Ballybunion Arts Festival Poetry Competitions

Deadline: 1 Jul 2023

The Ballybunion Arts Festival Poetry competitions are now open for submissions. This year, we have our two regular competitions, plus we have an under-18 competition.

The Shahidah Janjua Poetry Competition
This is our English-speaking poetry competition which carries three prizes:
First: €150
Second: €100
Third: €50

Comórtas Filíochta – ‘An Trá’ 

Our poetry competition in the Irish Language also carries three prizes:

First €150
Second: €100
Third: €50

Terms and conditions for The Shahidah Janjua Poetry Competition and Comórtas Filíochta – ‘An Trá’

·         Email and Postal entries welcome

·         Cost of entering is €10 for two poems

·         50 lines maximum

·         Word or PDF format only

·         Poems must not be previously published, online or in print, nor must they be entered currently for competitions elsewhere

·         Please put your name and contact details on a separate sheet and not on your poems

·         Poems to be in single line spacing

·         Email your entries to poetrybaf@gmail.com

·         Postal entries to Ballybunion Arts Festival, Poetry Competition, Kiltean, Lisselton, V31 A527

·         If posting, please type your entries and  print on one side of the page

·         Competition closes at 6pm on 1st July

·         Winners will be notified and prizes will be presented on opening night of the Festival, 21st July 2023

·         Judging both competitions is Matt Mooney
 

A poetry competition for children up to the age of 18 carries the following prizes:
First: Book tokens to the value of €50
Second: Book tokens to the value of €30
Third: Book tokens to the value of €20

Terms and conditions for Under-18 Competition

·         Email and Postal entries welcome

·         Cost of entering is €5 for two poems

·         50 lines maximum

·         Word or PDF format only

·         Poems must not be previously published, online or in print, nor must they be entered currently for competitions elsewhere

·         Please put your name and contact details on a separate sheet and not on your poems

·         Poems to be in single line spacing

·         Email your entries to poetrybaf@gmail.com

·         Postal entries to Ballybunion Arts Festival, Poetry Competition, Kiltean, Lisselton, V31 A527

·         If posting, please type your entries and print on one side of the page

·         Competition closes at 6pm on 1st July

·         Winners will be notified and prizes will be presented on opening night of the Festival, 21st July 2023.

·         Judging the Under-18 Competition is Eileen Sheehan.
 

Payment details for all competitions:

https://revolut.me/bafrev

or

IBAN: IE14REVO99036037861815
BIC: REVOIE23