The National Poetry Competition is an annual poetry prize established in 1978 in the United Kingdom.[1] It is run by the UK-based Poetry Society and accepts entries from all over the world, with over 10,000 poems being submitted to the competition each year. Winning has been an important milestone in the careers of many well-known poets.
Carol Ann Duffy, the poet laureate, winner in 1983
Carol Ann Duffy, the UK Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2019, won in 1983 with 'Whoever She Was'. Looking back in 2007 she commented: "in those days, one was still called a 'poetess' – so it meant a lot, as a young woman poet, to begin to try to change that".[2] Christopher James, the 2008 winner, commented "if there is an unspoken Grand Slam circuit for poetry prizes, then the National Poetry Competition is definitely Wimbledon – it's the one everyone dreams of winning".[3] Other prestigious names to have won the competition include Ruth Padel, Jo Shapcott, Sinéad Morrissey, Ian Duhig, Colette Bryce and the poet and novelist Helen Dunmore.[4]
The competition runs annually, opening in the spring and closing at the end of October. A new team of judges (made up of three respected poets) is announced each year. The first prize is £5,000 and the top three winners are published in Britain's leading poetry magazine, Poetry Review.
^"National Poetry Competition – The Poetry Society". www.poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
^Flood, Alison (25 March 2009). "Christopher James wins the National Poetry Competition". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^Flood, Alison (30 March 2010). "Helen Dunmore wins National Poetry Competition". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^"f與th說離與散 劍橋港生奪英詩冠軍 盼探討港變化離散者內疚情緒". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 2 April 2022.
^"National Poetry Competition has its youngest ever winner". the Guardian. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^"National Poetry Competition: History". poetrysociety.org.uk. The Poetry Society. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^"The winner of the 2019 National Poetry Competition is Susannah Hart".
^Flood, Alison (27 March 2013). "First world war poem wins National Poetry Competition 2013". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
External links
The Poetry Society (National Poetry Competition)
January 18, 2023
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