The 2025 National Poetry Competition from the Poetry Society is now open for entries from poets worldwide!

This year’s judges are Denise Saul, Ian Duhig and Susannah Dickey – find out more about them here.

The National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest prizes for a single poem (£5,000) and all entries are judged via an anonymised process, so put your best poem forward!

The deadline for entries is 11:59pm (GMT UK time) on 31 October 2025 and the entry fee is £8 for the first entry and £6 for additional ones.