The 2026 @poetrybyheart.bsky.social competition is open! > 128K young people took part last year. See how they did it in a preview of Poetry By Heart:The Movie bit.ly/PBHMoviePreview ⬇️ Great to see teachers Gareth & Alex featured, both part of our school projects! Sign up ➡️ poetrybyheart.org.uk

The 2025-26 Keats-Shelley and Young Romantics Prizes are open! There are two competitions – poetry and essays – and two age groups: the Keats-Shelley Prize, which is open to all, and the Young Romantics Prize, aimed at anyone aged between 16-18. For more information, visit bit.ly/3KdIurO

⭐ Coming up on 8 December: Come ready to twist, knot, and tangle words in exciting, unexpected ways—and leave with a brand-new body of multilingual work! poetrysociety.org.uk/event/online...

Ellanya Sivasubramaniam, a Top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025, reads winning poem 'The Girls Who Grow Antlers'. Read this year's winning poems and find out more about the Award: bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets

More tickets have been added to our annual lecture! Given this year by Diane Seuss on 10 November @ 7:00pm GMT via Zoom, the lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class.

Yee Heng Yeh read his poem 'The Ants' at our Malaysia-UK poetry showcase, part of a collaboration with British Council Malaysia in which we've commissioned and showcased work from UK-based poets with Malaysian heritage & poets based in Malaysia. poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/britishcouncilmalaysia

Coming to this year's @nawewriters.bsky.social online conference? Join poet Danny Pandolfi & our Edu team for a workshop on facilitating writing for wellbeing! The conference is 7-8 Nov on Zoom and this session is 8 Nov, 2.45-3.45. Info/tickets ➡️ nawe.co.uk/writing-in-education/nawe-conference.html

Amira Cheung Simhani, a Top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025, reads winning poem 'Why the sky never closed behind her'. Read this year's winning poems and find out more about the Award: bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets

Thank you to everyone who entered this year's National Poetry Competition! We wish you the best of luck. 🎉

The hands on the clock are inching closer and closer to the deadline... it's the final call for submissions! Enter the National Poetry Competition by 11:59pm GMT 🕰️ 🎃

Not long to go! If you haven't already, make sure to enter your poetry by 11:59pm GMT tonight. 🕰️ npc.poetrysociety.org.uk

Happy Halloween! Today is the FINAL DAY for submissions to the National Poetry Competition. Be sure to enter your poetry by 11:59pm (GMT) tonight - no tricks about it! 🎃 👻 npc.poetrysociety.org.uk

Calling all young poets: free writing workshop alert! To help inspire your entries to the Layered Landscapes workshop with the National Trust, we're running a free online writing workshop on Saturday 8 November. Head to bit.ly/YPN-workshop to book your free space.

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Nasim Luczaj, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Nasim!

LOW TICKET WARNING! Act fast to secure your spot: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/poetry...

27 November: North-West Stanza Bonanza! Members of Blackpool & Fylde Stanza and Lancaster Stanza will join forces online for an exciting night of readings. We will also be joined by Marilyn Longstaff, winner of our Stanza competition, for a special set. Open mic slots available!

A few snaps from our #FoyleYoungPoets Award ceremony at the British Library. Thanks to judges Colette Bryce and Will Harris for hosting & we were so glad to be joined by former Foyle Young Poet Jay Bernard, who read and took part in the Q&A. The ceremony was followed by poetry games and networking!

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Lauren Colley, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Lauren!

Come hear Sagging Meniscus in London at The Poetry Society: @davidcollard.bsky.social , Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social , and Philip Terry. 20 November! RSVP at http://bit.ly/3Jl0JLN

⚠️ The 2025 National Poetry Competition closes in ONE WEEK! The deadline for entries is 11:59pm (GMT UK time) on 31 October 2025. ⚠️ More information at npc.poetrysociety.org.uk/ Good luck!

The Autumn Poems on the Underground went live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October. Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk

Suzanna Fitzpatrick reads 'Punting Through Ice', a winner of the Members' Poetry Competition - Autumn 2025: 'Clearing', judged by Helen Farish.

Jim Maguire reads 'Wizzer', a winner of the Members' Poetry Competition - Autumn 2025: 'Clearing', judged by Helen Farish.

Congratulations Karen, one of our newest Teacher Trailblazers! Thanks for everything you do for poetry education 😀

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Paul McMahon, who was longlisted in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Paul!

Calling all young poets: free writing workshop alert! To help inspire your entries to the Layered Landscapes workshop with @nationaltrust, we're running a free online writing workshop on Saturday 8 November. Head to bit.ly/YPN-workshop to book your free space.

The Poetry Society's #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year 2025 have been announced and here are some of the top 15 at the awards ceremony at the British Library last week. It was a wonderful day celebrating all 100 winners and commended poets in the award. Photo by MaddMann Photography.

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Olga Dermott, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Olga!

Our 2025 National Poetry Competition poster, as seen in Pages of Hackney, London. The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅 If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!

⭐ COMING UP ON 17 NOVEMBER ⭐: Join Kim Moore in an exciting workshop that will explore the vital art of the line break: how it shapes rhythm, breath, emotion, meaning and echo. Book your ticket here: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/line-b...

Missed out on a ticket to Victoria Adukwei Bulley's online workshop 'Creating a Collection'? Reserve your spot to receive a recording of the FULL workshop, available from 29 October (the day after the event!) until 19 November. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/worksh...

Poetry is truly alive - the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award event yesterday was a delight. Young people from 135 countries entered - various judges read over 28,000 poems! Here are 2 of my favourite winning poems - one will break your heart, one will make you smile. @poetrysociety.org.uk

There are a few tickets still available to our ONLINE Poetry Review reading group on Monday 20 October! Dive into the Autumn 2025 issue of the Review with fellow poetry enthusiasts and explore the diverse voices and themes that shape contemporary poetry. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/online...

Charles Penty reads 'Wall Painting in a Spanish Country Church', a winner of the Members' Poetry Competition - Autumn 2025: 'Clearing', judged by Helen Farish.

🎉 Congratulations to the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025 commended poets! (4 of 4) Discover this year's winners at bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets 🌟

🎉 Congratulations to the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025 commended poets! (3 of 4) Discover this year's winners at bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets 🌟

🎉 Congratulations to the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025 commended poets! (2 of 4) Discover this year's winners at bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets 🌟

🎉 Congratulations to the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025 commended poets! (1 of 4) Discover this year's winners at bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets 🌟

🎉 Congratulations to the top 15 winners of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2025! The winners were chosen by judges Will Harris and Colette Bryce, and were announced today at the @britishlibrary in London. Read the winning poems at bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets 🌟

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Johanna Magin, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Johanna!

An excerpt from 'Soup of the Day' by Luciana Arbus-Scandiffio, which is featured in the latest issue of The Poetry Review and available to read in full for free on our website. 📚

🥁 Calling all young poets! Come along to our next online open mic... This Young Poets Takeover will feature a headline set from YPNer Luke Worthy, plus a Q&A about all things poetry. Anyone aged 14-25 can sign up for an open mic slot to share their work! 🎤 Sign up at bit.ly/NovTakeover

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Chris Beckett, who was commended in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Chris!

An excerpt from 'On a Haybale, Off Route 57' by Harrison Hamm, which is featured in the latest issue of The Poetry Review and available to read in full for free on our website. 📚

It's #ThrowbackThursday! We're going back in time to show you excerpts of prizewinning poems throughout National Poetry Competition history. 🕰️ Today's comes from 'Side-tracked' by Jane Griffiths, which was highly commended in the 1988 National Poetry Competition.

Joanna Guthrie reads 'Blues of the clearing of my aunt's fridge', a winner of the Members' Poetry Competition - Autumn 2025: 'Clearing', judged by Helen Farish.

⭐ COMING UP ON 28 OCTOBER ⭐ : Join Victoria Adukwei Bulley in this online workshop where you'll experiment with ways of drawing connections across a body of work, discovering the patterns and echoes that can shape a manuscript, whether you’re crafting a pamphlet or a full-length collection.

I'll be reading from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book, The Point Is You Are Alive, alongside @marymulholland.bsky.social Wendy Allen and @alicehiller.bsky.social, at The Poetry Cafe, Tuesday 28th October, 7pm-9pm! Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Estelle Price, who was commended in the 2022 and 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Estelle!

We had fun on #NationalPoetryDay running workshops, games & an open mic in the Poetry Cafe! Thanks to workshop facilitators Astra Papachristodoulou & Shazea Quraishi, open-mic headliner Bradley Taylor, Stanza members Leah Larwood & Suzanna Fitzpatrick, and all who shared poems and made it a fun day!