Cheltenham Poetry Festival poetry competition now open

The annual international poetry competition associated with the Cheltenham Poetry Festival is now open. Poems must be in English and previously unpublished. Poems can be up to 50 lines. Entry fees are £4 per poem (3 for £10, 5 for £15). The theme is open and poets can enter as many submissions as they want. Deadline for submissions is 1 November 2025. Further details are here.

For more UK poetry competitions see our competitions page