Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition Open Again

 

On this occasion the winner is entitled to the following cornucopia of prizes: 

1)€1000 in cash,  

2)up to €600 in travel expenses to come to Cork for the poetry festival,  

3)full room and board for four nights at the festival,  

4)a reading slot at the festival,  

5) free tickets to all festival events worth €102  

6) publication in Southword  

7) a week's residency in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at a time mutually convenient.

There will also be a second prize of €500, a third prize of €250 and ten runners-up will receive €30 and be published in Southword. This year's judge is festival director Patrick Cotter.