Enter the 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Award

Complete an application for the 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Award.

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2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Award
1. The 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Award and the 2025 Young Fenland Poet Laureate Award are now open for entries.
  
  The deadline for submissions is Friday 31 January 2025.
  
  The competition is open to anyone who lives, works or attends school in the administrative district of Fenland.
  
  Applicants must be aged 18 or over for the Fenland Poet Laureate Award, and aged 17 and under for the Young Fenland Poet Laureate Award.
  
  Before you start, please make sure you have a copy of your poem in PDF or Word document format. You will be asked to upload this at the end of your application.
Which competition would you like to enter?
1. 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Award
2. 2025 Young Fenland Poet Laureate Award
Your details
1. Name:
2. Email address:
3. Phone number:
4. Address:
5. School: (optional)
  Only answer if applicable
Entry criteria
1. The competition is open to anyone who lives, works or attends school in the administrative district of Fenland. Please confirm how you meet the criteria by ticking the relevant boxes below.
  
  You may be asked to prove how you meet the criteria.
2. Please select all that apply:
  
  I live in Fenland
  
  I work in Fenland
  
  I attend school in Fenland
Add your poem
1. Please write the title of your poem in the text box below. Remember not to include your name or any other personal details as all poems are judged anonymously.
  
  Please ensure your poem keeps to the competition rules before submitting, including the poem having not been previously published or being over the length limit of 40 lines.
2. Title of your poem:
3. Your poem:
  Please upload your poem in a PDF or Word Document format.

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Enter the 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Award