The Poetry Society invites all to its awards celebration for The National Poetry Competition 2025,  judged by Susannah Dickey, Ian Duhig and Denise Saul, featuring performances from this year’s top ten poets alongside guest past prizewinning poets to be announced

The National Poetry Competition, run by The Poetry Society since 1978, is one of the most prestigious poetry competitions worldwide for new poetry. The 2025 competition attracted over 21,200 entries from over 9,500 poets from 113 different countries worldwide.