WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT VIRGIN MEDIA HAVE JOINED WITH US TO SPONSOR OUR "MY DISABLED WORLD" POETRY COMPETITION

As we now have a total prize fund of £6,000 this means, that for the 12 selected ‘most liked’ entries, we will now be able to pay £250 each to the successful poets – and £250 for their chosen charities

So please keep sending in your poems because there is now a cash reward of £250 each for the 12 top rated poems and their poets – plus the same amount for their chosen charity

poetry@disabilitytalk.co.uk

It is open to anyone and everybody and costs nothing to enter. We will publish as many of the entries we receive as possible. Our 12 judges will collectively choose the ’12 most liked’ poems and we will collate these into an online book and publish on this website.

The Competition ends on 31st October this year and Judging will take place throughout November. Winners will be announced in December 2020.

And each of our judges will write a foreword to one of those poems .. so why not try to become a published poet with a preface from a famous judge? And win £250 both for yourself and your chosen charity?

Poems should be no more than 200/250 words long and with your entry you must let us know who is your favourite charity.

Poems can be in any format and should be about disability and unfairness (real or perceived) in our world. You can make us cry, laugh, become emotional and or very thoughtful. They can be moving and they can be uplifting. And they can simply make people stop and think.

ENTRIES TO: POETRY@DISABILITYTALK.CO.UK