The Poetry Society

We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Breaking the Rules Challenge, run in partnership with @estorickcollection, on Young Poets Network. Here's an extract from Mikala Smee's winning video poem 'These Rigid Lines.' Read the rest: bit.ly/EstorickYPN

Live-streamed and in Ledbury, Saturday 28 June, 4pm - Vidyan Ravinthiran talks on Wordsworth & Pleasure.

An extract from Charlie Jolley's 'Brighton Run, 1964', a winning poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2024. Read the full poem poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/charlie-… Find out more at bit.ly/foyleyoungpoets

Excited to be in sunny Bristol for #Lyrafest AI symposium

We're thrilled to announce that the winners of the Breaking the Rules Challenge on Young Poets Network are now online. Here's an excerpt from Safa Maryam's winning poem 'Suspected Alzheimer’s, awaiting assessment.' Read the rest of the winning poems at bit.ly/EstorickYPN

Young poets: join us on Saturday 2 August for our next open mic at The Poetry Cafe in London! Tickets are free, but booking is essential: bit.ly/AugustTakeover

An extract from Grace Bowen's 'when you get in a car crash (hopefully never)', a winning poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2024. Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/when-you… or read the online anthology of all the 2024 winning poems at bit.ly/WeSailPaperBoa…

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Calling all poets under 25 - the current challenge on Young Poets Network closes in three days! The challenge: write a poem inspired by the @modernpoetryintranslation archive. Find prompts and enter by 22 June: bit.ly/YPN-MPT

Free workshop + open mic alert! As part of the Bog Challenge on Young Poets Network, we're running a double bill of online ecopoetry goodness on Saturday 5 July. Book your space at bit.ly/BogTakeover🌟

What is lost and gained when we repeat ourselves? If you have ever wanted to write a ghazal, sestina or villanelle, or if you are curious about anaphora, refrains and mirroring, this writing workshop with Isabelle Baafi is for you. bit.ly/BaafiWorkshop

Calling all young writers: new Young Poets Network challenge alert! Foyle Young Poets Freya and Jennie invite you to explore the wonderful world of bogs and to get inspired to write your own poems. Enter by 10 August: bit.ly/YPNBogs

The Poetry Society and Poems on the Underground are delighted to share that this year’s Summer Poems on the Underground posters feature Foyle Young Poet Anna Gilmore Heezen. The summer set launched earlier this week in London - find out more: bit.ly/43YEm5j

An extract from Evie Lockwood's 'Brandon', a winning poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2024. Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/brandon/ If you're a poet aged 11-17, enter this year's competition by 31 July at foyleyoungpoets.org

Calling all poets under 25 - the current challenge on Young Poets Network closes next weekend! The challenge: write a poem inspired by the Modern Poetry in Translation archive. Find prompts and enter by 22 June: bit.ly/YPN-MPT

Beautiful and moving poem "Daughter" by Palestinian poet @MosabAbuToha featured across @TfL @PoemsOnTheTube @MayorofLondon @ace_national @BritishCouncil @PoetrySociety #NationalPoetryLibrary

✨ Calling worldwide young poets aged 11-18! 📖 The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025 is now open for entries! @PoetrySociety Poems must be 40 lines or shorter. Deadline: 31 July Learn more: 🔗 commonwealthfoundation.com/opportunity/th… #youngpoets #poetry

An extract from Rina Olsen's 'self-portrait as a dead deer', a winning poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2024. Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/rina-ols… If you're a poet aged 11-17, enter this year's competition by 31 July at foyleyoungpoets.org