Poetry In Motion

POETRY IN MOTION

Poetry In Motion is an annual Stage Poets competition held once every year by Multi-Marketing in an effort to bring more poets to the fore, give poetry (especially in South Africa and broader) a wider platform, give poets exclusive opportunities to get their work seen and heard and eventually get published without the high cost of self-publishing alone.

Following an open round of qualifiers via email, the competition proceeds to knockout rounds where our followers on social media will vote and decide who goes on to the finals. Selected stage poets will be added to a group and will submit their 3-minute poetry recitals to a Multi-Marketing appointed mobile WhatsApp number which they will be provided with and these will be posted up on social media for our followers to vote on based on how many likes/hearts it gets on our chosen platform.

There will be at least 2 videos posted every few days with a clear deadline of when voting ends and whichever video (of a poetry recital) gets the most likes on our singular selected social media platform will proceed to the next round while the other is eliminated from the competition.

This continues until 1 competitor remains, who will win the prize of FREE Publication of their poetry in the following year’s flagship publication, the Multi-Marketing Anthology.

If you are a stage poet who is good at reciting your own poetry with expressions and gestures and is not stage-shy or camera-shy, then you can enter this annual competition:

 

TO ENTER:

Email a video of yourself performing your own poetry no longer than 3 minutes to info@multimarketing.co.za. The poetry can be performed in any language.

In addition, you must also email through the following in MS Word format as an attachment:

Ø  A recent clear photo of yourself

Ø  A short bio (including your area of residence) – in ENGLISH ONLY.

Ø  Your mobile number

Ø  Your social media handles/links

CLOSING DATE: 30 June 2026

-          There is no entry fee

-          Only the best submissions will be contacted to participate in the social media knockout rounds

-          Any submissions failing to include either the primary or additional requirements mentioned above will be automatically disqualified and not be entertained

-          Any submissions made AFTER the deadline will not be entertained

-          In order to participate in the competition, selected competitors must be active and available on both their mobile phones and emails

-          In the event of ties during the knockout stages, appointed internal judges will decide who goes through to the next round

-          Judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into

-          If it is found that the poetry you have recited is not your own at any point in the competition, you will be disqualified and will be liable for all legal costs incurred as a result of the plagiarism

PRIZE: FREE publication into the annual flagship publication, the Multi-Marketing Anthology!