The New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 is open to poems of up to 42 lines from anywhere in the world.

£1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (a creative writing charity for young people in the UK).

The Head Judge is poet and performer Jordan Hamel (who won the 2023 competition). Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200.

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.