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The Forward Prize 2026 shortlists have been announced, including 20 poets across four categories including those for full collections and single poems. This year’s judging panel includes novelist and memoirist Sarah Moss (Chair) and poets Romalyn Ante, WN Herbert, Michael Mullen (shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection last year) and Yomi Ṣode.
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The Poetry Society and the T. S. Eliot Prize are delighted to open applications for a fifth year of the Young Critics Scheme.
This partnership prog...
John Agard has been named the winner of the CLiPPA (Centre for Literary in Primary Education Poetry Award), at a ceremony today at the National Theatre on London’s Southbank. Hundreds of young people watched the ceremony in the theatre, with thousands more in schools across the country watching online.
CLIPPA 2026 taken at the national Theatre on the 9th July 2026 for ...The winners of this year’s Poetry By Heart competition have been chosen and celebrated at a joyous Grand Finale at Shakespeare’s Globe!
This year a whopping 146, 677 pupils engaged with Poetry By Heart – the national poetry speaking competition. The finalists came together to...
Poetry Society Director Judith Palmer has been awarded the 2026 Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature (RSL). The honour was presented at a ceremony in London on 29 June, at which she was also announced as an Honorary Fellow of the RSL.
Left to right: Philip Terry, Sophie Herxheimer, Judith Palmer, Leo Boix (behind) and Nii Parkes.The Benson Medal was f...