POETRY TEIGNMOUTH
POETRY COMPETITION 2025
GRAHAM BURCHELL AWARD FOR
SOUTHWEST POETS
POETRY COMPETITION 2025
GRAHAM BURCHELL AWARD FOR
SOUTHWEST POETS
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
Postal entry fee: £5.00 for one poem, £3.00 each for additional poems.
Online entry fee: £5.50 for one poem, £3.50 each for additional poems.
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COMPETITION RULES - click here
ONLINE ENTRY - click here
Download Postal entry form here
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
Postal entry fee: £5.00 for one poem, £3.00 each for additional poems.
Online entry fee: £5.50 for one poem, £3.50 each for additional poems.
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COMPETITION RULES - click here
ONLINE ENTRY - click here
Download Postal entry form here
JUDGE - ANDY BROWN
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