
Welcome to Winchester Poetry Festival
The next full festival will take place in 2023.
Winchester Poetry Prize 2021
celebrating the best in new writing
We are pleased to be able to announce that the following poems have been selected by our judge Jacqueline Saphra
as the longlist for the 2021 Winchester Poetry Prize.
Kirsten Anderson
Paula Balfe
Chrissy Banks
Sharon Black
Laurie Bolger
Helen Bowell
David Butler
Daragh Byrne
Rachel Cleverly
Imogen Cook
Imogen Cook
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana
Jo Davis
James Dowthwaite
Marion Hobday
Kathleen Latham
Simon Maddrell
Annabel Marshall
Jed Myers
Lesley Saunders
Sam Henley Smith
Trelawney
Othuke Umukoro
Pat Winslow
Goodfellas
miscarriage
Damson Wine
Cocoon
Gem
Monsieur le Barman
Leaf Storm
Last Time Ghazal
things which make my life difficult and my writing bad
Frankenstein
(!) not delivered
Don't
Four tiles from a calendar mosaic of chronic illness
Melancholies
Roses
Lockdown cherries
nature poem
Homecoming
The News at Golden Gardens
The Starlings
A familiar route
Instructions for model family
Mother, 101
The Chest of Drawers
The winners will be announced at a special prize-giving event on Saturday 9 October 2021 at the Winchester Discovery Centre.
Places are free but should be booked.
Winning and commended poems will also be published in an anthology which will be published on the day and is available to pre-order via our online shop.