2024’s Keats-Shelley Poetry and Essay Prizes are open. The Chair of this year’s judging panel is the acclaimed writer, broadcaster and historian Tom Holland. International submissions are welcomed.
Poets are asked to write a new work inspired by this year’s prize theme of “Exile”, chosen to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death in Greece.
Keats-Shelley essayists are invited to write on any aspect of the work and/or lives of the Romantics and their circles.
Keats-Shelley Prize winners receive £1000. Two highly commended entrants in each category will receive £500. All winning poems and essays will be published in The Keats-Shelley Review https://keats-shelley.org/ksreview and on the Keats-Shelley website.
Entry fee: Poetry submissions are £10, essay submissions are free.
The prizes are open to all.
For more information and how to enter both prizes click
here.
Have a question about 2024’s Prize? Email:
prizes@keats-shelley.org
Deadline: 10am (GMT) on 31 January 2025