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Southword Editor's Poetry Award

Closing date: 30 Sep 2025

Southword is a journal based in Ireland, bringing new work in poetry and creative prose by writers from around the world to readers from around the world. This competition is inviting poets to submit 3 poems on any subject, with the winner receiving £1000 and their work published in Southword. Poems must be previously unpublished.

Each entrant will receive a complementary postage-free, one-year subscription to Southword and current subscribers will have their membership extended.

Judge: Patrick Cotter, editor of Southword

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Entry fee: €24 euro
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