2025 Cambrian Mountains Poetry Competition

Competition Information

The 2025 Cambrian Mountains Poetry Competition is open for submissions.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Theme: Springs and Sources
  •  Open to all aged 16 or over.
  • Poems from residents of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion or Powys will, in addition, be considered for the Mid-Wales Poetry Prize.

Entry fee: 

  • The competition is free for Cambrian Mountains Society members.
  • For non-members, the entrance fee is £3.50 for a single entry,  £6 for two entries, and £8 for three entries.

Judge: Local poet Cyril Jones

Prizes:

  • Best poem (English) and best poem (Welsh) £150 each; second prize (in each language) £20 book token
  • Mid-Wales Poetry Prize: first prize £100, second prize £10 book token

Deadline: 30 November 2025

All details, all submissions via their website.

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