THE HIGH SHERIFF'S CHESHIRE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

Organizers: 

University of Chester

Eligibility: 

The writer must have been born, live or have lived, study or have studied, work or have worked, in Cheshire. Entrants must be aged 18 years or over on 1st September 2016.

Type of Work Accepted: 

Original and previously unpublished Poems or Collection of Poems.
 

Length of Work: 

Individual poems should not exceed 50 lines and no more than 100 lines per entrant.

Prize: 

There will be £2000 for the winner and additional prize money will be awarded for the best entries.

Entry Fee: 

Entry is free.

Rules: 

1. The writer must have been born, live or have lived, study or have studied, work or have worked, in Cheshire. For the purposes of the Prize, Cheshire is deemed to include the Wirral, as well as Warrington and Halton. Documentary evidence of eligibility may be required.

2. Entrants must be aged 18 years or over on 1st September 2016.

3. Entries must be received by 1st September 2016. Three typed, (non-returnable) copies of the entry should be sent to: The Cheshire Prize for Literature, University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ. The writer’s name should not feature on the entry itself. A covering letter should include the writer’s name and address, telephone number and/or email address, and the title of the entry submitted.   Alternatively, email entries can be sent to cheshireprize@chester.ac.uk, the entry must be attached as a Word document with a separate Word document attached containing a covering letter. There is no charge for entering the competition. Entrants may submit only one entry. Entrants from outside the county must state the reason for their eligibility.

4. Entries will be judged anonymously, by a panel chaired by Dr Ian Seed, from the Department of English at the University of Chester. The decision of the judging panel will be final. No correspondence can be entered into concerning individual entries.

5. By entering the competition the writer consents to their work being published.

Deadline: 

Entries must be received by 1st September 2016. 

How to Submit: 

Entries must be received by 1st September 2016. Three typed, (non-returnable) copies of the entry should be sent to: The Cheshire Prize for Literature, University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ. The writer’s name should not feature on the entry itself. A covering letter should include the writer’s name and address, telephone number and/or email address, and the title of the entry submitted. 
Alternatively, email entries can be sent to cheshireprize@chester.ac.uk, the entry must be attached as a Word document with a separate Word document attached containing a covering letter.