All winning and commended poems will also reach a wider public by being featured in our anthology. Each year, our judge provides an expert assessment and offers critical feedback in their introduction to the anthology.

The competition has become well known and is well regarded. It has attracted judges with a high profile in the poetry world, and poems from established and unknown poets have been included side by side in the anthologies. Entries must be in the English language but are welcome from all over the world. Winning poems are entered for the Forward Prize.

1st prize £600
2nd prize £300
3rd prize £150
All sonnets will automatically be considered for our Sonnet Prize, worth £150

Judge: Paul Stephenson

Full details at warepoets.org/competition.

Deadline: 30th June 2024