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

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  • 2022 Prize Winners announced

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  • 2021 International Competition Results

    Our 2021 International Competitions attracted more entries than ever before with our poetry competitions alone bringing in more than 1000…

  • 2020 International Competitions: Winners

    Congratulations to all the winners, and we would also like to thank everyone who entered. You can watch a recording…