1st Prize £300 -The winner of the First Prize will be designated ‘The Manchester Cathedral Poet of the Year, 2008.’
2nd Prize £150
3rd Prize £75
Click here for an entry form which also contains further details and conditions of entry
ENTRY FEE: £3 for the first poem and £2 each for others

 

The poems submitted should be ‘broadly religious,’ that is, ‘spiritual’ in nature and, like all good religious poetry, should appeal to those who would not necessarily describe themselves as such.  ‘Religious’ thus includes poems that are Christian, as well as those from within other faith traditions.  Those struggling to discover their own sense of the sacred are also invited to submit entries.  Poems are welcome in any style or form and will be judged solely on their merits as poetry.

 

Our JUDGE for our 2008 competition is Linda Chase, an American living in Manchester.  Linda established the Poetry School Manchester in 2004. The school continues to thrive, offering courses and workshops for poets in the region.  Linda is also a part time lecturer in the Writing School at the Manchester Metropolitan University, teaching on the Poetry MA. She also founded and directs a collaborative reading series called Poets and Players which features poets (both established and new) reading with musicians, actors, dancers and occasionally working with artists.   Her second and third collections were published by Carcanet The Wedding Spy, 2001 and Extended Family, 2006.