Welcome to Winchester Poetry Festival
Winchester Poetry Day will take place Saturday 5 October 2024.
Winchester Poetry Festival events in 2025
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Winchester Poetry Festival is a biennial festival, with our next full festival taking place in-person 10-12 October 2025, with online and pop-up events and workshops prior to this.
We also host and collaborate on poetry events throughout the year, the details and ticket links for which are below.
Where possible, key events will be BSL interpreted and live-streamed. We ensure that as many activities as possible are free to attend, to ensure everyone feels able to participate. Donations to welcomed (link at bottom of page)
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WPF presents: Jenny McRobert (Kathryn Bevis Prize winner 2024) at Poetry Platform
Upstairs @ The Railway Inn, Winchester
Tuesday 14th January 2025
7:30 open-mic sign up | 8pm start
We are excited to be joining forces with Poetry Platform for a very special edition of their open-mic night to kick off 2025.
We are proud to present as guest poet for the evening - Jenny McRobert, the winner of the inaugural Kathryn Bevis Prize 2024 with her poem 'Oslo June 2022'
Jenny McRobert’s journey from Psychologist to poet has been her most enjoyable. Her poems have appeared in many publications. In 2024 she won The Kathryn Bevis Prize (best poem by a Hampshire poet) and the International Welsh Poetry Competition in 2023. She was shortlisted for both The Bridport Prize and The Rialto. Her debut collection, Silver Samovar, was published by The High Window Press in 2021 and was shortlisted for the Poetry Book Awards.
The Kathryn Bevis Prize celebrates the strongest poem by a Hampshire-based poet entered into Winchester Poetry Prize. The inaugural Kathryn Bevis Prize was judged by Clare Shaw and the winner was announced on Sat 5th Oct as part of Winchester Poetry Day 2024.
Read more about the Kathryn Bevis Prize.
This event is free to attend, and all are welcome.
Hampshire Poet presents:
Dreamweed podcast
Dreamweed is a series of podcasts looking at different aspects of surrealism; from food to film to female authors like Claude Cahun.
It was part of the Century of Surrealism Festival organised by The Hampshire Poet, which took place in October 2024.
This podcast remains available to access, for free.
Please note, tickets for Winchester Poetry Festival events are bookable directly from this page. Please do not purchase tickets from resale websites/marketplaces. Tickets for collaborative events may be hosted by other platforms. You can find our refund policy here.
If you have queries regarding tickets, or are concerned your ticket is not valid please email hello@winchesterpoetryfestival.org