Entry is open to all aged 18 or above, irrespective of residence, citizenship, nationality, or
place of birth. New, emerging, experienced and established writers are all welcome.
Topic: a) on any subject or theme chosen by the writer; OR b) “Plastic” (interpreted in any way).
Length: No more than 30 lines (not counting title or blank lines)
Style, form and format: free choice.
Language: English (may be a translation into English)
Must be previously unpublished in English.
1st prize; USD100.00; 2nd prize: USD45.00; 3rd prizes (up to four winners): USD20.00 each.
Prize-winning entries will be published on the website, proversepublishing.com and/or in a
paperback and/or Ebook anthology and/or in a Proverse E-newsletter.
Selected entries may be published in a paperback and/or Ebook anthology.
Number of entries per entrant: no limit.
No entrant may win more than one prize among the 1st-, 2nd- or 3rd- prizes in any year.
Number of poems per entrant that may be awarded a place in the anthology: no limit.
Entry fee per poem: HK$100.00 or US$12.00 or £9.99. (Other currencies available: CAD16.00,
EUR14.00, NZD18.00, AUD18.00.)
Public announcement of results scheduled for: 21 November 2019. (1st-, 2nd- and 3rd-prize
winners (if any) and winners of a place in the anthology (if any) will be informed before this.)
The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence can be entered into about the results.