Café Writers Poetry Competition 2025
Closing date: 23 Nov 2025
The Café Writers Poetry Competition is open for submissions from poets all over the world aged 18 and over writing in English.
Entrants are welcome to submit poems of up to 40 lines excluding the title. Breaks between stanzas do not count towards the total.
There are cash prizes of £1000 (1st), £300 (2nd), £200 (3rd) and £30 for three Commended Prizes, and £50 for the Norfolk Prize.
Judge: Jessica Mookherjee
