Poetry competition deadline delayed
firstwriter.com – Tuesday September 29, 2015

With the deadline for firstwriter.com's Fourteenth International Poetry Competition fast approaching (October 1, 2015), firstwriter.com has announced a last-minute delay to allow for final entries to be submitted. The competition will now remain open until the first of November.
If you haven't yet entered your poems for your chance to win £200 (that's over $300) you can enter online now in seconds by going to https://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/poetry_competition.shtml.
As well as the £200 first prize all winners and ten special commendations will also receive firstwriter.com vouchers worth $36 / £24, which can be used to take out an annual subscription to firstwriter.com for free, giving full access to our database of over 850 literary agencies, over 2,000 magazines, over 1,700 publishers, and over 100 constantly-changing competitions (alternatively, you can start enjoying all these benefits now by clicking here).
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