The 2019-20 Suffolk Young Poets Competition is now open for entries to all young people up to the age of 18, living in Suffolk or attending a Suffolk school in  2019-2020. A flyer will shortly  be available and sent around to schools later this term.

 

Poems may be on any subject and in any form. In 2019-2020 there will be ten winners and a prize awarded to the Best Poem in Translation by a young poet whose mother tongue is not English.

 

One of the UK’s oldest poetry showcases for children’s writing, since 1989 the Competition has received nearly 37,000 entries – extraordinary for just one county. In 2019, the dates of the Competition were moved so that it runs over the school year.

 

The new closing date for entries is Friday 14 February 2020 and the Prizewinners event will be held at The Cut in Halesworth on Thursday 19 March 2020.

 

Find out more about the 2019 Competition

THE RULES

THE PRIZES

2018 WINNERS

2018 GALLERY

 

If you’d like to find out about having a Poetry People workshop at your school, contact:naomi@poetrypeople.co.uk 

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