Ghana Poetry Prize 2013 ($1,000 Prize for Poetry)

Application Deadline: June 30 2013

Poetry Foundation Ghana invites applications for its inaugural (2013) GHANA POETRY PRIZE. This will be an award of Gh ₵ 2,000 (equivalent to $ 1,000). This is built on the hugely successful 2012 Online Competition which was done under the name Ghana Poetry Awards.

The aim of  Ghana Poetry Prize is to support younger emerging poets. The Prize is sponsored by Poetry Foundation Ghana and PFG hope to increase the Prize when there is enough funds from other sources. People with interest in poetry are invited to help in this direction and we will be grateful for your sponsorship.

This contest is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. The submission (MAXIMUM OF TWO(2) POEMS) must not be more than 30 lines long. IT IS FREE TO ENTER. The deadline is June 30, 2013

Please post your submissions to the address [email protected] with the subject Poetry Prize
THE SHORTLIST WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN JULY THE WINNER BY SEPTEMBER

Judges for this competiton have been revealed. Read about the Judges

NOTE: Poem must be original and never submitted anywhere.

Source: Ghana Poetry Foundation