Saturday 4 July 2015

Red Line Poetry Competition

The Red Line Festival Poetry Competition is now open for submissions. The festival is in Tallaght in October.

First prize is €300, second prize is €200 and the third prize is €100.

All shortlisted entrants will be invited to read their poems at an event in The Red Line Book Festival this October.

Deadline: Friday 14th August 2015. 


  • A maximum number of 2 poems per person may be submitted.
  • Free to enter (sure why wouldn't you?)
  • Each entered poem, including its title, should be typed single-spaced in a standard 12 point font on one side of a single A4 sheet. 
  • All entrants must be 16 years of age or over. 
  • Open to anyone living on the island of Ireland. 
  • Entrants must not have published a full collection of poems at the time of entry. 

 The competition rules and entry forms can be downloaded here.

 The Red Line Poetry Competition will be judged by the poet Enda Wyley.

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