Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition - international, open, poetry contest Read More

Judge’s Report by Alex Keegan   Over the last 10-15 years I have judged approximately 45 short-story competitions including “From the Ashes”, The Derby Prize, 7Q &… Read More

by Brindley Hallam Dennis   The first few stories I read, of the nearly one hundred that had been submitted to the competition, were not prizewinners. That was the luck of the draw. Of… Read More

Administrator’s Note Please note that this competition was judged blind and the adjudication report was sent in by the Judge with only the titles of the winning and commended poems. I… Read More

Administrator’s Note Please note that this competition was judged blind and the adjudication report was sent in by the Judge with only the titles of the winning and commended poems. I… Read More

Poetry competitions do seem to cause quite a bit of controversy, whether because of high entry fees, the use of 'sifters' (meaning that big name judge isn't necessarily going to see your wor… Read More

FOUR writers, made up of a Cameroonian and three Nigerians, are currently in Iseyin, Oyo State, where they are working on their literary works at the Ebedi International Writers Residency. T… Read More

SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY COMPETITION Closing Date: 31-May-2014 For original, previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style up to 50 lines long. Thi… Read More

Today we have an abundance of extraordinary articles published in the press. The bicentenary is almost here (April 21) and the British media are mobilising all the big literary names to talk… Read More