 2018’s winning entry ‘New York, It Had a Ring To It’ was written
by Sighle Meehan
from Galway, while the emerging category saw ‘Helen’ by Sarah Ang of Singapore, take
the top prize. All the previous award-winning poems are available to read on
the Hawk’s Well Theatre’s website.
The closing
date for entries into the 2019 iYeats International Poetry Competition is Wednesday
3rd July, at 11am (GMT). As this is an online poetry competition, entrants can
visit the Hawk’s Well website for further information on the competition terms
and conditions and to upload and submit their entries.
