Tower Poetry

Tower Poetry offers opportunities and resources for young poets in the UK, and to this end has given away £100,000+ to young people and schools since 2000.

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Want to enter the Tower Poetry competition and wondering where to dive in? Tennyson writes of one potential, ‘boundless deep’ – the sea.

Find out more: https://t.co/P1aOmEDCed

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Here’s everything you need to know about the 2027 Tower Poetry Competition, the most valuable poetry prize for UK 16-18 year olds.

Send us your best poem on the theme of ‘The Deep’. Take us to the ocean floor, into space, or the recesses of your mind!: https://t.co/P1aOmEDCed

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The Tower Poetry Competition is now OPEN! We want your poems on the theme of The Deep. With a top prize of £5,000, this is not one to be missed.

Open to 16-18 year olds in education in the UK until 18th February: https://t.co/P1aOmEDCed

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We’re back! The Tower Poetry Competition 2027 opens midday Thursday 8th October – check back next week to find out this year’s theme (or try and decode this hint!).

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Curious about this year's Tower Poetry winners? Here's first place winner, Zeba Padinjare, discussing her poem 'Application'.

You can watch all this year's winners reading their poems on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/gupZJAC9Q2

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We're proud to support the next generation of poets. Through a new grant programme, Christ Church's @TowerPoetry is helping young writers develop their craft and take the next step in their creative journeys.

📖 Read more: https://t.co/mXRKXlr7xo

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Our friends at The Poetry Society and the T. S. Eliot Prize are delighted to open applications for the Young Critics Scheme. It offers 10 emerging poetry reviewers aged 18-25 the chance to review the T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist.

Apply by 17th August: https://t.co/pS5So5MwDg

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@Alanmglover @ChCh_Oxford Updated! Thank you.

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Congratulations to the 2026 Tower Poetry Competition winners! It was wonderful to celebrate the 13 exciting young poets with our judges, Fiona Benson and Matthew Hollis.

Read the winning poems here and stay tuned for news of the 2027 competition!: https://t.co/VhXXquEImC

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Did you know Tower Poetry runs two grant schemes?:
🔶Schools Grants, supporting poetry activity in individual schools
🔶Development Grants, promoting the understanding and enjoyment of poetry in schools at a regional/national level

More info:: https://t.co/nVMTxQjIlH

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We received 1,415 entries for this year's Tower Poetry Competition! We enjoyed all of your riddles, literal and non-literal. The winners have now been selected and all entrants contacted.

Please check your spam or login to your Submittable account if you haven't heard from us.

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LAST CHANCE to enter the Tower Poetry Competition. Entries close at noon today, Thursday, 19th February.

Send us your riddles - enter now: https://t.co/HhoDBpsbNh

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It's nearly time... enter your poems on the theme of 'A Riddle’ (interpret however you will – mysteries, questions, answers, or whatever else feels riddle-like) by TOMORROW (Thursday 19th February) at midday for a chance to win £5,000:

https://t.co/HhoDBpsbNh

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Three days to go! Time to finish off those final edits and SUBMIT!

Enter the Tower Poetry competition by midday, Thursday 19th February (link in bio): https://t.co/HhoDBpsbNh

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The Tower Poetry Competition is open for just one more week! We want your poems on the theme of a riddle, for the chance of winning up to £5,000, plus a summer school with top poetry tutors.

Open to 16-18 year olds until 19th February: https://t.co/P1aOmEDCed

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Any guesses for the subject of Alice Oswald's 'A Riddle'?

We hope this will spark your own riddle-inspired poems as we approach the closing date of the Tower Poetry competition. There's still time to get your entries in:

https://t.co/P1aOmEDCed

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The Tower Poetry Prize is one of the most valuable poetry prizes for young people. You could win up to £5,000, as well as a place on our prestigious summer school. Sounds good? Get your entries in before noon, 19th February:

https://t.co/P1aOmEDCed

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Only one month to go till we close for entries. We’re looking for poems on the theme ‘A Riddle’ (to be interpreted as you like) from 16-18 year olds in the UK. Find out more and enter by noon, 19th February:

https://t.co/P1aOmEDCed

[Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman]

With a generous grant from @towerpoetry, @EngMediaCentre is launching a project to 'map' poetry in secondary schools in England. We're starting with a national survey. If you teach English, please fill in the questionnaire so we get your views & insights. https://t.co/nXuVZUEKr5

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Looking for inspiration for your entry to the Tower Poetry Competition? Here’s one take on riddles, from Geoffrey Hilsabeck (The Paris Review).

16-18 year olds in the UK can enter their poems on the theme of ‘A Riddle’ until noon, 19th February 2026: https://t.co/HhoDBpsbNh