Ed,
I'm delighted to see this:
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I just subscribed to The Oldie, by the way, having seen it mentioned here so much. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on it.
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I do hope you enjoy the magazine. I'm a big fan of
The Oldie and go to their monthly lunches at Simpson's In The Strand as often as I can (I'll be at the January lunch). I even know some of the Oldie staff now and chat to the editor occasionally; don't worry, it doesn't earn me any favoritism! Tessa Castro doesn't attend the lunches - and the poems are judged fairly and squarely on what Tessa likes best.
To answer your question, I do as John does. To reiterate: In the subject line of the email I put the comp number and topic, for example, "Competition no. 1234: Holidays" and post the poem in the body of the email (don't send entries as attachments) along with my name and postal address.
I'm sure some people attempt to ingratiate themselves with judges of competitions but IMO it's best to simply put your poem and contact details - nothing else.
I use this format for
The Spectator and other comps mentioned on D & A and I've won lots of times, like John, so we must be doing it right, I reckon!
Jayne