Trim Poetry Competition 2021-22

In view of the current situation as regards Covid-19 it has been decided to cancel Trim Poetry Festival 2022. Trim Poetry Competition, which is currently accepting entries, will however go ahead as planned and the closing date for the competition has been extended to 31 December 2021.

Competition Rules

Entries are only accepted online by email to this address: trimpoetry@gmail.com

Competitors will pay by PayPal on this blog. Entry Fee: 5 euro per poem or 10 euro for three poems.

You can also send an entry fee by your own PayPal account to trimpoetry@gmail.com

Please type Trim Poetry Competition in the subject line of the email.

The body of the email must include the PayPal transaction number, the entrant's name, address, phone number, and title/titles of the entered poems.

The poem/poems must be attached as a single Word document. The poems should be in Times New Roman, 12 point, single spacing and must not exceed 50 lines (excluding title and stanza breaks). The name of the entrant must not appear on the poems themselves.

All poems must be the original work of the entrant, written in English. Poems must not have been previously published, self-published, published online in any format, or broadcast.  Entrants must be 18 years or over.

All poems are judged completely anonymously, and judges read all entries. The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence can be entered into regarding those decisions. Current members of Boyne Writers Group are not eligible to enter.

The prize for the winner is 500 euro.  Two runners-up will receive 100 euro each.

The judge is poet Patrick Lodge.

The judges’ shortlist of ten will be announced in February 2022 and included on this blog. Shortlisted poets only will be notified by email. The prize winners will be announced in March 2022. It is hoped to have an online presentation at that stage, details later. 

Submission of a poem implies the competitor’s acceptance of the conditions set out above.