East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition

The East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition is open for entries from both adults and children, until November 27th 2021.

This year’s theme is “My reason to be cheerful” – because we all need something to be cheerful about at the moment!

Entry fee: Children – free
Adults – £4

There are 13 cash prizes available:

Adult
Collection HQ prize: £500
East Riding Gold prize: £200
East Riding Silver prize: £150
2x Highly Commended: £25 each
Young poets
East Riding Secondary 1st prize: £75
East Riding Secondary 2nd prize: £50
2x Highly Commended: £25 each
East Riding Primary 1st prize: £75
East Riding Secondary 2nd prize: £50
2x Highly Commended: £25 each

There is also a £100 voucher prize for prison inmates.

Full details here.

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