Lawson-West solicitors are running a Poetry Competition open to adults resident in Leicestershire or Rutland to raise funds for LOROS. Entry is free and limited to one poem per person but entrants who make a donation to LOROS with their entry will get feedback on their poem from the judge. Deadline for entries is Thursday 3 June 2010.
The competition will be judged by local writer Emma Lee. Winning entries will be published on the Lawson-West website and may be included in Lawson-West newsletters.
Emma Lee commented, “Often with poetry competitions, entrants only learn who won. This competition gives all entrants the chance to get feedback on their poem and learn whether they came close to winning as well as raising funds for LOROS.”
Competition Rules
• Entrants must live in Leicestershire or Rutland.
• One poem per poet may be entered.
• Entry is free.
• Entries accompanied by a donation to LOROS and a Stamped Addressed Envelope or Email address will receive a critique from the Judge.
• Donations of £2 – £5 will receive a short tick-box critique. Donations over £5 will get a longer critique. Donations should be made by cheque payable to “Lawson West LLP”. These will be recorded and a total amount sent to LOROS.
• Entries must be in English, to a maximum of 40 lines, and must be the entrant’s own work, not a translation of another’s work.
• Entries must also be unpublished and not currently entered for another competition or accepted for publication.
• Entries should be typed on one sheet of paper without any name, address or other identifying marks.
• A separate sheet of paper should be sent with the title of the poem, poet’s name, address, email or daytime contact phone number and how much has been donated to LOROS if a donation has been made.
• Please keep a copy of your poem as entries will not be returned.
• The Closing Date is Thursday 3 June 2010.
• The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• There is no prize money but winning poems will be published on the Lawson-West website and may be included in newsletters.
• Results will be published on the Lawson-West website and distributed to local press.
• Copyright remains with the poets but Lawson-West reserve the right to publish selected entries or extracts from entries for marketing and publicity purposes.
• Your entry in the competition means you agree to abide by these rules.
• Entries and covering sheets and donations should be sent to LOROS Poetry Competition, Lawson-West, 241 Uppingham Road, Leicester LE5 4DG.
About the judge Emma Lee
Emma Lee’s poetry collection “Yellow Torchlight and the Blues” was published by Original Plus. Emma reviews for The Journal, Assent and Sphinx magazines regularly as well as on her blog where she is an approved reviewer for Simon & Schuster. She has previously judged poetry and short story competitions for Leicester Writers’ Club, Nottingham Writers’ Club (twice), King Edward VII School Business Innovation Centre’s Children’s Poetry Competition, and has been a filter judge for Leicester Poetry Society’s Open Poetry Competition and Leicester Poetry Society’s Children’s Poetry Competition.
