The People's Poetry Competition

Announcing the start of the first People's Poetry Competition.

The People's Poetry Competition is another way for the People's Poetry Network to provide poets with a platform for their work. There will be no 'appointed experts' judging entries - the winners will be decided by the People.

Your poetry...
Your choice...
Your Competition...

The Competition is open to any-one aged 16 years or older, any-where in the world. 

All entries must be submitted via the Enrty Form accompanied by the £3.00 entry fee and all entrants are instructed to read the Terms & Conditions in full before submitting their entry.

As they are received each entry will be published to this Competition Page and to the People's Poetry Competition Facebook page for public view. Any-one can register their vote for as many poems as they wish via Facebook 'likes' and Twitter 'shares'. At the close of the Competition the 10 most popular entries, as judged by Social Media interaction, shall be presented for public vote. The result of this vote will determine the Competition winner and runners up.

The combined entry fees will determine the prize pool from which the cash prizes will be drawn. The breakdown of prizes will be as follows:

• 1st  Prize              50% of the Prize Pool
• 2nd Prize             25% of the Prize Pool
• 3rd Prize              10% of the Prize Pool

If the prize pool grows large enough there will be 3 additional runners up prizes equalling 5% of the prize pool. All prizes will be paid direct to the winners via PayPal after the winners have been announced.

After the Competition closes and the prizes have been awarded the entries will be compiled into a People's Poetry Competition anthology that will be available in both digital and print copies. Entry into the Competition implies unqualified acceptance of all the Competition Rules and this acceptance must be indicated on the Entry Form.