This year's theme is ‘The Environment’, in harmony with National Poetry Day UK’s theme for 2022. Poems are invited from writers worldwide aged 60 and over at the time of entry.
This year we also have a Dumfries & Galloway strand, open only to people resident in this region of Scotland.
Our judge for this year’s competition is the brilliant Des Dillon. Des is an award-winning poet, writer, dramatist and scriptwriter whose work has been published and performed across Europe and America.
This year’s prizes:
Both strands of the 2022 competition will result in a winner and a runner-up.
The runners-up will each receive a prize of £50 and a selection of books. The winners will each receive a selection of books and a mentoring session worth £175 with experienced poet and publisher, Elizabeth Rimmer.
Entry fee: Members £4 per poem / Non-members £5 per poem
For further information, please visit our website
Deadline: Monday 31 October 2022 at 23:59