Members' Poems

Members are invited to submit poems to Poetry News on a particular theme each quarter, and six of the best are included on a regular, dedicated members' page.  The poems are judged by a published poet and both the judge and the theme changes with each issue. (Use the menu bar on the left to read the poems, organised by year).

Each summer, the Hamish Canham Poetry Prize is awarded to the best poem to appear in Poetry News that year.

The theme for the next issue (spring 2010) is 'dangerous sports', as proposed by our judge Penelope Shuttle. The deadline for submissions is 1 February 2010.