Rules of the Snowdrop Festival Poetry Competition
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• Competitors may submit up to three entries
• Poems must be on the subject of snowdrops or any aspect of the James Allen & Shepton Mallet snowdrop story
• Poems must not exceed 30 lines in length. Entries which exceed the stated length will be disqualified
• Poems may use any format – haiku, sonnet, blank verse etc.
• The entry fee of £3 per poem will be waived for the inaugural year of the festival
• Entries must be the exclusive work of the author
• Poems must be typed in English, not have been published before and not currently entered in any other competition
• Entries must be submitted on-line and must be scanned to ensure that they are free from computer viruses
• Each individual poem should be typed on a separate A4 document – please use as many pages as you need
• Where a poem is longer than one page, please clearly include the title and number on each page
• Type your entry 1.5 or double-spaced text
• DO NOT write your name on the same page as your poem, your name should only appear on your entry form
• No changes can be made to a poem once it has been submitted

• Copyright remains with the authors but the Snowdrop Festival reserves the right to reproduce the poems, including in the press and online, to publicise and promote the competition and the festival
• No single piece of work may win more than one prize
• No correspondence can be entered into
• The festival reserves the right to update and amend these rules at any time - any changes will be posted on this website
• The judges' decisions are final

Deadline for entries
The deadline for entries is midnight on 15th January 2017