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The Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine
2012 Awards
Open International
1st Prize - £5000
2nd Prize - £1000
3rd Prize - £500
Commendation - £50
NHS category
1st Prize - £5000
2nd Prize - £1000
3rd Prize - £500
Commendation- £50
The Hippocrates initiative for poetry and medicine
The Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine is an annual international award for an unpublished poem on a medical subject.
Since its launch in 2009, the Hippocrates Prize has attracted over 4000 entries from 44 countries, from the Americas to Fiji and Finland to Australasia.
With a 1st prize for the winning poem in each category of £5,000, the Hippocrates prize is one of the highest value poetry awards in the world for a single poem.
Awards are in an Open category, which anyone in the world may enter, and an NHS category, which is open to UK National Health Service employees, health students and those working in professional organisations involved in education and training of NHS students and staff.
The Hippocrates initiative also includes annual international symposia at which the Hippocrates awards are presented and an international research forum for poetry and medicine.
Entries are open for the 2012 Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and Medicine. The 2012 Hippocrates awards are being judged by US poet Marilyn Hacker, broadcaster Martha Kearney and scientist Rod Flower, FRS.
Entries are open for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.
2012 Hippocrates Award entries are now closed.
Short-listing by our judges US poet Marilyn Hacker, broadcaster Martha Kearney and scientist Rod Flower, FRS will take place on Wed 4th April, 2012 in London.
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