The 56th Blake Prize for Religious Art

The Blake Poetry Prize

Blake Poetry Prize 2008 Entry Form - [84KB]

The NSW Writers’ Centre joins the Blake Society, Leichhardt Municipal Council and Wet Ink to present a new national poetry prize of $5000.

With the theme of ‘Bliss, blasphemy and belief’, the Blake Poetry Prize has been established to link art and literature and to give Australian poets new possibilities to explore the nature of spirituality in the twenty-first century. The Blake Poetry Prize is a companion piece to the Blake Prize for Religious Art, which was founded in Sydney in 1949 by the Blake Society.

The winner of the Blake Poetry Prize will be announced in conjunction with the winner of the 57th Blake Prize for religious Art in August 2008.

First prize is $5000 and publication in Wet Ink.
Up to two commended entries may be selected for publication in Wet Ink and the entrants will each receive a year’s subscription to the magazine.

Closing date for entries: 5pm Friday 27 June 2008
Entry fee: $15

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

1. Poems must be written in English and be the original work of the entrant.
2. Poems must never have been published before, or have won another competition and they must not be under consideration by any publisher, literary magazine or for any other prize.
3. There is no word limit for entries.
4. Poems must be on the theme of “Bliss, blasphemy and belief” and have recognisably religious or spiritual theme.
5. Poems may be written in any style.
6. Each entry must be accompanied by an entry form and entry fee.
7. All poems will be judged anonymously so the author’s name must not appear on any page of the work.
8. Entrants should write their name, address and phone number and the title of the work on a separate cover sheet.
9. Entries should be typed on A4 single-sided paper and securely bound.
10. Pages should be numbered and the title of the work should appear on each page.
11. Entries will not be returned.
12. No entries will be accepted by fax or email.
13. The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence about the result will be entered into.