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@poetrysociety.org.uk‬'s online platform for young people aged 5-25 worldwide. Challenges, features, writing opportunities and more!
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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
May 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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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
Calling all young poets! The challenge: write a poem that breaks the rules. Open to poets worldwide aged 5 to 25. Enter on Young Poets Network Prizes include publication, poetry books & performance opportunities Multimedia submissions are eligible (and encouraged!) Entry is free - you can submit as many poems as you like Find prompts & enter at bit.ly/YPNEstorick
March 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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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
Only 3 days left to enter! The challenge: write a poem in couplets. Open to poets worldwide aged 5-25. Find out more --> ID: Two swans against a pale yellow background with an orange star behind them. Prizes include publication, poetry books & performance opportunities Entry is free: you can enter as many poems as you like. No set theme. Find prompts and enter at bit.ly/CoupletsYPN
March 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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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
The challenge: write a poem that breaks the rules. Deadline 28 April Open to poets worldwide aged 5-25 Find out more >> Prizes include publication, poetry books & performance opportunities Multimedia submissions are eligible (and encouraged!) Entry is free - you can submit as many poems as you like Find prompts & enter at bit.ly/YPNEstorick
March 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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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
2013, and Daedalus never moved away for work - Lewis Corry bike-strung boy sun-licked spark of rubber and steel you soar down the driveway arms spread like wings it is a wonderful thing to fly and there is no greater occasion than being alive
February 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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.
The challenge: write a poem in couplets. Open to poets worldwide aged 5-25. Deadline 9 March. Prizes include publication, poetry books & performance opportunities Entry is free: you can enter as many poems as you like. No set theme. Find prompts and enter at bit.ly/CoupletsYPN
January 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM