Important: All entries are judged anonymously. Please do not include your name, address, phone number, email, website, twitter handle, etc. on the document.

Disqualification

We will disqualify entries if they contain the poet’s name or any other identifying text, or if they are over 40 lines in length. If you forget to add details – title or line count – your entry will NOT be disqualified

Format

• Add the line count to the top right of the first page. The title is not included in the line count, nor are dedications, nor are spaces between stanzas
• Entries must be typed. We do not accept handwritten or postal submissions
• Do not add a cover or title pages
• Do not send illustrated work
• Use font Arial or Time New Roman, 12pt, black.
• Single line spaced, except between stanzas where it should be double
• If the poem runs to two pages, number both pages centre bottom
• Save the file as a Microsoft Word document – .doc or .docx. We also accept file types .rtf, .pdf, .txt. Maximum allowed file size is 2Mb
• The file name should be the title of the poem only, typed exactly the same as on the document, for example: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
• Do not include your name in the file title or it will be disqualified
• Do not put Victorina entry / Victorina poem entry, etc. in the file title
• For untitled pieces, save the document with the first line of the poem instead
• Entries need to be sent in two separate documents – A file with the poem, separate documents for each poem, no personal information attached, the second document should contain your name, contact email and title of your poem/poems.