Winners Announced 2022!
The winners of the International Welsh Poetry Competition 2022 have just been announced by judge, John Evans. The contest, which was started in Pontypridd in […]
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Second Italian/English Anthology Showcases Cultural ‘Cross-Currents’
Translating the work of English-language poets has raised the bar for literary translation among postgraduate students at the University of Salerno. Literary translation is a […]
Extended Closing Date
Due to a few unforeseen problems with the administration of the contest this year, plus the fact that other competitions also seem to be ending […]
This Is Why You Should Engage in Poetry Competitions
Poetry has been around for a long time, with individuals and whole cultures adopting the medium to express their sentiments about society and the nature […]
Callout For Poetry Books!
The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self published authors or books […]
Africa Poems – Selected Works
Welsh writer Dave Lewis has just launched his 11th poetry collection, an anthology of the ‘Africa-themed’ poems that have appeared in all his previous collections. […]
Poetry Library Of Wales?
There have been numerous calls for a Welsh Poetry Library over the years. England has two, Scotland has one but Wales, always the poor neighbour […]
Poetry Contest 2022 – Call For Entries!
Wales‘ biggest (and some would say best) poetry contest is now open again and accepting entries! The International Welsh Poetry Competition returns with judge, John Evans, picking […]
Welsh Poetry Competition Anthology 2017-2021
‘The Third One’ is the latest compilation from the competition’s organisers and comprises all the winners from the last five years of the contest, namely […]
Jenny Mitchell Wins Poetry Book Awards 2021
The organisers of the Pontypridd-based international Poetry Book Awards have announced the winners of the 2021 contest. Congratulations to Jenny Mitchell for her collection ‘Map […]
Estelle Price Wins Welsh Poetry Competition
The International Welsh Poetry Competition 2021 organisers have announced the winners of their prestigious 15th contest, judged by award-winning Welsh poet Kathy Miles, and the […]
Portsmouth Poetry
Portsmouth Poetry is a website and mixed arts organisation based on the south coast formed and run by two proud Welsh people, one from West […]
Deadline Extended! Welsh Poetry Competition
The international Welsh Poetry Competition is now in its 15th year and so in order to give even more poets a chance to enter we’ve extended the […]
Send Us Your Indie Poetry Books
The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self published authors or books published by […]
Welsh Book Store
There seems to be a bit of a revolution in the book world happening at the moment. Lots of people, retailers, especially the smaller outlets […]
Jocelyn Simms Wins The International Poetry Book Awards
The contest organisers have announced the winners of their prestigious contest, judged by Welsh poet and writer Dave Lewis, and the overall winner was Jocelyn Simms for her book […]
How to Sell Your Poetry Books
Getting your poetry book published (or self published) was the easy bit. Now the real work begins – trying to get people to buy a […]
Poetry Book Awards
Founded in Pontypridd, South Wales the international ‘Poetry Book Awards’ gives self published writers and small indie press authors a chance to gain recognition in […]
Sheila Aldous Wins The International Poetry Competition!
Huge congratulations to Sheila Aldous, who takes top prize in the 2020 contest! A fantastic poem, Sheila also came 4th with another fabulous entry. The […]
Covid-19 and 2020 Contest
As most of the world is aware we have had to deal with Covid-19 these last few months. In fact, through all of the timeframe […]