The Winchester Poetry Prize is open for 2025 submissions.
Submission Guidelines
- Open to writers 16 years and above.
- Poems can be on any subject, and in any form or style.
- Must be written in English.
- No more than 40 lines.
- Poems must not have been published or accepted for publication elsewhere (including online and social media).
Judge: Fiona Benson
Entry fee: £6 for first poem, £5 for subsequent poems.
Prizes:
- First prize is £1000.
- Second prize is £500.
- Third prize is £250.
Kathryn Bevis Prize: £150, plus three one-day poetry workshops with leading poets, as well as a Digital Poetry Retreat of five days – courtesy of The Writing School Online.
Deadline: 31st July 2025 (11:59 pm UK time).
All details, all submissions via their website.