GRAHAM BURCHELL AWARD
POETRY COMPETITION 2025
RULES
POETRY COMPETITION 2025
RULES
GRAHAM BURCHELL AWARD - Rules
This competition is open to poets from SW England: Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset and Bristol
Cheques/POs should be made payable to Poetry Teignmouth and sent with two copies of each poem and entry form to:
Poetry Teignmouth , C/O Virginia Griem, 12 Little Hayes, Kingsteignton TQ12 3YP
The entry fee for ONLINE ENTRIES is £5.50 for one poem, and £3.50 each for additional poems. Payment and submission of poems should be made on our online entry form here
This competition is open to poets from SW England: Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset and Bristol
- Poems may be on any subject, must be the original work of the entrant, unpublished and not accepted for publication in any medium. They must not have been awarded a prize in any other competition.
- Poems should be in English and not exceed 40 lines of text. Titles, epigraphs, dedications and blank lines are not included in the line count.
- Poems must be typed on a single side of A4, and must have a title.
- Each poem must be on a separate page, which must not bear the author’s name or any other mark by which the author could be identified.
- Postal Entries - Two copies of each poem are required, accompanied by a completed entry form. One entry form may cover multiple poems.
- Online entries – please submit Word document or pdf via the online entry form.
- There is no restriction on the number of poems that may be submitted, provided the appropriate entry fee is included.
- Poems entered will not be returned – keep a copy for yourself.
- Each poet can only win one prize.
- Copyright will remain with the author, but the organisers reserve the right to publish any of the prizewinning poems as they deem appropriate.
- Once entered, poems may not be amended.
- The results of the competitions and prize winning poems will be published on www.poetryteignmouth.com . Commended poems will not be published.
- The judge will read ALL the entries.
- Judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Poetry Teignmouth reserves the right to change the judge if the need arises.
- In exceptional circumstances the organisers reserve the right to return poems and entry fees.
- The judge and competition organisers are not eligible to enter the competition.
- POEMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MIDNIGHT 30th June 2025
Cheques/POs should be made payable to Poetry Teignmouth and sent with two copies of each poem and entry form to:
Poetry Teignmouth , C/O Virginia Griem, 12 Little Hayes, Kingsteignton TQ12 3YP
The entry fee for ONLINE ENTRIES is £5.50 for one poem, and £3.50 each for additional poems. Payment and submission of poems should be made on our online entry form here