Wales Young Poets Award – Deadline Extended | Gwobr Beirdd Ifanc Cymru – Dyddiad Cau Wedi’i Ymestyn

The deadline for the Wales Young Poets Award, Poetry Wales’ bilingual competition for poets aged 10-17, has been extended! 

Entries can now be sent in until the 29th February 2024

The theme that we are inviting poets to write on this year is ‘Peace’. Entries can be made by individuals and by schools, and information on how to enter can be found on the competition page:

Teachers and caregivers can also find lesson plans and teaching exercises on the subject of ‘Peace’ by Alex Wharton (current Wales Children’s Laureate Wales) and Connor Allen (Wales Children’s Laureate 2021-23), as well as other poetry teaching resources:

Prizes include publication in an anthology and Book Tokens, and the competition will be judged by Wales Children’s Laureate 2011-13 Eurig Salisbury 


Gwobr Beirdd Ifanc Cymru – Dyddiad Cau Wedi’i Ymestyn

Mae’r dyddiad cau ar gyfer Gwobr Beirdd Ifanc Cymru, cystadleuaeth ddwyieithog Poetry Wales i feirdd 10-17 oed, wedi’i ymestyn! 

Gellir anfon ceisiadau i mewn tan 29 Chwefror 2024 

Y thema yr ydym yn gwahodd beirdd i ysgrifennu arni eleni yw ‘Heddwch’. Gall unigolion ac ysgolion wneud ceisiadau, a gellir dod o hyd i wybodaeth am sut i gymryd rhan ar

Gall athrawon a rhoddwyr gofal hefyd ddod o hyd i gynlluniau gwersi ac ymarferion addysgu ar bwnc ‘Heddwch’ gan Alex Wharton (Children’s Laureate Wales ar hyn o bryd) a Connor Allen (Wales Children’s Laureate 2021-23), yn ogystal ag adnoddau addysgu barddoniaeth eraill, yma:

Mae’r gwobrau’n cynnwys cyhoeddi mewn blodeugerdd a Thocynnau Llyfrau, a bydd y gystadleuaeth yn cael ei beirniadu gan Fardd Plant Cymru 2011-13, Eurig Salisbury