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Winchester Poetry

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We are a hub for poetry locally, nationally and internationally - from Winchester to the world.
Winchester Poetry Festival takes place Oct 2025

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🌞Writing over the bank holiday? Enter Winchester Poetry Prize! Judge is triple TS Eliot Prize shortlisted Fiona Benson. Fiona says: “Poems are such idiosyncratic doorways into the human soul and I cannot wait to read what you have found there. 📮winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize

🌞Writing over the bank holiday?
Enter Winchester Poetry Prize!

Judge is triple TS Eliot Prize shortlisted Fiona Benson.

Fiona says: “Poems are such idiosyncratic doorways into the human soul and I cannot wait to read what you have found there.

📮winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize
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🪑✍🏾 The Poetry Desk at P & G Wells is open! Young people will find everything they need to enter Hampshire Young Poets comp - inc writing prompts on the theme 'Friendship' 👀 We encourage all budding poets to go and take a look! Paris Smith Hampshire Cultural Trust #HelloWinchester

🪑✍🏾 The Poetry Desk at <a href="/Bookwells/">P & G Wells</a> is open!

Young people will find everything they need to enter Hampshire Young Poets comp - inc writing prompts on the theme 'Friendship' 👀

We encourage all budding poets to go and take a look!

<a href="/ParisSmithLLP/">Paris Smith</a>  <a href="/HantsCulture/">Hampshire Cultural Trust</a> #HelloWinchester
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💖We're delighted to see that we're a finalist in the 'Creative + Cultural' category of Winchester Business Excellence Awards 2025! These awards aim to celebrate and shine a light on the top businesses in the Winchester district. Organised by Winchester BID Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

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Calling all writers who teach or facilitate creative writing! Proposals for presentations & workshops around the theme of ‘Inspiring Writing’ are invited for the NAWE Online Conference in Nov 2025 Info bit.ly/3jgXMup D/L 31 May #creativewriting #writingineducation

Calling all writers who teach or facilitate creative writing! 

Proposals for presentations &amp; workshops around the theme of ‘Inspiring Writing’ are invited for the NAWE Online Conference in Nov 2025

Info bit.ly/3jgXMup
D/L 31 May 
#creativewriting #writingineducation
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We have some Pay It Forward entries enabling poets on low incomes to enter Winchester Poetry Prize 2025. Learn more: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/wpp25 Thank you to those who have donated to this fund so far 🤗

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If you're in #Winchester over the weekend, why not pop into our friends P & G Wells and write a poem on the theme of Friendship? Under 16s will be entered into Hampshire Young Poets competition 🤗 Learn more: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co… Winchester BID #HelloWinchester Hampshire Cultural Trust

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😲 Hampshire Young Poets competition closes 6 wks today! U16s are invited to write a poem about 'Friendship' to win National Book Tokens + celebrate at WPF25 The Arc, Winchester Learn more: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co… P & G Wells Paris Smith Arts Council England, South West Hampshire Cultural Trust #JA250 #JaneAusten

😲 Hampshire Young Poets competition closes 6 wks today!

U16s are invited to write a poem about 'Friendship' to win <a href="/book_tokens/">National Book Tokens</a> + celebrate at WPF25 <a href="/ArcWinchester/">The Arc, Winchester</a> 

Learn more: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co…

<a href="/Bookwells/">P & G Wells</a> <a href="/ParisSmithLLP/">Paris Smith</a> <a href="/ace_southwest/">Arts Council England, South West</a> <a href="/HantsCulture/">Hampshire Cultural Trust</a>
#JA250 #JaneAusten
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👩🏽‍🏫Hampshire Young Poets' comp is open! Theme: friendship Close: 30 June Here you'll find some prompts from #HampshirePoeet to get those pens wiggling! Find PDF teaching resources, and how to enter: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co… Hampshire Cultural Trust Paris Smith @bookwells Arts Council England, South West

👩🏽‍🏫Hampshire Young Poets' comp is open!

Theme: friendship
Close: 30 June

Here you'll find some prompts from #HampshirePoeet to get those pens wiggling!

Find PDF teaching resources, and how to enter: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co…

<a href="/HantsCulture/">Hampshire Cultural Trust</a> <a href="/ParisSmithLLP/">Paris Smith</a> @bookwells <a href="/ace_southwest/">Arts Council England, South West</a>
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📮💌 A reminder that we accept poems for Winchester Poetry Prize via post! We understand that some poets prefer to send us their poems this way, and that some poets aren't able (or don't wish) to make online payments. That's ok with us! Learn more: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/wpp25

📮💌 A reminder that we accept poems for Winchester Poetry Prize via post!

We understand that some poets prefer to send us their poems this way, and that some poets aren't able (or don't wish) to make online payments. 

That's ok with us!

Learn more: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/wpp25
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⌛Just 5 weeks remain for young writers to enter our competition in collaboration with Hampshire Cultural Trust Learn all about Hampshire Young Poets competition here: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co… Supported by Paris Smith P & G Wells Arts Council England, South West

⌛Just 5 weeks remain for young writers to enter our competition in collaboration with <a href="/HantsCulture/">Hampshire Cultural Trust</a> 

Learn all about Hampshire Young Poets competition here: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co…

Supported by <a href="/ParisSmithLLP/">Paris Smith</a> <a href="/Bookwells/">P & G Wells</a> <a href="/ace_southwest/">Arts Council England, South West</a>
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🚸Hampshire Young Poets comp 2025 remains open for 1 month! Judge is #HampshirePoet, who offers these prompts for young people wishing to enter a poem on the theme of 'friendship' Teaching resources can be downloaded from our website 👉🏽winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co…

🚸Hampshire Young Poets comp 2025 remains open for 1 month!

Judge is #HampshirePoet, who offers these prompts for young people wishing to enter a poem on the theme of 'friendship'

Teaching resources can be downloaded from our website 👉🏽winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co…
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⚠️Attention #Hampshire writers⚠️ Winchester Poetry Prize has a *special* prize category for entries from Hampshire - the Kathryn Bevis Prize Prizes: 1yr tuition from The Writing School, £150, opp to read at WPF Supported by The Writing School + Oliver Golding winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize

⚠️Attention #Hampshire writers⚠️

Winchester Poetry Prize has a *special* prize category for entries from Hampshire - the Kathryn Bevis Prize

Prizes: 1yr tuition from <a href="/Writing5chool/">The Writing School</a>, £150, opp to read at WPF

Supported by <a href="/Writing5chool/">The Writing School</a> + Oliver Golding

winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize