Free to enter, Jane Martin Prize for Poetry, prize: £1,000 (UK)

Deadline: 23 May 2011

The Girton College Jane Martin Prize for Poetry

Girton College is pleased to announce the inauguration of a new national Prize for Poetry.

The Jane Martin Prize for Poetry, which is an annual award of £1000, has been created in memory of Jane Elizabeth Martin, who was a student at the College from 1978-1981.

The prize is open to all poets aged over 18 resident in the UK. Submissions must be sent in hard copy on A4 paper, written in the English language, and are limited to up to 4 poems over no more than 4 pages of A4. The judges retain the right to ask for a larger sample of work at the shortlisting stage. The closing date for submissions is noon on Wednesday 23rd March 2011.

The first awarding of the prize will take place after a Symposium on ‘Contemporary Poetry and the University’ to be held at Girton on 7th May 2011.

The Girton College Jane Martin Prize for Poetry Rules

1. The first prize for the winning poet will be £1000, though the panel reserves the right to distribute this.
2. Entrants must send in up to four poems, on no more than four sides of A4 paper. The poems must be written in English.
3. The judges may, at their discretion, request further samples of work (up to thirty pages) from shortlisted candidates at a later stage of the competition. If such a request is to be made, the fact will be clearly stated in all publicity materials.
4. Entrants must be resident in the UK.
5. Entrants must include their name, address, phone number and email address for correspondence on a separate piece of paper to the poems, as entries will be judged anonymously.
6. Copies of poems will not be returned.
7. There is no fee for entry but entries are limited to four poems per poet per year, submitted as one entry.
8. The prize will open in January and close at noon on Wednesday 23rd March 2011. Results will be announced in early May.
9. Girton College may include work from the winning entry in its Annual Review and other college publications/media.

Please send entries in an envelope addressed to:

The Jane Martin Poetry Prize
Girton College
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge
CB3 0JG

Please include your name, address, telephone number and email on a separate piece of paper from the poems to be considered by the panel.

More information here.