Competitions

International Competitions

See The Shortlists

Press on each of the four categories below to bring up the shortlists of potential winners in this year’s competitions. Congratulations to those who have been selected and many thanks to all the many talented writers who entered.

Open
Poetry

Judge: Camille Ralphs
Prizes: £1000 £500 £250
Plus: £100 for a local author

Short
Story

Judge: Judith Heneghan
Prizes: £750 £300 £200
Plus: £100 for a local author

Book for
Children

Judge: Fleur Hitchcock
Prizes: £750 £300 £200
Plus: £100 for a local author

Young
Poets

Judge: Sanah Ahsan
Prizes: £200 £150 £100
Plus: a year’s subscription to The Poetry Society

2024 Prize Giving and Poetry Reading

Competition News

  • 2023 Young Poets Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Young Poets Competition this year. Congratulations to…

  • 2023 Book for Children Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Book for Children Competition this year….

  • 2023 Short Story Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Short Story Competition this year. Congratulations…

  • 2023 Open Poetry Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Open Poetry Competition this year. Congratulations…