Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition 2011
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The Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition
Deadline: 10 June 2011
Eligibility: anyone aged 18 or over, worldwide
Entry fee £5 per poem
First Prize: £5,000
The competition is one of the richest prizes for poetry in Europe. It has a first prize of £5000, a second prize of £1000, a third prize of £500 and two runner-up prizes of £50. These prizes are made available through the generous sponsorship of The University of Strathclyde. Further sponsorship and help is provided by The Edinburgh International Book Festival who also host the annual prize giving in August each year, planned this year for 17th August.
The competition is named in honour of Edwin Morgan, who died in 2010 and who is widely recognised as one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century. Morgan's Collected Poems were published in 1990 and his Collected Translations in 1996, both by Carcanet.
Among the many honours and awards Edwin Morgan has received are an OBE in 1982, the Soros Translation Award (1985), The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (2000), the Weidenfeld Translation Prize (2001) and the Jackie Forster Memorial Award for Culture (2003). He was the first Scottish Makar Poet Laureate. His excellent website may be visited at www.EdwinMorgan.com
Go to www.edwinmorganpoetrycompetition.co.uk for full details.
