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The Free Verse Prize 2026
The Free Verse Prize 2026
The Free Verse Prize is a poetry competition in support of Free Verse: the Poetry Book and Magazine Fair. We invite people to submit new poems on any theme with the chance for the winning poem to feature at one of the key events of the poetry calendar. Free Verse…
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Feedback on your poems: 1-2-1 Poetry Sessions
Feedback on your poems: 1-2-1 Poetry Sessions
Please note: if booking between 22nd December and 1st January, we will be in touch from 2nd January. A one-to-one feedback session with an established poet offers a relaxed but in-depth analysis of up to 150 lines of your poetry. It’s a unique opportunity to identify strategies for further developing…
Poetry Society Stanza Groups
Poetry Society Stanza Groups
Join a Poetry Society Stanza to meet other poets and Poetry Society Members. Stanzas are groups run voluntarily by Poetry Society members, and take a variety of forms. Some Stanzas meet to give feedback on each other’s poems in progress, some are poetry reading groups, some run impromptu open…
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The Poetry Review Winter 2025 launch readings
The Poetry Review Winter 2025 launch readings
The Poetry Society is delighted to present the launch readings for the Winter 2025 issue of The Poetry Review, edited by Wayne Holloway-Smith, with guest readers Jean Sprackland, Imogen Cassels, Rachel Long and Eric Yip. READERS Imogen Cassels is the author of Silk Work (Prototype, 2025). A new pamphlet, Peach…
Workshop Recording: Poetic Mapping with JLM Morton - The Poetry Society
Workshop Recording: Poetic Mapping with JLM Morton - The Poetry Society
This event is for the recording of this workshop. If you purchase a ticket, the link to watch the recording will be sent to you via email after the workshop has taken place. The recording will be available to watch until 23:59 on 23/02/2026. Please note: this is not an…
Obsidian Showcase 2026 - The Poetry Society
Obsidian Showcase 2026 - The Poetry Society
The Poetry Society presents a showcase reading introducing some of the most exciting up-and-coming Black poets in partnership with the Obsidian Foundation. The culmination of a week-long writing and networking retreat held by the Obsidian Foundation this December, this Poetry Society showcase event introduces ten of the outstanding writers participating…
What's Missing? Theatre Poetry with Peter Oswald part 1: David Jones, Howard Barker and the Commedia dell’Arte - The Poetry Society
What's Missing? Theatre Poetry with Peter Oswald part 1: David Jones, Howard Barker and the Commedia dell’Arte - The Poetry Society
Is contemporary poetry impoverished by the absence of verse drama? This idea sits at the heart of What’s Missing?, a 3-part in-person workshop series exploring the relationship between poetry and theatre. Led by poet and verse playwright Peter Oswald, the course asks three core questions: What is theatre poetry? Is…
What's Missing? Theatre Poetry with Peter Oswald part 2: Euripides and Ted Hughes - The Poetry Society
What's Missing? Theatre Poetry with Peter Oswald part 2: Euripides and Ted Hughes - The Poetry Society
Is contemporary poetry impoverished by the absence of verse drama? This idea sits at the heart of What’s Missing?, a 3-part in-person workshop series exploring the relationship between poetry and theatre. Led by poet and verse playwright Peter Oswald, the course asks three core questions: What is theatre poetry? Is…
What's Missing? Theatre Poetry with Peter Oswald part 3: Alice Oswald and Joanna Laurens - The Poetry Society
What's Missing? Theatre Poetry with Peter Oswald part 3: Alice Oswald and Joanna Laurens - The Poetry Society
Is contemporary poetry impoverished by the absence of verse drama? This idea sits at the heart of What’s Missing?, a 3-part in-person workshop series exploring the relationship between poetry and theatre. Led by poet and verse playwright Peter Oswald, the course asks three core questions: What is theatre poetry? Is…
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Young Poets
24 Jan: Free online workshop with Alycia Pirmohamed
24 Jan: Free online workshop with Alycia Pirmohamed
This is a free poetry writing workshop for young poets aged 14-25 worldwide. In this workshop, poet Alycia Pirmohamed will guide you through prompts to inspire your entry to the Ecotones challenge on Young Poets Network. You don't need any previous experience to take part! After the workshop, we encourage…
Watch this year's Young Critics' video reviews of the T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist
Watch this year's Young Critics' video reviews of the T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist
Young Critic Anisha Jaya Minocha reviews Gillian Allnutt's Lode (Bloodaxe Books, 2025), which is shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025. More at https://...
New! Ecotones challenge
New! Ecotones challenge
The Sonnet Challenge - deadline 18 January
The Sonnet Challenge - deadline 18 January
Poetry Opportunities database
Poetry Opportunities database
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The Poetry Review Vol 115, No 1, Spring 2025
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