The First Wigtown Book Town Poetry Competition

Don Paterson is the judge of the first ever Wigtown Book Town Poetry Competion; Aonghas MacNeacail is the judge of the Gaelic Poetry Competition.

Rules

• All entrants must be 16 years of age or over.
• Poems must not exceed 40 lines (not including title).
• Entries may be in English, Scots or Gaelic. Entries will be accepted in Irish Gaelic provided they are accompanied by an English translation.
• The competition is open to anyone throughout and outside the United Kingdom.
• All poems are judged anonymously and the name of the poet must not appear on the manuscript.
• All poems will be read initially by a team at the Scottish Poetry Library prior to the final judging process.
• Poems must not have been previously published.
• There is no restriction on the number of poems submitted by each applicant, provided the appropriate entry fee is included.
• Competition entries cannot be returned.
• Alterations cannot be made to poems once they have been submitted.

Further details from Wigtown Book Town.