Jonathan Edwards to judge Kent and Sussex poetry competition
Jonathan Edwards will be judging the £1,000 Kent and Sussex poetry competition. The deadline is 31 January 2023. More details
18th December 2022
Fiona Benson to judge Teignmouth poetry competition
Fiona Benson will be judging the £600 Teignmouth poetry festival competition. The closing date is 31 January 2023. More details
18th December 2022
Jane Commane to judge WoLF poetry competition
Jane Commane will be judging the £400 Wolverhampton literature festival (WoLF) poetry competition. The deadline is 31 December. More details
31st October 2022
Halloween is deadline day for National Poetry Competition
The deadline is Halloween, 31 October, for this year’s £5,000 National Poetry Competition, organised by the Poetry Society. This year’s judges are Greta Stoddart, Jason Allen-Paisant and Michael Symmo...
30th October 2022
Deborah Harvey to judge Indigo poetry prize
Deborah Harvey will be judging the £250 Indigo Dreams autumn poetry prize. The deadline is 30 October. More details
11th October 2022
Feeling angry? Enter the Bread & Roses poetry competition
Andy Croft, publisher of Smokestack Books and poetry editor of the Morning Star, and Fran Lock, associate editor of Culture Matters, will be judging the Bread and Roses poetry award, organised by Cult...
26th September 2022
Joshua Bennett and Victoria Kennefick to judge £2,000 Troubadour competition
Joshua Bennett and Victoria Kennefick will be judging the £2,000 Troubadour international poetry prize. The deadline is 26 September. More details
12th September 2022
Deadline nears for £1,000 Oxford Brookes competition
Caroline Bird will be judging the £1,000 Oxford Brookes international poetry competition. The deadline is 31 August. More details
20th August 2022
Pioneer poetry competition for deaf and disabled poets
Jerwood Poetry Fellow Jamie Hale, pictured, is launching the UK’s first Disabled Poets prize in collaboration with Spread the Word, Verve Poetry Press, Verve Poetry Festival, and CRIPtic Arts. The pri...
19th August 2022
Jo Bell to judge £1,000 Winchester poetry prize
Jo Bell will be judging the £1,000 Winchester poetry prize. The deadline is 31 July. More details
24th June 2022
Inua Ellams to judge £5,000 Bridport poetry prize
Inua Ellams will be judging the £5,000 Bridport poetry prize. The deadline is 31 May. More details
7th May 2022
Deadline nears for Wirral poetry competition
The deadline is 22 May for the Wirral poetry festival annual competition. First prize is £250. More details
5th May 2022
Deadline nears for £600 Ver Poets competition
John McCullough will be judging the £600 Ver Poets open competition. The deadline is 30 April. More details
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28th April 2022
Deadline nears for £600 Ware poetry competition
Jonathan Edwards will be judging the £600 Ware open poetry competition. The deadline is 30 April. More details
27th April 2022
Fancy opening a show for Dr John Cooper Clarke? Then read on ...
No, we don’t think this is fake news! It seems unlikely but the Bard of Salford, Dr John Cooper Clarke, is offering one lucky poet an opening slot at JCC’s London show at the Hammersmith Eventim Apoll...
24th March 2022
Anna Saunders to judge £250 Indigo Dreams poetry prize
Anna Saunders will be judging the £250 inaugural Indigo Dreams open poetry prize. The deadline is 31 March. More details
2nd March 2022
Kim Moore to judge £600 Poets & Players competition
Kim Moore will be judging the £600 Poets & Players competition. The deadline is 23 February. More details
31st January 2022
Deadline nears for Brian Dempsey Memorial poetry prize
Konstandinos (Dino) Mahoney will be judging the Brian Dempsey Memorial poetry prize. First prize is publication of the winner’s pamphlet, judged from entry of 10 poems. The winner of this prize will ...
29th January 2022
Richard Skinner to judge Kent & Sussex competition
Richard Skinner will be judging the £1,000 Kent & Sussex Poetry Society open poetry competition. The deadline is 31 January. More details
27th January 2022
Gaia Holmes to judge Red Shed poetry competition
Gaia Holmes will be judging the £100 Red Shed poetry competition. The deadline is 31 March. More details
24th January 2022
Gillian Clarke to judge £1,000 Rialto nature and place competition
Gillian Clarke will be judging the £1,000 nature and place poetry competition, run by The Rialto magazine with RSPB, BirdLife International, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and The University of Lee...
10th January 2022
Deadline nears for Edward Thomas competition
The deadline is 15 January for entries to the £150 Edward Thomas Fellowship poetry competition. The judge is Jamie McKendrick. More details
9th January 2022
Submissions open for Yaffle anthology competition
Submissions are open until 31 January for the Yaffle poetry prize, with the winner receiving £200, and publication in the Yaffle prize anthology, along with the runners-up, highly commended poets, and...
8th January 2022
