[Jayne Osborn]

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.