The Examiners for the Chancellor's Medal for an English poem give notice that the Medal for 2006 will be given for an original poem not exceeding two hundred lines on any subject.
A resident undergraduate may be a candidate if on 1 February 2006 not more than seven complete terms will have passed after his or her first term of residence.
Candidates must send three copies of their exercise to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN so as to reach him not later than 1 February 2006. The exercise must be in a printed or typewritten form; it must bear a motto (a short phrase) but not the candidate's name, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto outside and containing the candidate's name and College.
The successful candidate shall recite his or her poem in the Senate-House on the day fixed for the recitation of prize exercises, and shall deposit a printed or typewritten copy of the poem in the University Library.