The Poetry Business has announced that the 4th New Poets Prize is now open for entry, this year judged by Mary Jean Chan.
The New Poets Prize is a short collection competition for writers between the ages of 17 and 24 (inclusive). This prize is run alongside the renowned International Book & Pamphlet Competition organised by The Poetry Business, which has now been established for 33 years.
You have five weeks to get your entries in! Details here.
Young Poets Network have set another poetry competition!
Could you be one of the Bletchley set? Poet So Mayer takes goes into the Bletchley Park archives and invites young poets everywhere to try a number of cleverly coded writing exercises. Write in response to one or more of these, or simply write a poem inspired by the work at Bletchley Park and email Young Poets Network with your work for the chance to be published in an anthology!
Details here.
The Young Poets Network’s Zainab Ismail is asking for young poets up to 14 to play with shape and pour them a concrete/shape poem.
Details here: Young Poets Network.
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