Poetry Book Awards – Short List
The organisers of the international Poetry Book Awards have announced the shortlist for their 2024 contest. Our judge, Mick Evans, has just announced our shortlist. It was […]
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Winners Announced!
The 2024 winners from the 18th International Welsh Poetry Competition were announced today. Award-winning poet and judge, Kathy Miles said, “Judging a poetry competition is […]
Poetry Book Awards
The international Poetry Book Awards have just announced the Top 25 winners for 2024: www.poetrybookawards.co.uk Longlist (in no particular order) A Party Business – Roger […]
Opportunity: Big Welsh Rhyme Time Commissions 2025
Book Trust Cymru : Big Welsh Rhyme Time We are inviting authors, poets, writers, musicians, performers and children’s storytellers to help us create some special […]
Call For Entries – Welsh Poetry Competition
The international Welsh Poetry Competition is now open and accepting entries! In our 18th contest, we are offering the following prizes: 1st Prize – £500 […]
Poetry Books – Wanted!
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 […]
Winner Of The Poetry Book Awards 2023 – Megan Fernandes
Congratulations – Megan Fernandes! The winners of the 4th annual contest were as follows: 1st Prize I DO EVERYTHING I’M TOLD – Megan Fernandes, Portland, Oregon, […]
Poetry Book Awards – Top 25 Announced
Poetry Book Awards 2023 The International Poetry Book Awards 2023 organisers have announced the longlist for their 4th contest, judged by Welsh poet, Dave Lewis. Longlist (in no […]
Welsh Poetry Competition Winners Announced!
The 2023 winners from our 17th competition are below: The 2023 Competition 1st Prize Pegasus Rising – Jenny McRobert (Sutton Scotney, Winchester, England) […]
Dave Lewis is Libraries Wales Author of the Month
Each month on the Libraries Wales website, they focus on an inspiring author based in or writing about Wales. You’ll have an introduction to their […]
Welsh Poet Warns Of Dystopian Future
Welsh writer Dave Lewis launches his new poetry collection with a savage attack on artificial intelligence (AI) and the negative effects it is already having […]
Our 17th International Poetry Contest Now Open!
The International Welsh Poetry Competition returns with judge, Mick Evans, picking the winners. This will be our 17th year of running the competition and we expect a […]
Wanted – 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 […]
Rufus Mufasa Wins The 2022 Poetry Book Awards
The organisers of the Wales-based international Poetry Book Awards have announced the winners of the 2021 contest. Congratulations to Rufus Mufasa for her collection ‘Flashbacks & […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]