Manchester Poetry Prize

First prize: £10,000*
Deadline for entries: 6th August 2010
Entry fee: £15

Judges: Simon Armitage, Lavinia Greenlaw and Daljit Nagra

Under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching the second Manchester Poetry Prize – a major international literary competition celebrating excellence in creative writing.
In addition to the main prize, a bursary for study at MMU will be awarded to one entrant aged 18-25 as part of the Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award*.

All entrants are asked to submit a portfolio of three to five poems (total maximum length 120 lines). The poems can be on any subject, and written in any style, but must be new work, not published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.

The prizes will be awarded at a gala dinner hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University
To find out more about the Manchester Poetry Prize, and enter online, go to:www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk