Awaiting New Stock of 2014 Anthology - Please Be Patient!

Due to unprecedented demand, we have run out of our current stock of the 2014 Anthology.  We have an order in with our book printers for another shipment but are looking at 10+ days delivery from them before we can send any more books out.

We are confident that all orders already placed with us will be shipped to arrive in time for Christmas but cannot - at present - guarantee delivery prior to Christmas for any NEW orders placed after today.

Once the reprints are here, we will let you know!

FAQ: My Poem Is In the Book - Do I Get A Free Copy?

This is the question that we are asked most often: "My poem is included in the anthology - do I get a free copy?"

Unfortunately, it is only the WINNERS who receive a free copy of the book and that is part of their prize. We include the other shortlisted poems in each category in the final anthology to recognise the work of the authors who submitted them and also in the hope that people may like to purchase copies for themselves.

It is only due to the generosity of people buying copies of the book that we are able to keep Pendle War Poetry a FREE TO ENTER COMPETITION ass the funds raised help to cover the cost of the winners' certificates, prizes and the cost of the posting them out.

Other competitions charge a fee of £3 or £5 per poem to enter and - quite often - your submissions disappear into some sort of black hole.  Other publishers stuff huge quantities of poems into expensive hard-bound volumes and then try and charge you £20+ for a copy.  We don't do any of that - we keep our anthologies at a reasonable price so that everybody can enjoy them and we do not charge for entries so that everybody across the world and of any age can enter easily.

We hope that you agree with our philosophy and look forward to your continued support in the future.

List Of Entries Included In The "Selected Poems 2014" Anthology

(For purchase links see bottom of this post)

The following entries have been included in the Selected Poems 2014 Anthology:

Entrants Under 18:

The Guns of War - Lauren Christopher
Will We Fall? - Olivia King
Dear Mum - Astrid Bloemink
Vita - Megan Farrimond
From Heaven To Hell I Fell - Zeki Madjid
Loving You - Kate Owen
For Freedom - Gaby Owen
Hero - Lucy Davies

Pendle & Lancashire Entries:

Accrington Pals - Stan Holgate
Not In My Name - Tina Louise Rothery
The Unlived Years - Olwen Lund
What If We Start A War - Tina Morris
Remember Me! - Anne Ward

UK & Ireland Entries:

Playing The Game - Bill Allen
The Ulsterman - Gregory McDowell
I Was Young - SJ Robinson
Salient - Colin Curtis
Uncle - Ralph Keats
Morituri - Richard Perrins
The Great War Revisited - Peter Branson
Deserter In A Time Of War - Vicks Jenkins
The War’s Still In My Head - Paul Rowcliffe
The Pilgrim - J.R. Bourne
Silence Echoes -  Peter Madden
Mr Rat - Sue Gerrard
Heroes - Glenn Merrilees
Them That Were Is  - Thomas Frail
Poppy Day - Louise Wilford
Patriotism Slaughtered Our Youth - Phen Weston
Wolds Farm Boys - Ken Durkin
Silence - Urszula Funnell
Name And Shame - Reverend (Sqn Ldr)  Michael Chatfield
Another Mother’s Son - Marion Bruce
The Lost Brave - Tom Wyre
Walk - Scott Moon
The Last Birthday Party - Guy Hayward
Our Billy - Ian Smith.
The Calling -  Amanda-Jayne Lanceley
The Truth Within Us All - Natasha Walker & David Trinco
A World Away From Heaven - John Graham
Sonata for Oboe and Moonlight  (Night over Europe) - Paul Nicholas
Sons - Alison Hull
The Lost Heroes - Andrew Harper
Belmullet, July 1916 - Patrick Conway
Somme: 2014 - Robert Cumming
Flags and Blags - Stu Prince

Overseas Entries:

I Am Technology - Cecilia Mallon, Canada
A Brief Visit To Mellor - Keith Johnson, New Zealand
Barbed Wire - Roger Nash, Canada
Heroes' Blood  - Robyn Corum USA
Veterans’ Day, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Stephen J Cribari, USA
Not Ever - Lynda Lesny, Canada
Metal Against Metal - Peter Parsley, Belgium
The Shooting Post - Dave Pugh, France
Lest We Forget - Neil J Milliner, Australia
No Win War - William Lacewell Jr, USA
Indian Sing - Fabiyas M V, India
When Twilight Erupted -  Clint Hirschfield, USA
My Mother Tells the World - Susan McMaster, Nova Scotia
Jane’s Century of War and Peace (To Jane, 1909-2114) - Chris Nash, Canada
Acts  Of  Hitler - Macdell Joshua Sackey, Ghana
911 - Sharmila Shankar Meena, India
The Unknown Soldier - James Tierney, Italy

Photos & Illustrations:

Standing Stone – John Milton Blackburn
Blackpool Cenotaph – Anne Ward, Blackpool
The Boys Of the Old Brigade 1914 - Farren Robinson
Wings – Stanley Kaye, Peterborough
Tours American Monument (Indre et Loire - France ) - Marianne Février, France
 
Due to unprecedented demand, we have run out of our current stock of the 2014 Anthology.  We have an order in with our book printers for another shipment but are looking at 10+ days delivery from them before we can send any more books out.
 
We are confident that all orders already placed with us will be shipped to arrive in time for Christmas but cannot - at present - guarantee delivery prior to Christmas for any NEW orders placed after 7th December.
 
Please check back for updates!

UK ORDER LINK:
To purchase copies of Selected Poems 2014 for £5.50 each , inclusive of UK P&P, click the link below:

OVERSEAS ORDER LINK:
To purchase copies of Selected Poems 2014 for £5.50 each , with P&P added for USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, click the link below: 

Due to unprecedented demand, we have run out of our current stock of the 2014 Anthology.  We have an order in with our book printers for another shipment but are looking at 10+ days delivery from them before we can send any more books out.

We are confident that all orders already placed with us will be shipped to arrive in time for Christmas but cannot - at present - guarantee delivery prior to Christmas for any NEW orders placed after 7th December.

Please check back for updates!
 

Results Of The 2014 Pendle War Poetry Competition

Each of the following prize winners receives an official certificate and a free copy of the Selected Poems 2014 Anthology:

Entrants Under 18:

1^st Prize: The Guns of War - Lauren Christopher
2^nd Prize: Dear Mum - Astrid Bloemink

Pendle & Lancashire Entries:

1^st Prize: Accrington Pals - Stan Holgate
2nd Prize: Not In My Name - Tina Louise Rothery

UK & Ireland Entries:

1^st Prize: Deserter In A Time Of War - Vicks Jenkins
2^nd Prize: Belmullet, July 1916 - Patrick Conway

Overseas Entries:

1^st Prize: A Brief Visit To Mellor - Keith Johnson, New Zealand
2^nd Prize: I Am Technology - Cecilia Mallon, Canada

Photos & Illustrations:

1^st Prize: Standing Stone – John Milton, Blackburn
2^nd Prize: Blackpool Cenotaph – Anne Ward, Blackpool

Note: Prizes will be mailed out later in the month of November once the books have been received from the printers.  If prize winners would like to order extra copies of the book to be given as presents for famliy or friends, these can be mailed out at the same time at a special price.

Competition Closed for 2014 Entries

Entries are now CLOSED for the 2014 Pendle War Poetry Competition.  Any entries received from now on will be carried over to the 2015 competition.

The results of the 2014 Competition will be posted here on 1st November - please check back!

In keeping with previous years. the top 50 or so poems from the competition will be published in the Selected Poems 2014 anthology.  The list of those poems selected will also be posted on 1st November.

Copies will be available to buy at a very reasonable price - sales of the anthology help up to keep this a free to enter competition.  

2014 Poetry & Photographic Competition Launched

If you have been moved by some of the stories that have been presented in the media looking back 100 years to the outbreak of the First World War, why not put pen to paper and enter the Pendle War Poetry competition?

It is completely free to enter and you may discover a passion for writing that you didn’t know you had and, if you don’t fancy writing, there’s a photographic competition as well.

The closing date for both is 30^th September 2014.

The prize categories this year are:

Under 18 UK & Ireland
Under 18 Overseas
Pendle Adult
UK & Ireland Adult
Overseas Adult
UK & Ireland Photographic
Overseas Photographic

and the top two in each category will receive a prize certificate and free copy of the 2014 Anthology.

The prize winning poems and photos will all be included in the 2014 Anthology - as will the pick of the rest of the entries.

To submit your entry (maximum of two per person), send it as an email attachment to: EMAIL