2024 Open Poetry Competition
Enter our 2024 Open Poetry Competition to make sure you are in with a chance of winning one of our…
2024 Book for Children
The winner of our 2024 Book for Children Competition will receive £750. £300 is second prize with £200 being offered…
2024 Short Story Competition
Enter our Short Story Competition and be in the running for winning one of our prizes to celebrate your success….
2023 Festival Highlights
The 31st Wells Festival of Literature is now over but it has left us some wonderful memories, every one of…
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….
The numbers say it all
As a Festival of Literature our chief passion, obviously, is for words! But there are occasions when figures speak louder…
2023 Open Poetry Competition
First Prize £1000! Second and third prizes – £500 and £250 respectively. Plus £100 for a local poet. To be…
2023 Young Poets Competition
First Prize £150. Second and third prizes £75 and £50. Plus a year’s subscription to the Poetry Society. Deanna Rodger…
2023 Book for Children Competition
First Prize £750. Second and third prizes £300 and £200. Plus £100 for a local author. Rachel Hamilton is a…