2022 Young Poets Competition Shortlist
Congratulations to our 2022 Young Poets Shortlisted Entries
| A Teenager’s Lament | Maisie Jack | |
| Daybreak in Tarbet | Joe Wright | |
| Dress Up | Finn Robin West | |
| Glass Heart | Emily McFarlane | |
| If I Know a Hymn of Home | Dominic Sidaway | |
| Killing Time | Florence Hall | |
| Mould | Jeta Gosalci | |
| Shrinking | Heidi Rolf-Stott | |
| Skin & Bones | Lara Zoe Plant | |
| Snowdrop | Ingrid Wong | |
| Summer Rain | Nakul Chaudhary | |
| The Muse’s Artist | Jude Costello | |
| this is all the love i can give you | Megan Lunda | |
| Uncle Tom’s House | Saoirse Mannion |
Caleb Parkin, Bristol City Poet 2020 – 22, won second prize in the National Poetry Competition 2016, the Winchester Poetry Prize 2017 and other shortlists. His poems feature in The Guardian, The Rialto, The Poetry Review, Under the Radar, Poetry Wales, Magma, Butcher’s Dog and elsewhere. Commissions include Poetry Society, Lyra Festival, Green Party, National Literacy Trust, Royal British Legion, and The Hepworth Wakefield.
For the Young Poets competition, this year’s prize money is 1st £150, 2nd £75, 3rd £50. All three prize winners will also receive a year’s subscription to the Poetry Society.
Entries to the Young Poets Competition must not be longer than 35 lines. The poems can be about any subject, and must be anonymous. Competitors may only submit one entry and must be aged 16 to 22 inclusive, at the closing submission date on 30 June 2022.
Please read the Terms & Conditions carefully to ensure you entry is accepted.