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​THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED - THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED
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POETRY TEIGNMOUTH
 
POETRY COMPETITION 2025
GRAHAM BURCHELL AWARD FOR
SOUTHWEST POETS 



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Competition Opens 29th March – Closes 30th June 2025
Competition is open to entries from the following UK counties: Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset  and Bristol

​maximum 40 lines of text - Any subject

 
Prizes:  1st - £300        2nd - £150        3rd - £75
In addition £25 will be awarded to the
top three commended poems






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JUDGE  - ANDY BROWN
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ANDY BROWN is a poet, novelist and Professor of Creative & Critical Writing at Exeter University. His many books of poetry include the forthcoming collection, THE BIG RIP (Worple Press, 2025); three collections with Salt Publications; several collaborative poetry books with John Burnside, David Morley and Marc Woodward; and the major edited anthology A BODY OF WORK: Poetry & Medicine (Bloomsbury). His recent novel THE MIDNIGHT MECHANIC (Sea Crow, USA) revisits the underbelly of Victorian London, while his study THE TREE CLIMBING CURE (Bloomsbury) looks at the figure of the tree climber in poetry, fiction and art. He is also a prolific singer-songwriter in the SW scene.

  


Winning, commended and shortlisted poets will be invited to attend a live prizegiving event in Teignmouth 
on Saturday, 20th September 2025