Call for Submissions for the Blackwater International Poetry Festival Anthology

Deadline: 9 March 2016
Cost: €15 for three poems
Prize: The winner will be flown to Ireland for the Blackwater International Poetry Festival and published in the The Blue Max Review.

Submission call from the Blackwater International Poetry Festival:

The friendliest poetry festival in the world

Ireland’s friendliest poetry festival, the world famous Blackwater International Poetry Festival 2016 will run from Thursday July 28th to Monday August 1st. Readings and workshops will take place in Glanworth, Mitchelstown, Castletownroche, Donneraile and Fermoy. Submissions for the festival anthology The Blue Max Review are open from Wednesday February 10th to Wednesday March 9th and we are proud to announce that the 2016 judge is the superb Dutch poet Tsead Bruinja. The winner will be flown to Ireland for the duration of the festival and their accommodation will be taken care of. The winning poem will be included in The Blue Max Review and the winner will have an official reading at the festival. The winning poet will additionally join the Festival Poetry Trail and will also tour with the other poets on the Festival Poetry Bus.

Submissions please to blackwaterpoetry@gmail.com

• Poems submitted must be in English
• Poems submitted must be the work of the person submitting
• Maximum of three poems per submission
• Poets may submit once only
• Poems submitted must be unpublished
• Maximum of 50 lines per poem
• Poems must be sent as individual attachments on A4 sheets
• Poems must be in a Word Doc
• Submission costs are €15 for three poems
• Payment by PayPal via ‘Competitions’ on the festival website
• Poems submitted after March 9th will not be considered
• The judge’s decision is final
• The winner will be announced on the festival website and Facebook page April 3rd

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