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New Writers Poetry Competition 2025
Deadline: Thu 17 Jul 2025
Open to poets from anywhere in the world, New Writers are offering their biggest prize pot ever of £1,800, with a top prize of £1,200. The top six poets will win cash prizes and will be published on their website and in the next issue of the New Writers Anthology.

Prizes: 1st: £1,200; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £150; 4th to 6th: £50 each

Publication: The six winning entries will be published on the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology

Head Judge: Katrina Moinet (Prize-winning writer of poetry & prose)

Entry Fee: £10 per entry (£18 for two entries or £26 for three entries, when submitted together)

10% of the competition proceeds will be split between two UK-registered charities, First Story and The Funzi & Bodo Trust.

Find out more here

Deadline: 23.59 (UK time), Thursday 17th July 2025

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International
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International

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