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Féile Idirnáisiúnta Filíochta Bhéal Áth na mBuillí  

      
           
           
     
  • The entry fee:
  • Postal entries: €5 (or £5 sterling, or $5) per poem
  • Online entries €6 per poem
      
     
  • Closing date: 22nd January 2009
      
     
  • Judges for 2009 - click here
      
     
     
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The Strokestown International Poetry Competition
offers prizes of  €4,000 (approximately £3,000 sterling), €2000 and €1000 for an unpublished poem in English not exceeding 70 lines.

In addition up to seven commended poets will be invited to read at the festival for a reading fee and travelling expenses totalling €450 (about £380)

      
           
           
           
           
     
     
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  Duais Cholmcille 2009 / The Colmcille Poetry Prize

Arís i mbliana, le tacaíocht Colmcille, beidh an duais is luachmhaire atá ar fáil do dhán i nGaeilge nó i nGàidhlig á thairiscint ag Féile Idirnáisiúnta Bhéal Átha na mBuillí.

Tá príomhdhuais €4,000 á thairiscint, dara duais €2,000 agus triú duais €3,000. Chomh maith leis sin beidh táille léitheoireachta agus taistil €450 ar fáil don dtriúr eile ar an ngearrliosta.

Prizes of €4,000 (approximately £3,000 Sterling) €2,000 and €1,000 for a poem in Irish or Scottish Gaelic, unpublished and not exceeding 70 lines. In addition up to three commended poets are invited to read at the festival 
for a reading fee and travelling expenses totalling €450 (about £380)

      
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
     
     
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The Percy French Prize for witty - possibly topical - verse

Backhanders of €300, €100, €80 and various other sums in brown envelopes are passed under the table for witty topical verse in English, or with a translation if in Irish. Poems can be on any subject but they must be funny!

      
           
           
           
           
             
     
     
     

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How to enter the 2009 competitions...

  • Click on competition categories and rules for more detailed information

  • Click on  Judges 2009 to see who they are

  • Click on entry form to print one out

  • Post the entry form, along with your poems and the right fee to the Strokestown Poetry Festival Office, address below.

    Entry forms can also be obtained by post from:
    Strokestown Poetry Festival Office, Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland.  
    Telephone: 071 9633759 (from overseas  + 353 71 9633759)

      
           
           
           
           
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