24 poets make the extra-longlist in the SPM Publications Poetry Book Competition 2014/15
Judges Bob Beagrie and Andy Willoughby are now down to 24 collections in the maiden SPM Publications Poetry Book Competition. These will be reduced to 10 collections by 31st July 2015.
The 24 collections include (Titles only):
- CTHULU
- Shades of Patty's Poetry
- Lost in Ashes
- Bedevilled and Bedazzled
- Night-Light
- Remembering
- Thunder on the Mountain
- White Orchid
- 59 Vignettes
- Adolescence
- Bloomvale Home and Other Senior Citizens
- Broken Road, Sacred Path
- Cottage Pi
- Dear Dancer
- Drawing on the Edge
- In Cavoeira
- Lonely Planet
- Poetry Lab - Colours of Life
- Portraits in a Minor Key
- The Life and Times of Patient Number 3244
- The Lost Language of shadows
- The Stillness of Spheres
- Three Ways of Listening to a Blackbird
- You May Touch If You Like
Poetry Book Competition Calendar.
31st July 2015 - Longlist of 10 collections announced. Longlisted poets contacted to submit further material for the next stage. Extra material must be submitted by the 4th of August.
31st August - A shortlist of 5 collections announced. Poets asked to submit their full manuscripts by 7th September.
30th September - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners announced.
Monday, 30th November 2015, All the winning collections launched in London, and winners presented their books and prize cheques.
If you entered this competition and you are not clear about any aspect of the programme please contact us
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Competitions News
The Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition (August 2015) will start accepting entries on the 11th of July 2015 and will close on the 31st of August. This competition will be judged by All the Invisible author Mandy Pannett. We shall also be adjusting the prize money to make it better.
First Prize will remain at £200.00
Second Prize will go up from £75.00 to £100.00
Third Prize remains unchanged at £50.00
3 x Highly Commended prizes remain unchanged at £20.00 each
and the 3 Commended poems will receive £10.00 each
That is a total of £440.00 in prizes. This is with effect from the August 2015 competition and celebrates the continued success of our poetry competition every quarter.
The short story competitions have not fared as well, unfortunately, and through some quarters, the prizes for short stories have been paid for by the poetry competitions or funds from other areas of the movement. It has been a difficult decision, but for now, the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competitions have been suspended, not cancelled. We have to re-imagine the way we position the short story competitions in future, if at all, to ensure that they do not negatively impact financially on what we do, and that the level of participation is high enough to make the contests fierce enough, and the prizes worthy. When and if we decide to reinstate the quarterly short story competitions, we will let everyone know.
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry and Short Story Competitions (April/May 2015)
We have received the results of these competitions from the judges Mark Totterdell and Brindley Hallam Dennis. The winners and commendees will be notified over the weekend and the results will be announced as scheduled on the 15th of July.
Poems for a Liminal Age
Edited by Mandy Pannett
Poems for a Liminal Age (SPM Publications) is an anthology edited by Mandy Pannett in support of Medecins Sans Frontieres. This book will be published on Monday 24th of August, 2015 and will be launched on the 29th of August.
The launch details will be announced on this site on the 20th of July and will be posted on our Facebook and Twitter pages and subscribers to our blog, The Sentinelle will also get the information through our RSS feeds. If you would like to receive information directly in your email inbox, join our Mailing List here.
List of Contributors
The next Sentinel Writing & Publishing Newsletter will be published on the 17th of July. It promises to be a great read featuring poems, a short story, an interview and information on the Sentinel Annual Writing Competitions.
Contact us:
competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk
office@@sentinelwriting.com
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