Deadline
12th January 2019

Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone.

Description 
The competition is organized by the Magma Poetry magazine.

There are two categories:
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines. Award-winning poet Andrew McMillan is the judge for the Judge’s Prize.
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines. The Editors’ Prize is judged by a panel of five Magma Editors.

All poems must be previously unpublished.

Entry fees
The entry fees are £5 for the first poem, £4 for the second and £3.50 for the third and each subsequent poem.

Prizes
• Editors' Prize
1st prize: £1,000
2nd prize: £300
3rd prize: £150

• Judge's Prize
1st prize: £1,000
2nd prize: £300
3rd prize: £150

Enter via Submittable
You may enter as many poems as you like in each category, but you must submit them in separate documents. Please upload the poems in one document for each category. Please name the documents Judge’s Prize or Editors’ Prize as applicable and submit all of the poems for that category in the relevant document.

GENERAL:
No alterations can be made after receipt, nor fees refunded.
All poems must be previously unpublished.
The judge’s and editors’ decisions are final and no correspondence can be entered into. No entrant may win more than one prize in each section.
Should the named judge be unable to proceed, we aim to substitute an alternative judge of equivalent standing as a poet.
Prizewinners will be notified individually before 1 March 2019. The results will also be published on the Magma Poetry website after the prize-giving event.
Copyright of each entry remains with the author, but Magma Poetry has the right to first publication of the winning poems in print and/or online within six months of the competition deadline.
Entry implies acceptance of all the rules. Failure to comply with the rules will result in disqualification.