We are delighted to announce the final placements of the Wales Poetry Award 2021, judged by Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch and sponsored by Literature Wales. The first, second and third award winners will all be published in a future issue of Poetry Wales, as well as receiving cash prizes and Seren book bundles. You can read all…
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Wales Poetry Award 2021: The Shortlist
We are delighted to announce the Wales Poetry Award 2021 shortlist. Wales Poetry Award 2021 was sponsored by Literature Wales and judged by Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch. Download the shortlist PDF below. The Shortlist In alphabetical order of poet: Tess Biddington A Father Hanged for Poaching Robert Bodman Outsider Miles Bradley Single Man with Dog Faith MW…
Wales Poetry Award 2020: Winners Announced
Announcing the winners of Wales Poetry Award 2020, sponsored by Literature Wales, judged by Pascale Petit
Wales Poetry Award 2020: The Shortlist
We are delighted to announce the 2020 shortlist for Wales Poetry Award. Our 2020 competition was sponsored by Literature Wales and judged by prize-winning poet Pascale Petit. Download the shortlist PDF below. The Shortlist (in alphabetical order of poet): Rowland Bagnall, ‘Feeling and Painting’ Rowland Bagnall, ‘The Hare’ Natalie Crick, ‘Sisters’ John Davies, ‘Caliban’ Dominic…
Poetry Wales’ international poetry competition Wales Poetry Award returns for 2nd year
Poetry Wales relaunches Wales Poetry Award for its second year, a national competition to discover the very best international poetry.
Elizabeth Porter on the poems that inspire her
When I was a child there was something called ‘Chip Club’ – a leaflet given out at school once or twice a year, from which we could order books. I was lucky, my mum always bought me a book, and in 1974 I chose 100+ American Poems, edited by Paul Molloy. Why? Maybe for the…
Nurture Young Talent: Support our Crowdfunder and help create a new anthology and competition for young writers
We need your help to raise £3000 for Wales Young Poets Award, a new bilingual competition and anthology for young people aged 10-17 across Wales and the UK. The competition will be free to enter and its theme will be empathy. We will produce an anthology that will find a home in every school in Wales….
Leo Temple on the poems that inspire him
“‘A Lot of People Bathing in a Stream,’ by Wallace Stevens, has, for some time, been the poem I return to when I have truly lost my way.”
Wales Poetry Award Finalists Announced & Poetry Wales Party at Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival 2019
Katherine Stansfield announces the Wales Poetry Award finalists live at Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival, followed by the Poetry Wales launch party celebrating Jonathan Edwards’s first issue as editor.