Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2025
Closing date: Mon 2 Jun 2025
The Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition is now open for submissions for their 2025 competition.
Entries from all over the world are welcome. The poem or poem sequence may be on any subject and in any style but must not exceed 60 lines in length excluding title and line breaks. It should be principally in English. Entries must be original and previously unpublished.
There are cash prizes of £300 (1st), £150 (2nd), and £75 (3rd).
Judges: Luigi Marchini, Kerry Rawlinson, and Gary Michael Studley