Kate Clanchy

 

“When I was a teenager, I felt that (writing poetry) was entirely impossible for someone as foolish and female as I...”

 

 

"Philip Larkin and Stevie Smith were my favourites. But I loved that George Macbeth anthology too - Poetry 1900 to 1965. And Palgrave's Golden Treasury, and Arthur Hugh Clough - a wonderfully angst-ridden mid-Victorian.”
 

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is Britain's most prestigious poetry prize for young writers between the ages of 11-17. Each year we look for a hundred of the best young poets in the UK and beyond, as well as some of the most active poetry schools with special prizes for both 11-14 and 15-17 year olds. The closing date each year is 31st July.

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