If you’re an emerging poet, an avid reader, an enthusiastic performer or just starting out in poetry then the Poetry Society has something for you.

The Poetry Society has over 200 youth members aged 11-18. As part of a community they are encouraged to share their work, submit to our on-line magazine and enter competitions. Members also receive books, posters, a youth directory and a membership card which grants them discounts at poetry events, bookshops and our poetry feedback service. Find out more and join now.

 
 

YM:HISTORIES

YM is our online magazine showcasing poems by our youth members and giving you articles by a mixture of established poets and emerging voices. It also has a writing challenge in each issue to help your generate submissions for the next.

Read our second issue YM:HISTORIES at www.ympoetry.org 
 

The next issue will be on the theme CRASH
Submit poems, articles, reviews and illustration! 

SLAMbassadors UK 2010 is now open for entries.

SLAMbassadors UK is our national performance poetry championship. We ask poets aged 12-18 to submit short videos of themselves performing their work before holding live semi finals and a London showcase event for the winners.

Winners also receive poetry society membership and workshop opportunities to help them further hone their talents.

See Further: Poems on the Underground Competition Commended Poems Announced 

We teamed up with Poems on the Underground earlier this year to find science themed poems to celebrate 350 years of the Royal Society. The Poems on the Underground editorial team have made their selection and ten commended poems can now be viewed on the Royal Society’s website. Three overall winning poems will be announced in October when they will be displayed on London Underground Trains. 

 

The Foyle Young Poet of the Year award is now Closed

Winners will be informed by the 15th September and announced on National Poetry Day, Thursday 7th October. On National Poetry Day there will be an award ceremony for the winners at the Southbank Centre in London and the top 15 winning poems and the names of the 85 commended winners will be published on our website.