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2008 Cardiff International Poetry Competition
Time is Running Out

Don’t miss your chance to walk away with £5000 for just one poem. Further prizes available are £500 for second place £250 for third and five runners up will receive £50 each. The 2008 Cardiff International Poetry Competition is starting to draw to a close however there are still a few weeks in which to enter, so banish those January blues and take some time to write that prize-winning poem.

Judging the competition is multi award-winning poet Jo Shapcott and U A Fanthorpe, who in 2003 received the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry. So if you think you have what it takes to impress our judges send us your poems today.

Just make sure your poem is no longer than 50 lines, unpublished, is in English and not a translation of another author’s work and send it, along with your entry form and payment, to Academi. The poems will be judged anonymously to ensure a fair competition and unbiased result.

To receive an entry form send a stamped, self addressed envelope to:
Academi, CIPC08, Mount Stuart House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FQ.
For more information call 029 2047 2266 or email post@academi.org

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For further details on the Cardiff International Poetry Competition, including previous winners and the winning poems, click here.

The Academi Cardiff International Poetry Competition is pleased to acknowledge the financial sponsorship of Cardiff Council.