Wigtown Poetry Prizes

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Wigtown Poetry Prizes General Rules

 

 

- Entries open 30 November 2024

 

- Entries close 7 May 2025 at 12 noon

 

- Poems may be on any subject

 

- Poems must not be previously published, accepted for publication or currently entered into another competition. If a poem is published elsewhere after being submitted for this competition, it must be withdrawn from the Wigtown Poetry Prizes, by emailing: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com

 

- Entrants must be 16 years of age or over

 

- There is no restriction on the number of entries submitted by each entrant to each category of the competition, providing the appropriate fee is paid

 

- Alterations may not be made to entries once they have been submitted

 

- The copyright of each poem remains with the writer. The winners and runners-up must grant Wigtown Festival Company the right to use their winning poems, including in Southlight Magazine, for one year from 3 October 2025

 

- Short-listed entries will be revealed on the Wigtown Poetry Prizes website and short-listed entrants will be notified at least one month before the Prize-giving event

 

- Winners will be revealed at the Prize-giving event at Wigtown Book Festival 2025 (26 September to 5 October 2025). All those shortlisted will be invited to attend in person. Winners – and where time allows, other shortlisted poets attending the event – will be invited to read during the Prize-giving.

 

- Winners will be announced on the Wigtown Poetry Prizes website and through other Wigtown Festival Company channels after the Prize-giving event.

 

- Winning and runner-up poems will be published on the Wigtown Poetry Prizes website after the prize-giving. Winning poems will be published in Southlight Magazine in autumn 2025.

 

- Winners from one or more the Prizes may be invited to read at StAnza 2026 at the discretion of StAnza – Scotland's International Poetry Festival and Wigtown Festival Company.

 

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