The International Welsh Poetry Competition is an annual English language poetry award and the largest[1] of its kind in Wales. The contest was founded in 2007 by Welsh writer, poet and photographer Dave Lewis.
The competition's judges, who include Welsh poets, have included John Evans, Mike Jenkins, Eloise Williams, Sally Spedding, Kathy Miles (former Bridport Prize winner) and Mick Evans.
The organiser, Dave Lewis, has also edited and published three anthologies of all the winners: The First Five Years,[2]Ten Years On[3] and The Third One.[4] In 2020 he also founded the Poetry Book Awards, which seeks to reward poets with a book length collection.
^1st Prize goes to Australian poet Damen O'Brien. Literature Wales. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
^1st Prize goes to Australian poet Judy Durrant for her haunting poem about the film and true life events surrounding 'Wolf Creek. Literature Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^Inspired by an evening walk during a family trip to Liverpool. Literature Wales. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^Congratulations to Tarquin Landseer, Creative Writing MA Poetry and Poetics student, who has won first prize in the International Welsh Poetry Competition 2016 University of Royal Holloway Facebook page. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^1st ever winner of the international Welsh Poetry Competition Official website.
External linksEdit
Official website
Founder & organiser's website
October 21, 2023
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