The prize-money for first place is £500 (over $750), with $150 for the best runner-up from the United States and £100 for the best runner-up from the United Kingdom. Ten special commendations will also be awarded and all the winners will be published in firstwriter.magazine and receive a free year's subscription to the site worth $29.99 / £19.99! The contest is open to poems of any style and on any subject, but they must not be longer than 30 lines. The closing date for submissions is October 1, 2008, and there is a reading fee of $4.50 / £3.00 per poem. Alternatively you can enter three poems for just $3.75 / £2.50 each, five poems for only $3.00 / £2.00 each, or ten poems for only $2.25 / £1.50 per poem.Closing date for receipt of entries has been delayed to October 1, 2008.