The competition is organized by the Kent & Sussex Poetry Society based in Tunbridge Wells, England. The competition is open to anyone aged 16 and over, from anywhere in the world.

Poems must be in English, your original work, on any subject, in any style, no longer than 40 lines.

Poems must not have been previously published. This year’s Judge is Kit Fan.

Prize-winning poems will be posted on the organizer’s website, and also included in their annual Folio publication. Prize winners will also be invited to read their poems at a monthly meeting in Tunbridge Wells on April 15th 2025.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.