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2010 Cardiff International Poetry Competition 

Closing Date: Friday 29 January 2010

The closing date for the 2010 Cardiff International Poetry Competition is only a few weeks away. Have you sent in your prize-winning entry yet? If you haven’t, don’t panic, there is still just about enough time left to send us your entry and be in with the chance of walking away with a massive £5000 for just one poem. Further prizes available are £500 for second place £250 for third and five runners-up will receive £50 each.

Judging the competition are poets Jackie Kay, Zoë Skoulding and filter judge Tiffany Atkinson.

So, if you think you have what it takes to delight our judges and get your hands on the top prize of £5000, then send us your poems now. Just make sure your poem is no longer than 50 lines long, is unpublished, is in English and is not a translation of another author’s work and send it, along with your entry form and payment, to Academi.

To receive an entry form through the post send a stamped, self addressed envelope to:
Academi, CIPC10 Entry Form,
Mount Stuart House, Mount Stuart Square,
Cardiff, Wales, CF10 5FQ.

Or visit www.academi.org/cipc/
to download the entry form in seconds. 

For further details contact Academi on:
029 2047 2266 / post@academi.org

The Cardiff International Poetry Competition is administered by Academi
 with the financial support of Cardiff Council.