Ayesha Ahmad: Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine Competition

The Hippocrates Initiative began in 2009 as the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine for an unpublished poem on a medical subject. The Hippocrates Initiative now also includes an annual international symposia at which the Hippocrates awards are presented, an international research forum for poetry and medicine and The Hippocrates Press.

With a 1st prize of £5,000 both for the winning poem in the Open International category and for the NHS category, the Hippocrates Prize is one of the highest value poetry awards in the world for a single poem. The deadline for the 2013 awards is midnight GMT 31st January 2013.

See weblink below for news of the 2013 awards including how to submit online:

 http://hippocrates-poetry.org/

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