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From the magazine:

For next month, and in the vein of this month's winning entry, (over on LitRev 'Clairvoyance' thread) please write a poem that takes as its starting point a character or characters from another, preferably well-known poem.

Entries must rhyme and scan, in no more than twenty-four lines; please send them to:
The Literary Review, 44 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LW or email editorial@literaryreview.co.uk by 27 September 2011

* Reminder: You can submit only two entries

(My bits in red.)
Jayne

Should the poem be in the body of the email or attached? Time to use a Speccie castoff.

In the body of the email, Walter, though they actually prefer snail mail, they've said in the past. Ours not to reason why...

Well now! Congrats to the winners. And all of us must have something for this already.

Good point, John (and Orwn) - Jayne, do they specify "unpublished"? I have a couple of Dover Beach spin-offs that would be the very thing, but...

Hi Ann,

As far as I'm aware they don't specify unpublished but I'll check to make sure. A Dover Beach spin-off sounds just the ticket!

No they don't specify unpublished. Not anywhere nohow. But I wouldn't draw it to their attention.

Thanks, Jayne. I think snail mail might be appropriate because of my poem's idiosyncratic indentation.

***please note***
 

I remember from way, way back that no one's allowed to phone them about the competition, but I've come by this through a friend (and it came with this caveat):

Given that the award of even the runner-up prizes affords us the right to publish your work, it is assumed that any given poem has not already been published elsewhere.

Literary Review/Night and Day
Grand Poetry Competition

Rules

1. Entries must rhyme, scan and make sense on the subject set for the month.

2. No charge is made for entering. The monthly first prize is £300 and the second prize is £150; all other poems printed earn their authors £10. Each year there is a grand poetry prize in which the poem considered the best over the past year receives £5,000.

3. Maximum number of lines per poem: 24.

4. Only two poems may be entered per person per month.

5. All entries must be typed and arrive by the deadline indicated, and every poem must carry the author’s name and address.

6. Only those living abroad may send poems by fax (00 44 20 7734 1844) or email (editorial@literaryreview.co.uk).

7. Whenever possible, poems accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope will be returned. If you wish to safeguard your work, we recommend that you make a copy before sending the poem to us.

9. The panel’s decision is final.

10. Parody and pastiche of well-known poets, unless requested, are not eligible for first prize, but may be considered for second or subsequent prizes.

11. Payment of even £10 buys publication rights in Literary Review and non-exclusive anthology rights in any Literary Review anthology.

12. No poet may telephone Literary Review with regard to the competition.

They say that they must have the right to publish but why should previous publication invalidate that?