Canterbury Festival
Schools’ Poetry Competition 2014
Entry Form: “Feeling Good”
School Name:
Contact Teacher:
School Address:
I hereby declare that the poems submitted are the work of the pupils, as
named on the poems.
Signed:
Please ensure all pupils write their names and ages clearly on each
poem. Only one entry form per school is required.
Please return by Monday 21 July to:
Schools’ Poetry Competition 2014,
Canterbury Festival Office,
8 Orange Street, Canterbury,
Kent, CT1 2JA.
Thank you for your support of the Schools’ Poetry Competition 2014
Cash Prizes to be awarded
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in five age categories:
Age 16 - 18: Gold=£30, Silver=£20, Bronze=£10
Age 12 - 15: Gold=£25, Silver=£15, Bronze=£10
Age 9 – 11: Gold=£15, Silver=£10, Bronze=£5
Age 5 - 8: Gold=£15, Silver=£10, Bronze=£5
There will also be highly commended poems in each category
These prizes will be awarded at the presentation evening.
Please ask the pupils to follow these guidelines – thank you!
Terms & Conditions of Entry:
1. Each poem must be no more than 40 lines in length and writing should be legible
(winning poems will need to be typed for the anthology)
2. Each poem to be loosely based on the theme “Feeling Good” which can be
interpreted according to the entrant’s own choice
3. Each poem must be on one side of A4, illustrations are welcomed
4. No alterations can be made to the poem once submitted
5. Each entrant should clearly write their name, age and school on the front of
the poem
6. The school should complete only one entry form for all the poems entered and send
them as one batch
7. All submissions must be entrants’ own work and submitted by Monday 21 July
8. Entries must be written in clear English, not previously published or broadcast
Judging
9. The judge’s decision is final.
10. Prize winners will be announced by mid-September through the named teacher’
contact.
11. All winning poems will be published in an anthology and other commendation
awards will be sent to schools for presentation by teachers.
12. There will be a Presentation Evening on Thursday 2nd October, the venue will
be confirmed and communicated to poets and teachers. Details of a performance
rehearsal workshop will also be sent out nearer to the time.
13. Copyright will remain with the entrant, but Canterbury Festival reserves the right to
arrange the first publication or broadcast of selected poems, including possible
reproduction on Stagecoach buses and in other Festival material.
14. Submission of a poem implies the entrant’s acceptance of the above conditions.