Submissions are invited for Foyle Young Poets Award 2024 by The Poetry Society. The last date of submission is July 31, 2024.

About the Organisation

The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 to promote “a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry”. Since then, it has grown into one of Britain’s most dynamic arts organisations, representing British poetry both nationally and internationally.

Contest Details

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2024 is open for entries until 31 July 2024. It is free to enter and is open to poets aged 11-17 years anywhere in the world.

Every year, 15 top winners and 85 commended poets are chosen; together, they represent some of the most exciting new voices writing today. This year’s judges are the fantastic Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood, and they can’t wait to read your poems! If you’re aged 11-17, send in your poems for the chance to be among the 100 winners and kick-start your writing career.

Poems can be on any theme and in any style but must be no longer than forty lines. You can submit as many as you like.

Winners of the award receive a fantastic range of prizes to help develop their writing. The top 15 poets receive a mentoring package with opportunities to receive support and feedback on their writing; and all 100 winners receive a year’s youth membership of The Poetry Society and a bag full of books donated by generous publishers. The Poetry Society continues to support winners throughout their careers providing publication, performance and development opportunities, and access to a paid internship programme.

Rules

  • You must be aged 11-17 on the closing date of the 31st July 2024 in order to enter. 
  • Individuals may enter more than one poem. However, we strongly advise that you concentrate on drafting and redrafting your poems and send only a selection of your very best. Remember, quality is more important than quantity.
  • The competition is free to enter.
  • Poems can be on any theme.
  • Poems must be forty lines or shorter.
  • Poems cannot have won any other competition.
  • Poems must be the original work of the author (we do run checks for plagiarism on all selected poems), and must not have been created using AI.

How to Submit?

Interested students can submit online via this link.

Submission Deadline

The last date of submission is July 31, 2024.

Contact

Email: fyp[at]poetrysociety[dot]org[dot]uk

Click here to view the official notification of Foyle Young Poets Award 2024 by The Poetry Society.