About the Competition

Poetry Rivals is a national poetry competition for poets of all ages. We are inviting you to submit your poem to us for the chance to win some great prizes.

Your poem can be on any theme you wish, whether it be light hearted and humorous or a more serious poem, it will be suitable for this poetry competition, feel free to look at the previous winners pages. If you are a teacher and you would like your whole class to enter we have created some poetry lesson plans for you.

The top 100 poets (50 under 18s and 50 Over 18s) will be invited to our Poetry Slam, the poems will be performed in front of professional poets and the winners of the competition will be decided.

Poetry Rivals Prizes
Under 18s - There will be two laptops up for grabs for the winners of the competition. The Under 18s will be split into two age groups, the winning poets will each win a laptop.

Over 18's - The top prize will be either a publishing contract or £1,000, there will be 2nd and 3rd place cash prizes.

2011 Slam Final! 10/02/2012 All 100 finalists should have now received their letters of congratulations and an invitation to the slam final, however please check out our top 50 under 18s and top 50 over 18s just in case your letter  has been delayed! This year’s slam final will take place on Saturday 21st April 2012, at The Burghley Club, Peterborough, PE1 2QA. The event will kick off with the under 18s slam starting at 3pm until 6pm, two champions will be crowned and awarded with the top prizes, laptops! The over 18s slam will start at 6:30pm until 9:30pm, with the three runners-up receiving cash prizes and the champion having the choice of a publishing contract with Bonacia Ltd or £1000! Finalists are welcome to invite friends and family to the event but tickets must be purchased before the event because of capacity limits within the venue. Contact our customer services team on 01733 890099 or email info@poetryrivals.com to order tickets (£5 cost). Read other news: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10