'Now I have the courage to show everyone my voice': meet this year's Foyle Young Poets award winners
“It means the world to me to win the Foyle Young Poets award. I have been writing for a very long time – privately, always hunched over the family computer, letting my ideas meander onto the document,” one of this year’s Foyle Young Poets top 15 winners, Evie Lockwood, said. Twelve-year-old Evie, from Swindon, added: “Now I have the courage to show everyone my voice; to demonstrate that I am worth...
9th October 2024
‘I’m always thinking of lines and looking for inspiration’: learning lessons from youngsters in school’s poetry group
Most readers coming to this site will be interested in the future of poetry in changing times. The Bookseller announced in December 2023 that poetry was “on course for a record year”, partly due to an increasing number of independent presses (despite their rather precarious existence) and partly as ...
22nd July 2024
Deadline nears for Foyle Young Poets of the Year award
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year award is once again open for entries. It’s organised by the Poetry Society and supported by the Foyle Foundation, and invites new poems from young writers aged 11–17 ...
7th July 2024
How youngsters engage with poetry – teachers, can you help?
The National Literacy Trust has launched what it calls "the biggest survey to date about children and young people’s engagement with poetry". They are asking teachers for their help in discovering wha...
18th May 2024
