Help for Heroes Poetry Competition

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When entering a writing competition it’s nice to think that your entry fee has gone to a worthy cause – it softens the blow of not making it to the short-list!

The Help For Heroes charity is running a poetry competition. First prize is £250 in Primark vouchers and there is no fixed entry fee but entrants are asked to donate at least a pound per poem and all money raised will go to the charity.

The judge is Peter Quinn, managing director of United Press and he is asking for, ” …poems related to Help for Heroes. It could be a poem about an individual or it could be a poem with a message.”

The winner will also have their poem published in a general collection of modern poetry and will receive a free copy of the book as well as attending a prize presentation.

The closing date is November 11th 2011 and full details on how to enter can be found here.

This is a cheap to enter competition for a worthy cause – why not give it a go?


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9 responses to “Help for Heroes Poetry Competition”

  1. susanjanejones avatar

    Hi Sally,
    This looks good. I have a poem in one of United Press’s Anthologys. My small world where we were asked to write about our home town. Will have a go at this one, thanks for pointing it out.

  2. Baggy avatar

    What a wonderful idea. I’m going to have a go, or two.

    1. Sally Jenkins avatar

      Susan and Baggy – Best of Luck to both of you!

  3. Shirley avatar

    I have a poem ready! Thanks for this

    1. Sally Jenkins avatar

      Glad you found it useful, Shirley – and let us know if you win!

  4. ckandrew avatar
    ckandrew

    Thank you for alerting me to this one, Sally. I’m crap at poetry but for this cause I’ll give it a whirl

    1. Sally Jenkins avatar

      I’m hopeless at poetry too, Ceka, but think I might try and put something together for this – if nothing else, it’ll be a good writing excercise!

  5. hannah avatar
    hannah

    My daughter has written a beautiful poem about the soldiers and is called the hero. We would love to enter into the competition and if possible send a postal order instead of a cheque.

    1. Sally Jenkins avatar

      Hannah – I’m not involved in the competition, I have merely publicised it. You will need to contact the organisers direct with any questions. Good Luck to your daughter!

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