Check out the Poetry Society webpage for downloadable sheets of poetry writing prompts. The prompts have been written by past winners and longlisted poets from previous National Poetry competitions, including Emily Breeds, Mark Fiddes, Audrey Colasanti, Kristen Mears, and Kate Wakeling, Laurie Bolger, Vasiliki Albedo, Tim Kiely, Robert Maslen, and Jessa Brown. You can also find … Continue reading Free poetry writing prompts from The Poetry Society
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Poetry competition tips by Hannah Copley
If you are planning on entering a poetry competition, do check out Hannah Copley's substack post, ' On Poetry Competitions And The Poems That Don't Win' for some hints and tips. She discusses some features that most attracted her to poems when recently judging the many entries in the Ware Poets Competition. You can find … Continue reading Poetry competition tips by Hannah Copley
A poem a day to your inbox from poets.org
Receive a poem a day to your inbox from the Academy of American Poets at poets.org There might be a few well-known classics, but Poem-a-day also includes new, unpublished poems. You can sign up fora poem a day here. There are also lots of other resources to browse on the website, including free poetry … Continue reading A poem a day to your inbox from poets.org
Free online literature quizzes
Check out the literature quizzes on Ilkley book festival website. The quizzes include a category for 'Poetry' and for 'War poets'. Some of the other categories (eg 'Literary families') cover a cross-section of genres.

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