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THE POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER April 2025 |
NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
1 - Editors Notes
Submitting information to The Poetry Kit
To enable the contents and usefulness of the Poetry Kit Newsletter to grow we put it out as an attachment. It will still arrive every month in an email but the bulk of the newsletter itself will be in the attachment. To submit information for inclusion in any area of The Poetry Kit including the Newsletter please see submission details at
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Regular Open Mic Events in the UK
Some face to face poetry events have not restarted. Please check before turning up.
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COMPETITIONS CLOSING SOON - OTHER COMPETITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT
http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm
| 12th May 2025 |
1st £110 entry £3.50 |
THE POETRY KIT EASTER COMPETITION 2025 This year's competition is for poetry on
any subject. 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 £110 Entry fees are as follows; 1 poem £3.50
3 Poems £8.00 Competition Judge; Lucy Turnbull, former editor of Optimum Poetry Magazine. See and enter at Easter Competition |
| 15th April 2025 |
1st £100 entry £4.00 |
Federation Of Writers Scotland
Vernal Equinox Competition 2025 Five categories, poetry (any number
of poems, no more than 40 lines each), short stories (any
number, between 501 and 2000 words each), flash
fiction/mini-story (any number, up to 500 words), Scottish
Gaelic and Scots (poetry, line limit as above). Prizes in each
category: 1st prize £100, 2nd prize £25, 3rd prize £10. Brian
Whittingham Memorial Prize £50. For more details and to enter see
https://www.federationofwriters.scot/competition |
| 20th April 2025 |
1st £100 voucher Entry free |
Carers UK 2025 Poetry Competition Judge: Cheryl Moskowitz For this year’s competition, we are
welcoming poems on the theme of 'caring, family and community'. 1st prize = £100 voucher 2nd prize = £50 voucher 3rd prize = £30 voucher Carers UK member prize = £50 voucher Competition guidelines can be found
at: https://www.carersuk.org/get-involved/join-us/poetry-competition/ |
| 27th April 2025 |
1st £100 entry £5 |
The Charm Poetry Competition is open for
submissions from now until April 2025. This year they are looking for something new and different, but the parameters are still wide in what type of poem you can submit, explore their website for more information. Open to original work from poets 16 and over, written in English. Prizes: First Prize: £100 Second Prize: £50 Third Prize: £25 See https://www.charmpoetrycompetition.com/p/charm-poetry-competition-details.html |
| 30th April 2025 |
1st £100 entry £4 |
The Ver Poets Open Competition Entrants are welcome to submit original poems of up to 30 lines on any theme. Poems must be the original work of the competitor. They should not have been published, or accepted for publication, in print or online. They should not have won prizes in other competitions, be simultaneously entered for other competitions or be translations of other poets’ work. Judge: Rory Waterman There will be cash prizes of £100 (3rd), £300 (2nd), and £600 (1st). See https://verpoets.wixsite.com/verpoets/competitions |
| 30th April 2025 |
1st £100 entry £5.95 (2 poems) |
Candlestick Press is looking for five new poems to feature in its festive pamphlet for 2025. Christmas Tree will be published in September and will contain poems about all kinds of Christmas trees and what they mean to us – everything from the indoor conifers we decorate with lights and tinsel to trees in the wild, laden with mistletoe or snow, or full of berries for the birds. Any tree is valid, as long as it suits the Christmas/winter theme. Be inspired by winter walks, special family times, choosing a tree, recycling it or even planting one. In addition to publication, each winner will receive £100 and 10 copies of Christmas Tree. Judges: Di Slaney and Kathy Towers Poems should be no longer than 37 lines, including title and stanza breaks. It must also be new, unpublished, and not currently submitted elsewhere. Submissions must be written in English. See Competitions – Candlestick Press – 'Instead of a card' poetry pamphlets |
| 30th April 2025 |
1st £800 entry |
The 27th Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition Poems submitted must be written in the English language, the poet’s original work, and be no longer than 50 lines. Any number of poems can be submitted. There are cash prizes of £800 £400 , and £200 . There is also a prize for the best sonnet submitted, which will be awarded a cash prize of £200. The four prize-winning poems will be published online, with the first prize poem to be entered for the Forward Prize. All winning and commended poems will be published in the 2025 Anthology. A complimentary copy of the Anthology is given to each poet published. Further copies available to order from mid-July 2025. Judge: Hannah Copley. All prize-winning and commended poets will be invited to read their poem at an informal prize-giving event in Ware, Hertfordshire. See |
| 1st May 2025 |
1st £350 entry £5 |
The Kipling Society’s John McGivering Literary
Competition Judges: Janet Montefiore, Mary Hamer, Sarah LeFanu Entrants are welcome to submit poems of up to 30 lines on any aspect of the sea, which should be connected, whether directly or obliquely, with the writings and/or life of Kipling. There are cash prizes of £350, £100, and £50. There is a separate competition for poets aged up to 17, with cash prizes of £75 (1st) and £25 See The Kipling Society – Promoting the works of Rudyard Kipling |
| 1st May 2025 |
1st £500 Free |
The Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation, in
collaboration with the Scottish Poetry Library and the Christian
Arts Trust, Competition on Religious Verse. Submissions of up to three poems are invited from poets aged 30 and under. They must be a resident, working, or studying in Scotland to be able to submit. Poems must be previously unpublished, must not exceed a maximum of 40 lines, and be on one of the following themes – a biblical quotation, character or event; a notable figure from Christian history; a response to a religious image. There will be three monetary prizes of £500 (1st), £300 (2nd), and £200 (3rd). In addition, the judges may at their discretion award a high quality submission a ‘Highly Commended’ title. There will be an event in the 2025 Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts to celebrate the winning poems. See https://www.edinburghsacredartsfestival.org/poetry-competition.html |
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| NEW SHORT COURSES | SHORT COURSES | OTHER COURSES | ||
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New in April 2025 Spring Poetry
Workshop 3 weeks of poetry
fun. Poetry exercises that will inspire you to engage with
the new season like never before. We will be looking to develop
poems from the small events and the large, from the personal to
nature and the time of year. This will be a fun workshop with
the serious intent to produce some fine poetry. The
course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of
£30 –
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New in May 2025 Voice in Poetry (1) You will often hear
the term “voice” being used, and this is said to refer to a
number of different poetic features. This short course is
the first of two that looks at some of these features. In
this first part we will be looking at the poets own voice and
the basic voice of the poem and how to use them in to get the
best from a poem. The two courses are independent and although
The course is over three weeks at a cost of £30
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Click link below for a list of all available short courses
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MENTORING Our most popular course is the longer
mentoring programme. This lasts from 3 to 6 months
depending on response times from the participant. All
mentoring is with Jim Bennett and is individually designed to
meet the needs of the participant. The cost of this is
£110 but places are limited. For further details or to
enrol for this course, go to
mentoring (poetrykit.org)
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For a more complete listing of courses and availability please see