Winchester Poetry Festival is calling on poets from around the world to submit their best, unpublished work to be in with a chance of winning £1000. Poems can be on any subject and in any form or style but must be written in English and be no more than 40 lines.
This year, we are pleased to announce that our 2023 Winchester Poetry Prize judge, is multi award-winning poet and author, Zaffar Kunial.
Prizes:
First prize: £1,000
Second prize: £500
Third prize: £250.
The best poem by a poet living in Hampshire will receive a prize kindly donated by Warren & Son.
Winners will be announced live at a special prize-giving event at The ARC during Winchester Poetry Festival (13-15 October 2023). Winning and commended poems will also be published in a competition anthology.
Entry is £6 for the first poem, and £5 for subsequent poems. There is a pay-it-forward scheme originally set up by 2020’s competition winner, Lewis Buxton.
Principal sponsor: Paris Smith
Rules and how to enter can be found
here
Deadline: 23:59 on 31 July 2023
Winchester Poetry Festival is a biennial festival that aims to act as a round table for poetry where everyone is welcome - a hub for poetry locally, nationally and internationally. Our 2023 Festival (13 - 15 October 2023) will have a focus on the diversity and creativity of the languages of the UK.