Submissions are currently open for the Hippocrates Prize Open International Award [3]. A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,400) and publication in the Hippocrates Prize anthology and on the Hippocrates Initiative website is given annually for a poem on a medical theme. An additional prize of £1,000 is given for a poem on a medical theme by a health professional.

Using the online submission system [4], submit a poem of up to 50 lines with a £7 (approximately $10) entry fee by February 14. The judges will announce the winner at the 2018 International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine. Poet Mark Doty [5], multi-genre writer and medical practitioner Peter Goldsworthy [6], and poet Carol Rumens [7] will judge. 

Established in 2009, the Hippocrates Initiative for Poetry and Medicine also sponsors an annual award for young poets and publishes books of poetry through Hippocrates Press [8], including Comfort Measures by author and doctor Rafael Campo. The organization also hosts the Hippocrates Society for Poetry and Medicine [9], an international forum of readings, workshops, and other programming to discuss the relationship between poetry and medicine. Visit the website [10] for the contest entry form and complete guidelines.