The Dead Cat Poetry Prize

The Dead Cat Poetry Prize is an annual poetry competition de(a)dicat(t)ed to the world's best poetry about felines who have shuffled off their 9 mortal coils.

[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

You can now read the very finest #DeadCatPoems of the year at https://t.co/Srr3Yj20W0

Congratulations to the winners and commended writers, thanks to all who entered and especially the beautiful creatures who inspired them.

We'll be back in 2024

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The Dead Cat Poetry Prize is open for entries until the end of *tomorrow* (Monday 17 March 2025) - and thanks to the generosity of the poets who've entered, we've just increased the prize fund!

£100 first prize; pay-what-you-decide entry fee.

https://t.co/2gwyQOpE3Z

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[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

You can now read the very finest #DeadCatPoems of the year at https://t.co/Srr3Yj20W0

Congratulations to the winners and commended writers, thanks to all who entered and especially the beautiful creatures who inspired them.

We'll be back in 2024

[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

First prize:

'Thalia' by Aleksander Carver

https://t.co/Srr3Yj20W0

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We intend to announce the winners of the 2023 Dead Cat Poetry Prize tomorrow. Watch this space and https://t.co/aTYzrZAfDg

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Busy reading an awful lot of wonderful stuff.

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*Loads* of people have won the National Poetry Competition before.

Only one person - Eleanor Conlon of @threeravenspod - has ever won the Dead Cat Poetry Prize until now.

You might be the second.

Eighty minutes left to enter: https://t.co/aTYzrZAfDg

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Two hours left to enter the #NationalPoetryCompetition 2023!

Judges: Jane Draycott, Will Harris and Clare Pollard
First Prize: £5,000

Enter here: https://t.co/TSBY2pUxIO

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@deadcatpoems Oh my god this is AMAZING!!! Well freakin done 😍😍😍

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We made this decision in the light of @writers_hq's call for contests & journals to ensure they are financially accessible.

While donation is optional, most entrants *have* donated and most donations have been *higher* than our original entry fee.

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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who's donated at https://t.co/cR9olonnnM, since we took the leap and made entry pay-what-you-decide this year.

Yesterday we hit a fundraising target which means that the next two year's prize funds will be at least as generous.

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This year's prize closes to new entries at midnight tonight!

Good luck one and all.

Still time to enter if it's still October in Catford: https://t.co/Srr3Yj20W0

[Image by Gundula Vogel from Pixabay]

[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who's donated at https://t.co/cR9olonnnM, since we took the leap and made entry pay-what-you-decide this year.

Yesterday we hit a fundraising target which means that the next two year's prize funds will be at least as generous.

[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

One more day to get your very best Dead Cat Poems in for this year's prize - and, thanks to the relentless march of time, we've graduated to the* first page of the @natpoetrylib competition listings.

More details at https://t.co/aTYzrZAfDg

*...very bottom of the...

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Oh. I forgot the link: https://t.co/aTYzrZAfDg

[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

2 [two] days left to get your best ever poems about dead cats in for consideration for the Dead Cat Poetry Prize 2023.

Top prize is £75 and bragging rights for life; entry is pay-what-you-like

Tell your friends before it's too late!

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#CallForSubmissions #Cats #Meow

[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

2 [two] days left to get your best ever poems about dead cats in for consideration for the Dead Cat Poetry Prize 2023.

Top prize is £75 and bragging rights for life; entry is pay-what-you-like

Tell your friends before it's too late!

💀🐈‍⬛️✍️🏆

#CallForSubmissions #Cats #Meow

[The Dead Cat Poetry Prize @deadcatpoems]

10 days left to submit!

We accept optional donations in lieu of entry fees, and we *will* consider your poetry about dead cats for our top prize.

In fact... that's all we'll consider.

⚱️ https://t.co/aTYzrZAfDg 🐈‍⬛️

#WritingCommunity #callforsubmissions