Troubadour Poetry Prize 2020!

Troubadour Poetry Prize 2020!

Time to think about submitting your poems  to our prestigious poetry judges,  Mark Doty & Mona Arshi, for the 2020  Troubadour International Poetry Prize. Deadline 28 Sep, £3,500 in prizes, details below & on our prizes page, & feel free to pass info on to poetry groups, friends etc.  Anne-Marie Fyfe coffee-house poetry troubadour international poetry prize 2020 judged by mona arshi & mark doty first prize £2,000 second prize £1,000 third prize £500 plus 20 commendeds submit via email by mon 28 sep 2020 (Check out winners, winning poems & judges’ reports,  2019 & previous, on our poems page.) judges Mark Doty is an American poet & memoirist,  winner of Stonewall, Robert Creeley,  Lambda Literary & National Book Awards &  a former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.  His books of essays  include Still Life with Oysters and Lemon,  memoir includes Firebird &  Dog Years, &  his 13 poetry collections  range from Turtle, Swan (1987)  to Deep Lane: Poems (Norton, 2015).   His latest publication is What is the Grass:   Walt Whitman in my Life  (Norton & Cape, April 2020). Mona Arshi worked  as a Human Rights lawyer at Liberty  before starting to write poetry: her debut,  Small Hands won the 2015  Forward Best First Collection Prize,  her poems have featured  in Poems on the Underground &  she was recently commissioned  to write a programme  on The Odyssey for BBC Radio 4’s  Book of the Week.  Her latest collection is  Dear Big Gods (Pavilion Poetry, 2019) judges will read all poems submitted rules Poems: Poems may be submitted  from any country &  must be in English, must each be no longer  than 45 lines,  must show title & poem only,  must not show poet’s name,  must be the original work  of the entrant (no translations) &  must not have been previously published;  no text alterations after submission;  no limit on number of poems  or number of subsequent submissions. Submission: Email only, no postal entries;  email your poems as attachments  (.doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf only)  to poems@coffeehousepoetry.org;  include in e-mail: Poet’s Name & Address,  Phone Number, List of Titles, Number of Poems,   Total Fees, & PayPal Receipt Number. Fees: £5/€6/$7 per poem  (Sterling/Euro/US-Dollars only);  payment via PayPal (see below,  PayPal account not required). Timeline: Submit by midnight (your local time)  on Mon 28 Sep 2020;  prizewinners will be contacted in week  commencing Mon 16 Nov 2020. Acknowledgement/Results:  Submissions acknowledged within 14 days of receipt;  results posted on website after Mon 23 Nov 2020;  judges’ decision is final; no correspondence entered into. Email Address: By including email address  you agree to receiving emails regarding  Troubadour International Poetry Prize.  You will not receive emails regarding Coffee-House Poetry  readings &  classes unless specifically requested. Note re Dates: The 2020 prize is now rescheduled  with an autumn closing date (see Timeline above),  having been placed on hold due to circumstances in March  which made the original June deadline impractical.  The small number of submissions  prior to that date were cancelled & fees returned. payment Our secure online payments are handled by PayPal  on our website prizes page;  PayPal account not required; all major credit cards accepted. This info was taken from the Troubadour Poetry email. So check Troubadour site to be sure of all details. Frank Murphy.