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POETRY & NON-FICTION COMPETITIONS

To be in with a chance of becoming the 2023 Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year, submit original, unpublished poems up to 60 lines.

The winner will receive £200 and be named Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year, and there are second and third prizes of £100 and £50. A longlist of poems will be included in the 2023 Festival’s Poet of the Year anthology.

The entry fee is £5 per poem. The closing date

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