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The Moth Poetry Prize 2017

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Closing date: 
31 December 2017
Entry: 
Open to anyone over the age of 16 Entry fee £12 per poem
Prize: 
First Prize €10,000 with 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000

The €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize continues to offer one of the most lucrative awards in the world for a single unpublished poem, with 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000. It's open to anyone over the age of 16.

Judged this year by Daljit Nagra, who was the first poet to win the Forward Prize for both his first collection of poetry and its title poem. He recently published his third collection of poetry with Faber, British Museum, teaches poetry at Brunel University London and was until recently Poet in Residence for BBC Radio 4.

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Closing date: 
31 December 2017
Entry: 
Open to anyone over the age of 16 Entry fee £12 per poem
Prize: 
First Prize €10,000 with 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000