 poetry competition the puffin review is pleased to announce an exciting new poetry competition which we are running with le manoir de gurson a country house and writers retreat in the dordogne we are seeking poems on the theme of peace and tranquillity with a maximum word count of 200 the closing date for entries is 31st may 2013 and the competition will be judged by the poet ros barber with the winner being announced in our july edition the winner will be selected by ros at the manoir itself where she will be running a poetry course from 16th 21st june 2013 details of the poetry course are available at le manoir s website wwwmanoirdegursoncouk the prize will be a selfcatering holiday for up to four people for the 13th 20th october 2013 the party will have complete and private use of the manoir and of the pool weather permitting entries should be emailed to editor puffinreviewcom good luck  