The Poetry Society and the T.S. Eliot Prize are thrilled to announce the ten reviewers selected for this year's Young Critics Scheme. Keep an eye on our YouTube channel later for their video reviews of the T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist! Find out more: poetrysociety.org.uk/news/t-s-eli...

The results of our collaboration with @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social are now available to read online! ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/div... Congratulations to Rucha Virmani with the winning poem 'December Heat' (written in response to 'And more' by Felícia Fuster, translated by Marialena Carr.)

We love this piece celebrating the Young Critics Scheme over on the T.S. Eliot Prize website! Since 2022, we've partnered with the Prize to train up ten young people to review the shortlist via video. Find out more & watch them back: tseliot.com/prize/seriou...

Aged 18-25, based in the UK or Ireland, & interested in contemporary poetry? You've got one week left to apply for the 2025 Young Critics Scheme, run in partnership with the T.S. Eliot Prize! You'll attend workshops with leading critics and create a video review. Apply: bit.ly/YoungCriticsScheme

Aged 18-25, based in the UK or Ireland, & interested in contemporary poetry? We've just opened up applications for the 2025 Young Critics Scheme, run in partnership with the T.S. Eliot Prize! You'll attend workshops with leading critics and create a video review. Find out more: bit.ly/4kKf0i0

Are you a nature inspired poet aged 25 or under? Compose a piece of #poetry on the wonderful world of #bogs & #peatlands & you could get published on the @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social. Enter The Bog Challenge competition below. Deadline 10th Aug 2025. ✍️ ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/bog...

The new set of Poems on the Underground is here! Did you know you can get your hands on Poems on the Underground posters via The Poetry Society? Head to our online shop to get yours: poetrysociety.org.uk/product-category/poems-on-the-underground/

We've still got a handful of tickets left for our Young Poets Takeover at the weekend. Join us from 2pm on Saturday 31 May at The Poetry Cafe in London to hear from the rising stars of the poetry world! Find out more and book your space: bit.ly/YoungPoetsTakeover25

We're thrilled to be teaming up with Modern Poetry in Translation again for our latest writing challenge on Young Poets Network. Find out more and enter by 22 June: bit.ly/YPN-MPT

Former Foyle Young Poets! We're offering 2 paid week-long internships this summer. To be eligible, you must be a former winner/ commended poet in the Foyle Young Poets Award, be aged 18+ & based in the UK or Ireland. Find out more at bit.ly/TPSIntern and apply by 5pm Monday 16 June!

Congratulations to everyone shortlisted for the Poetry Wales Award! We're especially pleased to see #FoyleYoungPoets Heather Chapman and Ginny Darke, and Young Poets Networker ( @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social ) Zain Rishi have made the list 🎉

🎤 Join us at 5pm on Friday 6 June to hear from the rising stars of the poetry world! Find out more and reserve your space (quick, our open mic slots disappear pretty quickly!) at bit.ly/JuneTakeover.

Amazing! Find more prompts and enter the challenge by 22 June: bit.ly/YPN-MPT You could win poetry goodies including a digital subscription to Modern Poetry in Translation magazine 👀

Calling all young poets: come along to our next Young Poets Takeover! Takeovers are free poetry open mics for under 25s. Come along to hear from the up-and-coming stars of the poetry world… Tickets are free, but booking is essential: bit.ly/YoungPoetsTakeover25

This afternoon, a group of Foyle Young Poets and Young Poets Networkers attended a poetry workshop at the Estorick Collection, all about getting inspired by visual art and breaking the rules of language. Thank you to Luca, the Collection's Learning Officer, for facilitating!

✍️ #NaPoWriMo is here with the challenge to write a poem a day! Throughout April, The Poetry Society will be featuring poetry writing prompts created by poets that we've worked with recently through competitions, publications and projects. (...)

Calling all young poets: writing challenge alert! Young Poets Network is teaming up with the Estorick Collection to ask you to write poems that break the rules in some way. Send us poems that flout poetic form, or even do away with using the page for poetry entirely… Enter at bit.ly/YPNEstorick

Calling all young poets: new writing challenge alert! We’re teaming up with the Estorick Collection to ask you to write poems that break the rules. Send us poems that flout poetic form, or even do away with using the page for poetry entirely… Find prompts on Young Poets Network: bit.ly/YPNEstorick

Three days left to enter the Couplets Challenge on Young Poets Network! The challenge: write a poem in couplets. You could win poetry books, performance opportunities, and more. Find out more and enter by midnight (UK time) on Sunday 9 March: bit.ly/CoupletsYPN

Our flagship talent development programme for poets aged 11-17, the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, is open for entries! Judged this year by the fabulous Colette Bryce & Will Harris! Free to enter. Poems can be any theme and must be under 40 lines. Deadline = 31 July foyleyoungpoets.org

Calling all young poets: new writing challenge alert! We’re teaming up with the Estorick Collection to ask you to write poems that break the rules. Send us poems that flout poetic form, or even do away with using the page for poetry entirely… Find prompts on Young Poets Network: bit.ly/YPNEstorick

In case you missed it, #FoyleYoungPoet Lewis Corry's poem '2013, and Daedalus never moved away for work' is featured in the latest set of Poems on the Underground. Watch Lewis talking about what poetry means to him on BBC London: (about 25 minutes in!) bbc.in/41wMfyM

We can't wait!

Continuing our Writers' Habits series is Nisha Patel, who encourages seeking inspiration through exploration. Thank you, Nisha!

Roses are red, violets are blue, In our new writing challenge, we’re asking you… to write a poem using couplets! Find more prompts and enter: bit.ly/CoupletsYPN Free and open to 5-25s worldwide. Deadline Sunday 9 March 2025.