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The 7th international Welsh Poetry Competition, 2013, was launched this week in Pontypridd, South Wales.

This annual competition has gone from strength to strength each year and is an essential part of the literary calendar.

Writer and competition organizer Dave Lewis said: The continued success of the competition shows there is a great hunger for honest appreciation of the spoken word. Many feel the competition is unique because it is truly independent, we do not use filter judges and all our entries are judged anonymously. So, whether you are an established writer or a complete beginner, everyone has the same chance of winning. This is vitally important because it allows exciting new talent to emerge.

This year the competition will be judged by Welsh writer and poet, Eloise Williams.

We are delighted that Eloise has agreed to judge this years competition. She is a fantastic writer of poetry, fiction and plays. She has been widely published and won several awards for her work. Born in Cardiff, Eloise grew up in Llantrisant and now lives in beautiful Tenby.

The competition has had six great years already and we have also published an anthology containing all the winning poems from the first five years so if anyone wants to see the standard of work before they enter they can buy a copy from the competition web site.

As always, we hope to discover previously unpublished voices alongside the more familiar literary names. We believe good poetry should be raw, passionate, and honest. Have you got what it takes?

Prizes are: 1st Prize - 400, 2nd Prize - 200 and 3rd Prize - 100, plus 17 runners-up will be published on our web site.

To enter you just need to compose a poem, in English, of less than 50 lines and send to the competition organizers. Entry forms are available by post, can be downloaded from the web site or picked up from local libraries. It is just 4 to enter and the closing date is Sunday 26th May 2013.

Competition Website - www.welshpoetry.co.uk
Competition Judge www.eloisewilliams.com



Contact Tel: Dave Lewis - 07890 888585