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The Strokestown International Poetry Prize Prizes of €4,000 (currently approximately £3,500 sterling or $5,400 US dollars), €2,000 and €1000 for an unpublished poem in English not exceeding 70 lines. In addition the ten short-listed poets are invited to read a selection of their work at the festival for which they are paid a reading fee of €400 (approximately £350/ $540). |
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Duais Cholmcille / The Colmcille
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| The Percy French Prize for witty - ideally topical - verse. Backhanders of €300, €100, €80 and various other sums in brown envelopes are passed under the table for witty verse in English, or with a translation if in Irish. Poems can be on any subject but they must be funny! | |||||||||
| How to enter | |||||||||
| 1. | Read the competition categories and rules for more detailed information | ||||||||
| 2. | Email your poems to us and pay by credit card or Paypal | ||||||||
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Print an entry form
from this website, or obtain one by post from
Strokestown Poetry Festival Office, Strokestown, County Roscommon,
Ireland. Telephone: 071 9633759 (from overseas + 353 71 9633759) |
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| Post the entry form, along with your poems and the entry fee to the Strokestown Poetry Festival Office, address above. | |||||||||
| Entries must be received by Friday 20 January 2012 | |||||||||
