Four weeks left to enter the Foyle young poets of the year award 2015

Newsflash: The prestigious poetry competition for 11-17 year-olds closes for entries on 31 July 2015. Don’t miss your chance to enter!

There are just under four weeks left to enter the internationally renowned Foyle young poets of the year award, which celebrates some of the most talented young wordsmiths across the globe.

Now in its 18^th year, the prize is increasingly coming to represent an early career landmark for many rising poetry stars of both page and stage. Past winners include Faber New Poet Annie Katchinska and Amy Blakemore, winner of the 2014 Melita Hume Poetry Prize. More recently 17-year-old Isla Anderson, a prizewinner in the 2014 competition, has gone on to win the acclaimed Christopher Tower poetry prize, judged by Ian McMillan, Peter McDonald, and yet another former Foyle poet, Helen Mort.

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