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The Exeter Poetry Prize is now in its sixth year, sponsored in 1999 by the Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre. The competition has become one of the major annual international poetry competitions, with prize money in this year totalling £3,750. This website is a collection of the winning poems from the 1999 Poetry Prize, contained in the anthology from Odyssey Press. Read and enjoy!

THE PRIZES
JUDGE'S REPORT
THE WINNING POEMS
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
ODYSSEY PRESS
THE AWARDS NIGHT
COPYRIGHT
PHOTOGRAPHY

With thanks to Andy Morley, The Exeter Phoenix, Derrick Woolf, Tilla Brading & all the poets for their contributions to this website.