The ten shortlisted collections for this year’s T. S. Eliot Prize were announced yesterday. The 2025 shortlist is: Isabelle Baafi‘s Chaotic Good (Faber & Faber); Tom Paulin‘s Namanlagh (Faber & […]| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is delighted to announce on National Poetry Day 2025 that Marilyn Longstaff of the Durham Tees Valley Stanza (Rep) is the winner of the 2025 Stanza Poetry […]| The Poetry Society
Happy National Poetry Day! This year’s National Poetry Day is on the theme of ‘Play’ and to celebrate, The Poetry Society has an array of activities throughout the day including […]| The Poetry Society
The Members’ Competition sets Poetry Society Members the task of writing a poem or poems on a theme chosen by a leading poet. | The Poetry Society
The acclaimed poet, playwright, novelist and essayist m nourbeSe philip will give the third and final lecture in the Annual Lecture Series 2021, presented by The Poetry Society and University of Liverpool’s Centre for New and International Writing. In a fascinating exchange, fellow poet and playwright Dzifa Benson talks to philip about her astonishing book-length poem Zong!, story, silence and her lecture, ‘Small Islands Long Poems, or the (un)Epic of Small in the Spiralling Memory of Hi...| The Poetry Society
Steph’s Poetry Space is a project that brings together poetry and wellbeing. It offers students and teachers in selected schools the chance to explore creative reading and writing with a visiting poet, through workshops to the school. Poets, teachers and sixth-formers in each school also receive CPD sessions, and the schools receive a package of books and certificates for every student taking part.| The Poetry Society
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The Autumn 2025 issue of Poetry News introduces the judges for the 2025 National Poetry Competition, and celebrates Colette Hiller as winner of the 2025 CLiPPA. Tim Relf investigates the power […]| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society and T.S. Eliot Prize are delighted to announce the cohort of reviewers who will take part in the fourth instalment of the Young Critics Scheme. The ten […]| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is proud to be a part of A New Direction’s Primary Arts programme, bringing live poetry performances and workshops to primary schools and SEND settings in London. […]| The Poetry Society
The Leicester Poetry Committee is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Shay as the city’s first Poet Laureate. This newly established role, created by a consortium of Leicester’s leading poetry and spoken word organisations – Literati Arts, Get Mouthy, Queer Coffee Link Ups, Pinggg…k!, Some-antics, and We Are The Headliners – represents a milestone in the city’s ongoing commitment to celebrating and elevating poetry in all its forms. The Poetry Society has been working...| The Poetry Society
Just like that, the Sealey Challenge has come to another thrilling end. Set up by Nicole Sealey, the challenge is an invitation to read a poetry book (or pamphlet) every day for the whole month of August. To support the challenge and encourage wider reading of poetry, The Poetry Society asked poets, including contributors to The Poetry Review and recent Poetry Society competition winners, to recommend texts for people to read each day. The full list is a celebration of a world of poems, poe...| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is delighted to have poet Leo Boix join our list of tutors available for the 1-2-1 Feedback Sessions. Leo will be offering a choice of online sessions […]| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is delighted to announce the winners of Young Poets Network’s recent challenge in partnership with Modern Poetry in Translation.| The Poetry Society
A poem commissioned for Milton Keynes International Festival in partnership with The Poetry Society will be written out in light tonight and tomorrow (Thursday 24 and Friday 25 July), and […]| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society and the T. S. Eliot Prize are delighted to open applications for a fourth year of the highly praised Young Critics Scheme. This partnership programme offers ten emerging poetry reviewers […]| The Poetry Society
Apply for this year’s Scheme via this online form by noon on Monday 18 August. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by 6pm on Friday 22 August. We will then organise […]| The Poetry Society
The workshops will take place over Zoom from 6-8pm on Monday evenings. You must be able to attend all sessions to take part. Workshop 1: Monday 6 October Workshop 2: […]| The Poetry Society
To be eligible to take part, you must be: The workshops will focus on critical writing around poetry. You don’t need any previous reviewing experience to take part, nor do […]| The Poetry Society
The Young Critics Scheme will offer you the chance to develop your skills in reviewing, creating video content, and writing for publication. You’ll attend a series of intensive online workshops […]| The Poetry Society
Renowned for championing poetry at its most innovative, with new voices and internationally celebrated writers alike, the Forward Prizes for Poetry shortlists announced today include many poets who have recently featured in The Poetry Review as well as Poet Laureate and Poetry Society vice president Simon Armitage and members Abeer Ameer, Tom Branfoot and Nick Makoha.| The Poetry Society
Camden Young Writers is The Poetry Society’s latest opportunity for local young writers in the London borough of Camden. This free programme will introduce a group of young people to the skills they’ll need in any creative career.| The Poetry Society
We are committed to supporting poets at every stage of their career – many now established poets began taking part in our events and competitions as children, through teenage years and into adulthood. Our Young Poets Network, and events for emerging poets mean that you always have access to advice and company as you develop your craft.| The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is teaming up with researchers at the University of Exeter to find ways of engaging communities with bogs and peatlands through the ‘Bog Talk’ project. Bog Talk, funded by Natural England, is part of Exeter University’s RENEW partnership programme, which is working to encourage biodiversity in the UK. | The Poetry Society
National Poetry Competition Writing Guides and Writing Prompts| The Poetry Society
Stanzas are groups run voluntarily by Poetry Society members — some Stanzas meet to give feedback on each other’s poems in progress, some are poetry reading groups, some run impromptu […]| The Poetry Society
The Members’ Competition sets Poetry Society Members the task of writing a poem or poems on a theme chosen by a leading poet. In the most recent competition, poet Andre Bagoo selected […]| The Poetry Society
Stanzas are groups run voluntarily by Poetry Society members — some Stanzas meet to give feedback on each other’s poems in progress, some are poetry reading groups, some run impromptu open mic sessions. To celebrate the diversity of The Poetry Society’s Stanza groups, the new series of Stanza Spotlight Q & As gives a bit more insight into the running of the groups and how people benefit from poetry community in their lives. Next in the series is the Zig Zag Stanza, led by Stanza rep Rac...| The Poetry Society
