To all you poets out there, here’s a gentle reminder of upcoming deadlines for submission to poetry competitions and journals.
Strokestown Poetry Competitions – closing date 28th February 2014.
Phizzfest Poetry Award– closing date 14th March 2014.
Rebel Poetry, Fermoy, is calling for submissions for their forthcoming anthology ‘Fathers and what needs to be said’. There is no charge for entries and the book launch will be at the Grand Hotel in Fermoy and televised live via www.fermoypoetryfestival.com. Fermoy International Poetry Festival will host the launch on Friday April 4th 2014.
A maximum of three poems will be accepted. Poets may enter only once and cannot enter under a different name. Only Microsoft Word Docs will be accepted and all poems should be kept to a single page. All poems must be in English and emailed to rebelpoetryireland@gmail.com. The email subject should clearly say, ‘Father Anthology Submissions’. Notifications of accepted poems will be emailed to the successful poets on Friday 14 March 2014. Closing date for entries is 12.00 midday on Friday 28 February 2014.
Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust annual poetry competition – closing date 7th March 2014.
The Cardiff International Poetry Competition – closing date 14th March 2014.
Listowel Single Poem Competition – closing date 1st March 2014.
Listowel Poetry Collection Competition – closing date 1st March 2014.
Trócaire Poetry Ireland Poetry Competition – closes on 28th March 2014.
The Stinging Fly – submissions are open throughout the month of March 2014.
Southword – submissions are open until 18th March 2014.
Wordlegs – submissions are currently open for Issue 18 until 31st March 2014.
Bare Hands Poetry – rolling submissions for this so well worth submitting at any time.
Poetry Bus are currently open for subs, but bear them in mind – they come back really quickly which is great.
The Shop is a publication that every one wants to be in and they are quick enough to respond too.
Poetry Ireland Review are slow I’m afraid, but always worth sending to.
Advice? I don’t know, try and do a bit of research on the relevant editors – there’s no point in sending in formal poems to a free verse journal etc. Common sense applies to this as it does to any part of life. Keep writing and keep sending out work. If poems come back and look at them again. If you’re happy with them and believe in them send them out somewhere else, but if you get offered advice from an editor, don’t ignore it, take it – at least in part.
I’m sure I’m leaving out many competitions and certainly tons of journals, but if you contact me I’ll be glad to include your competition / journal in my next update. Best of luck to you!
Thanks for these, Brian–just the kick in the behind I need on this cold, snowy New York morning.
And best of luck to you, too!