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Enter the Annual Poetry Competition

Hello,

 

Please familiarise yourself with the competition rules.

Simultaneous submissions NOT ALLOWED.

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When the competition OPENS, please submit ONE poem ONLY on the topic: OUTSIDER.  Only one poem can be submitted. Please use your regional portal to avid your submission going to the wrong team.

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Thank you and good luck,

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B. James

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Read About Bridgette James and the Ella's Poems Project, Launched in January, 2022.

The Annual Bridgette James Poetry Competition, Online Submissions Portal: UK, USA, Canada etc & African Diaspora.

Please Use This Form to Upload Your Competition Entry

NO PDFs

A file browser window will pop up, when you click the + icon, allowing you to navigate your computer's local files to select your competition entry as a word document.

Please do not forget to upload your entry and click the submit button.

Please ensure you’re submitting the final version of your poem. No changes can be made once submission is received and anonymised.

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Emailed Entries: East &West Africa

Please either fill out form and upload poem OR fill out form and send entry as an email attachment.

Thank you.
 

Send to pennedinrage@outlook.com

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Upload File
Upload One Word Document Only

Please Download Proof of Entry

Emailed Entries: Central  or Southern Africa

Send to editor@ellaspoems.com

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Please Download Proof of Entry

Best African Traditional Poem

C/O Dr Ebenezer Mowete 

Send to ellaswriting@mail.com

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Please Email an original poem written in your Language + its translation of not more than 40 lines included in the Word document)

  • Poem must be written in the traditional, cultural style of any African language, example Igbo, Yoruba, Chichewa, Xhosa, Zulu.

  • Poem may employ rhythmic patterns, repetition, and/or incorporate other musical elements into the body of the work.

  • Poem should contain symbolism and rich imagery from your language or culture or traditional beliefs used to convey meaning, example a local proverb

Please Download Proof of Entry

Alphabetical List of Sub-Saharan African Countries 

  • Angola

  • Benin

  • Botswana

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi

  • Cabo Verde

  • Cameroon

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Comoros

  • Congo, Democratic Republic of

  • Congo, Republic of

  • Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

  • Djibouti

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Eritrea

  • Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

  • Ethiopia

  • Gabon

  • Gambia, The

  • Ghana

  • Guinea

  • Guinea-Bissau

  • Kenya

  • Lesotho

  • Liberia

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Mali

  • Mauritania

  • Mauritius

  • Mozambique

  • Namibia

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Rwanda

  • São Tomé and Príncipe

  • Senegal

  • Seychelles

  • Sierra Leone

  • Somalia

  • South Africa

  • South Sudan

  • Sudan

  • Tanzania

  • Togo

  • Uganda

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe 

Penned in Rage Journal, Amplifying Marginalised Voices

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