
Welcome to Winchester Poetry Festival
Festival weekend will take place October 13-15 2023.




Winchester Poetry Prize 2022
celebrating the best in new writing
We are pleased to announce the winner of the
2022 Winchester Poetry Prize is
Luke Palmer for his poem Desire | Fathers
Second Prize: Erica Hesketh - Tidings
Third Prize: Jonny Wiles - Colossus
Highly Commended Poems
Harriet Truscott - Living ever after
Emily Cooke - Missing Package Slip
Jenny Munro-Hunt - Qomolangma
Nia Broomhall - NINA, WHO IS STILL HERE
Jim Green - MUSTARD
Jenny Danes - Quality Snacks
Commended Poems
Freya Bantiff - The Removal Process
Vicci Bentley - Mermalaise
Roger Bloor - Seen from the lakeside train
Jeanette Burton - The one thing we underestimate about our dogs
Pamela Crowe - River
Elaine Desmond - Golden
David Day - John Clare makes headway in the snow
Philip Dunn - In Memorium: Chetan Sharma
Martin Figura - Sunday 11 November 1956
Rosie Jackson - Letter to Sharon Olds
Jos Olive - Yellow Jelly Babies at the Bottom of the Bag
Jenny Mitchell - Colonial Colour Chart
Ben Rhys Palmer - Yeti
Laura Theis - I went out today looking for wonder
Imogen Clare Wade - Camping
The prize for best poem by a Hampshire-based poet was won by
Jeremy Wikeley for his poem The Sign Says Hungerford.
The winners were announced at a special prize-giving event on Saturday 8 October 2022.
Winning and commended poems have been published in an anthology at night we cross the street which is available via our online shop.