'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
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 from around the world. Entry is free and young poets can send as many poems as they like before the ...
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
