The Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition Entry Form

The Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition is open to anyone over the age of 17 years-old.

Every poet is invited to submit one entry, it can use any poetic form, but must be previously unpublished, the poet’s own work and less than 40 lines.

The judges are looking for distinct poetic voices that display originality, craftsmanship and memorability.

The winner, and two runners up, will be published by Beat Magazine and the poems will be displayed on the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Library Service website and in libraries around the Borough.

There will an evening of “Poetry Raw” to announce the winnners and celebrate poetry on November the 11th 2010, to which all entrants are invited.

The winners will be notified by October 31st 2010.

Please note that for administrative reasons entries cannot be acknowledged, but a reply email reponse will acknowledge on-line entries.

Poems and completed entry forms can also be sent via post or by hand, and should be addressed to:

The Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition, FAO Kathy Dolan (Team Leader: Adults)
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Libraries, Arts and Heritage Service
Maidenhead Library
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1QU

The closing date is midnight the 3oth of September 2010.

There is a Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition Facebook page – all entries are posted here by their number.  You can check your entry here and join the page to keep up with all news.