The International Poetry Book Awards will return with renewed ambition and expanded opportunities for poets worldwide, officially launching on 1 January 2026. The 2026 awards promise to be the most exciting yet, featuring increased prize money, a new Children’s Poetry Book Prize, and acclaimed poet
Napier Marten Wins The 2025 Poetry Book Awards
Napier Marten has been named the winner of the 2025 Poetry Book Awards for his dazzling debut collection Taplash Meditations. Competition judge John Evans said: “The publication of Taplash Meditations marks the arrival of an important new voice in contemporary
Mark Lewis Wins Top Welsh Poetry Prize
The organisers of the International Welsh Poetry Competition 2025 have announced the winners of their prestigious 19th contest, judged by Welsh writer, Mike Jenkins, and the overall winner was Mark Lewis for his poem ‘Notes from a transported convict’. The
Poetry Book Awards Announces Winners
Congratulations Lucy Ingrams who is winner of the 2024 Poetry Book Awards! Photo credit: Shalini Saran Lucy Ingrams has had work published in many magazines and journals, most recently Poetry Ireland Review and Agenda. Signs is Lucy Ingrams’ debut collection and
Poetry Book Awards 2024 – Shortlist Announced
The organisers of the international Poetry Book Awards have announced the shortlist for their 2024 contest. Our judge, Mick Evans, has just announced our shortlist. It was such a close call with a few poets and the shortlist could easily have been
Welsh Poetry Competition Announces 2024 Winners!
The 2024 winners from the 18th International Welsh Poetry Competition are now online. Award-winning poet and judge, Kathy Miles said, “Judging a poetry competition is always a humbling experience, not just because of the exceptional standard of the work, but because
Call For Entries – Poetry Contest
The international Welsh Poetry Competition is now open and accepting entries! In our 18th contest, we are offering the following prizes: 1st Prize – £500 2nd Prize – £250 3rd Prize – £100 We are also delighted to announce that
Poetry Book Awards 2024 – Now Open!
The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self-published authors or books published by small, truly independent presses. The 2024 contest is now open and accepting entries! 1st
Winners Of The Poetry Book Awards 2023 Announced
Congratulations – Megan Fernandes! The winners of the 4th annual contest were as follows: 1st Prize I DO EVERYTHING I’M TOLD – Megan Fernandes, Portland, Oregon, USA Megan Fernandes is a South Asian American writer living in NYC. She was born in
International Poetry Book Awards Long List
Poetry Book Awards 2023 The International Poetry Book Awards 2023 organisers have announced the longlist for their 4th contest, judged by Welsh poet, Dave Lewis. Longlist (in no particular order) The Life Dyslexic – Philip Burton The Celestial Spheres – David Canning I
Jenny McRobert Wins Wales’ Biggest Poetry Prize
The organisers of the International Welsh Poetry Competition, the biggest poetry contest in Wales, have announced the winners from the 17th competition. The competition was judged by Mick Evans, whose excellent comments can be found on the contest website. The
Welsh Poetry Competition – Call For Entries!
Wales‘ biggest (and some would say best) poetry contest is now open again and accepting entries! The International Welsh Poetry Competition returns with judge, Mick Evans, picking the winners. This will be our 17th year of running the competition and we expect
Poetry Book Awards 2023 – Now Open!
The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self published authors or books published by small, truly independent presses. The 2023 contest is now open and accepting entries!
Rufus Mufasa Wins The International Poetry Book Awards 2022
The organisers of the Wales-based international Poetry Book Awards have announced the winners of the 2022 contest. Congratulations to Rufus Mufasa for her collection ‘Flashbacks & Flowers‘. Chosen by our judge, famous Welsh writer John Evans as this years overall winner! 1st
Poetry Winners Announced!
The winners of the International Welsh Poetry Competition 2022 have just been announced by judge, John Evans. The contest, which was started in Pontypridd in 2007 has been running for 16 years and is the biggest in Wales. The 2022
Poetry Book Awards 2022
The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self published authors or books published by small, truly independent presses. The 2022 contest is now open and accepting entries!
Call For Entries!
Wales‘ biggest (and some would say best) poetry contest is now open again and accepting entries! The International Welsh Poetry Competition returns with judge, John Evans, picking the winners. This will be our 16th year of running the competition and we expect
Jenny Mitchell Wins International Poetry Book Awards 2021
The organisers of the Pontypridd-based international Poetry Book Awards have announced the winners of the 2021 contest. Congratulations to Jenny Mitchell for her collection ‘Map Of A Plantation‘. Chosen by our judge, famous Welsh poet Mike Jenkins as this years winner! 1st
Estelle Price Wins Welsh Poetry Competition 2021
The International Welsh Poetry Competition 2021 organisers have announced the winners of their prestigious 15th contest, judged by award-winning Welsh poet Kathy Miles, and the overall winner was Estelle Price for her poem ‘iii’. The winners were as follows: 1st