Poetry Competition : The Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival presents the 2010 Wigtown

Deadline : 2010, 5th February

The Wigtown Poetry Competition is the largest in Scotland with a first prize of £2,500, runner up prize of £750, eight additional prizes of £50 each and a Gaelic prize of £500. The winning poem and runner up will also be published in the Scotsman, or its sister paper Scotland on Sunday and will be invited to appear at the Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival 2010. The closing date of the competition is 5pm Friday 5th February 2010, and winners will be notified by Monday 5th April. The prize-giving will take place on Saturday 1st May.

We are delighted to announce that one of Scotland's most respected poets and dramatists, Liz Lochhead, will judge the competition this year. Lochhead's collections of verse include Bagpipe Muzak and Dreaming Frankenstein. She won the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award for Medea and has twice won a Scottish Council Book Award.

The Gaelic prize will be judged by renowned Gaelic poet Meg Bateman. Bateman teaches literature and philosophy in Gaelic at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Skye. Her collections Aotromachd/Lightness and Soirbheas/Fair Wind were short-listed for the Scottish Book of the year in 1997 and 2007. She has won prizes from the Scottish Arts Council and various poetry competitions.

Click here for entry form which includes full competition details and rules, or alternatively send a SAE to Wigtown Book Festival, County Building, Wigtown, DG8 9JH.

Detail information here

Republish by : NORBERTUS CITRA IRAWAN,SP - www.competitions.co.nr

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