All India Poetry Competition 2016

Organizer

The Competition is organised by The Poetry Society (India).

Competitors 

• The Competition is open to resident and non-resident Indian poets and translators.

• Members of the Governing Board and the Executive Committee of The Poetry Society (India) and the first prize-winners of previous All-India Poetry Competitions are not permitted to enter the Competition.

• No Competitor may win more than one prize.

Adjudication And Prizes

The Poems entered for the Competition will be read by a panel of eminent Indian poets who will select  the prize-winning poems.

The decision of the judges will be final and The Poetry Society (India) will not enter into any correspondence about the results.

There will be six prizes awarded for entries in English and six prizes for entries in Hindi. 


Each category will have:

i.                    The first prize of  Rs. 10,000/-

ii.                  The second prize of  Rs. 5,000/-

iii.                The third prize of Rs. 3,000/-

iv.                Three  commendation prizes of Rs. 1,000/- .

A list of prize-winners and the prize-winning poems will be uploaded on  www.indianpoetry.org

Entry 

The following procedure be followed for sending the entries:

• A copy of each poem  be sent through e-mail at  hkkaul@gmail.com, Another copy of the same poem/s be sent in print/typed form through mail/courier along with the entry fee,  cost of anthology and Entry Form duly filled in..
• Each entry must be either a poem written in English or Hindi  by the competitor or his/her translation into English  or Hindi of a poem by any poet in any of the recognized Indian languages.
• There will be an entry fee of Rs. 200 per poem. Competitors may submit as many poems as they wish to submit.
• In case of submission of  translated version of  copyrighted poems in English or Hindi  before submitting the poems, the translators should have obtained permission from the poets for the use of their poems for the Competition. Scanned copy/copies of the permission/s should be sent along with the entry/entries by e-mail and original copy/copies by post to The Poetry Society (India).   
• Each poem must be the unaided work of the author or translator and it must not have been previously published or broadcast, or  hosted on the Web/blog.
• If it has been found that the competitor has copied in full or part a poem of another poet or downloaded in full or part a poem of another poet from the Internet, and submitted as an entry to the All India Poetry Competition 2016, suitable/legal action can be taken against the competitor.
• The maximum length of a poem should  not exceed 45 lines.
• Competitors may submit as many poems as they wish provided that each poem is accompanied by an entry fee of  Rs. 200/- per poem.
•  The entry fee must be paid by a Demand Draft drawn on any bank in India and made payable to The Poetry Society (India) at New Delhi. Payments sent by outstation cheques, cash or money order will not be accepted.
•  Each packet / envelope addressed to The  Secretary, The Poetry Society (India), L-67A, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017 should contain:
• Entry Form duly filled in
• Poem/s in typed/printed form;
• Bank draft towards the Entry Fee at Rs. 200 per poem plus Rs. 200 towards cost of the anthology of the shortlisted poems. All payments can be sent in one demand draft.

Important Date

 

Last  date for receiving  entries: June 30, 2016