Winchester Poetry Prize 2024 is open –  with new ‘Kathryn Bevis Prize’ category

Theme: any subject and any form or style (must be written in English)

Length: no more than 40 lines, and written in English.

Prize: first prize is £1000.

The newly named ‘Kathryn Bevis Prize’ will celebrate the best poem written by a poet based in Hampshire, whilst recognising Kathryn Bevis as a significant poetic voice emerging from our county in recent years. The winner will receive a year’s worth of tuition from The Writing School alongside a cash prize of £150.

Deadline: 23:59 on 31 July 2024.

Further details, including guidelines and how to enter can be found on their website: www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize