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| 15th October 2025 |
1st $1000 entry $15 |
Tennessee Williams Literary
Festival 2025 Contest: Skye Jackson will judge our 2025
Contest for emerging and unpublished poets. First place winner
will get $1,000 USD and publication in the French Quarter
Journal. For further details, rules, and entry form, visit https://tennesseewilliams.net/contests. |
| 15th October 2025 |
1st $500 entry $20 |
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ 2025 Poetry
Contest: Steven Reigns will judge our 2025 Contest for
LGBTQ+ poets. First place winner will get $500 USD and two
second place winners will receive $100. Winners and finalists
will also be published in our 2026 Poetry Anthology. For further
details, rules, and entry form, visit https://tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit/326817/sas-poetry-contest-2025-2026 |
| 20th October 2025 |
1st Publication entry £20 |
The iOTA Shot Pamphlet Awards is now open for
submissions open for emerging and published poets looking to
release a pamphlet. The award will be offered to up to four poets, giving them a chance to publish a pamphlet along with the option to submit a full collection for subsequent publication. All submission are read and shortlisted poets selected. Work from the shortlist is selected for publication in issue 101 of iOTA Magazine. Judge: Alexander McMillen See iOTA SHOT PAMPHLET AWARDS | 2025 – templarpoetry |
| 20th October 2025 |
1st £400 entry £3 |
The annual Waltham Forest Poetry Competition is
now open for entries. Send in up to 6 poems of 40 lines each per poem (not including the title) on the theme of WEATHER. There are Adult and Young Poet prizes, plus separate Waltham Forest local prizes for people who live, work or study in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Judged by the poet Lorraine Mariner. Adult prizes: 1st £400 2nd £200 3rd £100 Local and young poet prizes: 1st £50 2nd £30 3rd £20 Funniest Poem’ prize: £100 See 2025 Waltham Forest Poetry Competition: WEATHER – The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition |
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1st £2000 entry |
The Bedford Writing Competition is a
prestigious international competition that has been running for
11 years. The 2025 competition is open to anyone over the age of 17. The winner of the main poetry prize will receive £2,000. Judged by Fran Lock. There are also special prizes, sponsored by the University of Bedfordshire, for writers aged 17-25. In addition, there are prizes for local Bedford residents. See Home - The Bedford Competition |
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| 31st October 2025 |
1st £5000 entry £8 |
National Poetry Competition 2025 The competition, run by The Poetry
Society since 1978, is one of the world’s most prestigious
prizes for a single unpublished poem. This year's judging panel
includes Denise Saul, Ian Duhig and Susannah Dickey. Open to all
poets worldwide aged 18+. Prizes: £5,000, £3,000, £2,000,
commendations £500. Deadline: 11.59 GMT, 31st October 2025.
Enter at
http://npc.poetrysociety.org.uk |
| 10th November 2025 |
1st publication entry £25 |
Straid Collection Awards: 2025 Closing date Mon 10 Nov 2025 The annual Straid Collection Award is open for consideration of manuscripts of full collections of poetry written in English from poets living or based anywhere in the world. Two Awards are available and include publication of the collections, author support and promotion following publication by Templar Poetry. |
| 15th November 2025 |
1st £300 entry £4 |
Cheltenham Poetry Festival Competition 2025 Closing date: Sat 15 Nov 2025 Cheltenham Poetry Festival’s 2025 competition is now open for unpublished poems in the English language, of no more than 50 lines. There is no theme to this competition. Judge: Gregory Leadbetter There are cash prizes of £300 (1st), £100 (2nd), £50 (3rd), plus the opportunity to appear at the 2026 Cheltenham Poetry Festival (either online or in Cheltenham). Entrants can enter as many poems per submission. see 2025 International Poetry Competition at Online event tickets from TicketSource |
| 12th January 2026 |
1st £220 entry 3.50 |
THE POETRY KIT TWELTH INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2025 Our competition this year is open to poems from around the world written in English and which can be on any subject or theme. There are no style or length restrictions, but it should be stressed that a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one. 1st prize is valued at £220 2nd prize is valued at £60 E ntry fees are as follows; 1 poem £3.50 3 Poems £8.00 5 poems £10Competition Judge; James Bain ENTER ONLINE |