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Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Competition

Closing date: Wed 31 Dec 2025

The Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Competition is opening their submissions call for poets across the globe.

Entrants are welcome to submit poems of any subject. Poems must be previously unpublished, written in the English language, and be under 40 lines.

There will be cash prizes of £400 (1st) £150 (2nd), and three £25 (3rd). There is an additional prize of £50 for the best poem from someone living in a WV post code.

Judge: Martin Figura, Helen Ivory and Steve Pottinger

Find out more about Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Competition
Entry fee: £4 for one entry | £10 for three poems in a single submission
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