Foyle Young Poets- The Prizes: 

There are 15 Overall Winners and 85 Commended Poets. 

  • The 15 Overall Winners aged 11-17 will have their poems printed in the winners' anthology and all Commended Poets will have their name published inside - 20,000+ of these are sent out across the UK and beyond.
  • 15-17 year olds in the Overall Winners category will attend a week-long residential course at one of the prestigious Arvon Centres - take a look at a previous course here
  • 11-14 year olds in the Overall Winners category will win a short residency in their school by a leading poet followed by distance mentoring
  • All 100 winners (Overall and Commended) receive a year's Youth Membership and the opportunity to contribute to our online YM magazine and our new digital platform Young Poets Network
  • All 100 winners (Overall and Commended) will be invited to a prestigious Awards Ceremony in London on National Poetry Day (October)
  • All 100 winners (Overall and Commended) will receive prizes including books published by Faber & Faber, Bloodaxe Books, Picador, Walker Books, Puffin, Seren, and tall-lighthouse
  • Extra goodies to be supplied courtesey of Divine Chocolate
  • Each Winner receives a beautiful Paperblanks notebook for their future scribblings
  • The 6 schools who inspire the most entries will receive a special selection of books from Faber & Faber, Bloodaxe Books tall-lighthouse, Seren Books, Puffin and Picador  for their libraries
  • Each year we award we select a small group of new Teacher Trailblazers who have demonstrated outstanding innovation and commitment to inspiring young people to write poetry who will be invited to and celebrated at the award ceremony in London on National Poetry Day (October)
  • Schools who have demonstrated the most dedication and enthusiasm for the Award are rewarded with free poet -in-school residencies and library sets of poetry books to inspire future generations.
                                                                  

   		                                                            

Read last year's Winner Conor Mckee's account of his week long residential at the Hurst in the Diary  of a Foyler

                                                                

 

Read what winners, poets and the press are  saying about the award.....                                                                                        

                                                       

See the 2008 Winners in action at the Hurst with tutors Ian Macmillan and Eva Salzman