West Coast Eisteddfod Friday Saturday Sunday

(If you wish to enter live events at the Barnsdall Art Park on Sat 24th Sept go here )

Online Competition Groups

Compete for cash prizes and acclaim in this years West Coast Eisteddfod online competitions. Visit the individual submission groups below for more details. Read more about our 2011 online competition judges here

West Coast Eisteddfod Poetry Submission Group

You may submit your entries in Welsh, English or Spanish. You may submit up to five entries in each language category. The three language categories will be judged separately and there will be a prize for each. Accompanying graphics are not permitted. There is a US150 dollars (approx 100GBP ) prize for the winners in each category. The final submission date is September 15th 2011. Judges to be announced.

West Coast Eisteddfod Short Story Submission Group

The short story competition starts today. The theme of your story need not reference Wales in any way. You may submit your entry in either Welsh or English. Basically you will need to write a short story between 1000 and 3000 words in length and submit it in accordance with the rules for site members or non-site members outlined below. Accompanying graphics are not permitted. There is a US150 dollars (approximately 100GBP ) prize for the winner. and US100 dollars ( approximately 65GBP ) for the runner up. The final submission date is Sept 15th 2011 and the winners will be announced at the Eisteddfod ( October 2010 ). We are immensely proud and pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year, author Lloyd Jones will judge the entries in the West Coast Eisteddfod Short Story competition. Lloyd is the author of two novels, 'Mr Vogel' and 'Mr Cassini' and a collection of short stories - 'My First Colouring Book' . He has also written the extremely popular Welsh language novel - 'Y Dwr' . You may submit up to four entries.