Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition (October, 2010).

SENTINEL CHAMPIONS DISCOUNTED ENTRY DETAILS

Please note: The entry fees below are applicable only to Sentinel Champions Subscribers.

To benefit from these 15% discounts, you will need to first Subscribe to the magazine, and then return to this page and enter the competition as usual. Upon subscription, we shall issue you with a Subscriber ID.

You will then need to return to this page, and follow the entry guidelines below.

Competition Details 

Subject: Poems may be on any subject, any style and MUST NOT have been previously published, posted to a website or blog. Poems posted to members-only writing groups for workshop purposes as part of the creative process are not deemed to have been previously published.

Length: Maximum 40 lines per poem

Entry Fees: £2.55 per poem or £10.20 for 5 poems

First Prize: £150.00

Second Prize: £60.00

Third Prize: £40.00

First Publication: The top three poems will receive first publication in Sentinel Champions – Selected Poems & Short Stories from the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Writing Competition Series. (This is a print magazine) A total of 15 poems from this competition will be published in Sentinel Champions Magazine in May 2011.

Deadline: 30th September, 2010

Results due: 31st October, 2010 announced in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine at

http://www.sentinelquarterly.com

Judge: Geoff Stevens

Competition Administration: Sentinel Poetry Movement

ENTER BY POST OR ONLINE

POSTAL ENTRIES

1. Poems must be in English Language and typed.

2. Author’s name and address or any other identifying mark MUST NOT appear on any of your poetry pages.

3. PRINT your Name, Postal Address, E-mail Address, Subscriber ID and if you wish, Telephone number on a plain sheet of paper and place the paper in a sealed envelope.

4. Write "SLQ POETRY OCT 2010" followed by the Title(s) of your poem(s) on the back of the envelope.

5. Make cheques or Postal Orders (in GB£ only) payable to SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT.

6. Send your poems, the envelope with your name inside, and your entry fee to: 

Sentinel Poetry Movement

Unit 136

113 – 115 George Lane

London

E18 1AB

United Kingdom

ONLINE ENTRIES*

International/Online entrants may enter by e-mail and pay entry fees by Paypal. To enter by this method please follow these steps:

1. Select the option that matches your entry preference from the paypal drop-down button below and make the applicable payment.

2. After making your payment, you will be given a Transaction ID or Receipt Number by Paypal. Make a note of the Transaction ID.

3. Submit your poems and a cover note with your Name, Postal Address, Subscriber ID, Optional Telephone Number and Titles of your poems to [email protected] as a Word or rtf attachment. In the subject line, type SLQ POETRY OCT 2010 Followed by your Transaction ID.

4. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of poems within 48 hours.

Terms & Conditions:

1. You may enter as many poems as you wish with the appropriate entry fees.

2. The decision of the judge is final, and no communication will be entered into.

3. If on the advice of the judge, the quality of entries is too low to produce worthy prize winners, or any other legitimate reason beyond our control arises which may affect a fair completion or conduct of the competition, we reserve the right to cancel the competition and refund all entry fees immediately by the same method we have been paid.

4. If you would like an acknowledgement of postal entries, please enclose an SAE marked "acknowledgement".

5. The Judge’s Report will be published in Sentinel Literary Quarterly (Online) on October 31, 2010. Please note: This publication is online, if you would like to receive the Judges’ Report in the post, please enclose an SAE marked "Judges’ Report".

6. All prizes won will be paid inside 6 weeks of the announcement of the results. International entrants will be paid by PayPal unless they are happy to receive GB£ cheques.

*Online entries must be received by midnight on the 30th September 2010. Postal entries must be post-marked by 30/09/2024 | SLQ