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Our current competition: New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026 – Deadline: 30th Apr 2026. Prizes: 1st: £1,000; 4x Runners-up: £100.
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The Winchester Poetry Prize is open for entries until 31st July 2026 and offers a fantastic top prize of £1,000. There’s also a second prize of £500, a third prize of £250 and the Kathryn Bevis Prize, which will be awarded for the best poem entered by a Hampshire-based poet.
This year’s judge is Julia Copusm who has published four collections of poetry. Girlhood (Faber 2019) was winner of America’s inaugural Derek Walcott Prize. She has tutored poetry courses for Oxford University and the Arvon Foundation, and currently teaches for the Faber Academy. Julia is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
The longlist will be announced mid September, with winners announced live at a special prize-giving ceremony as part of Winchester Poetry Day at The ARC, Winchester on Saturday 10th October 2026.
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