22nd National Student Poetry Competition 2014 Deadline: 18th Apr 14

Windows Publications in association with Cavan Crystal present the 22nd National Student Poetry Competition 2014.

Adjudicated by Heather Brett and Noel Monahan.

€100 1st Prize in each category

With several runner-up prizes and over 50 highly commended certificates.


Entry to the competition is free and no entry form is needed. Entrant details (name, age, school and contact number) must be clearly marked on the back of each entry if posting work or at the end of the work if sending by email.

Poems must not have been published or won a prize in any other competition, and must be the student's own work.

Email entries, please send to: heatherbrett22@gmail.com

By post to: Windows/Cavan Crystal Poetry Competition, Cavan Crystal Hotel, Dublin Road, Cavan, Co. Cavan on or before Friday 18th April 2014.

Please state which category you are entering:

Junior Category - Open to all students throughout Ireland and the UK in primary, national school education or equivalent.

Senior Category - Open to all students throughout Ireland and the UK in second level education or equivalent.

Irish Language Category - Open to all students between 10 and 18 years old.


The award ceremony will be held in Cavan Crystal Hotel on Sunday 25th May at 3.00pm. Please note: It is a condition of the award that prize winners must present themselves at the ceremony before a prize can be awarded.