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Youth Poetry Competition - Wirral Poetry Festival


  • pilgrim street arts centre 1 Pilgrim Street Birkenhead, England, CH41 5EH United Kingdom (map)

The competition is for unpublished poems in the English language, of no more than 20 lines, on the theme Home, and it’s open to all young people in the Liverpool City Region aged between 11 and 18 years. To be eligible, the postcode in your home or school address must be from one of the following LCR boroughs: Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.

 The first prize is the Christopher Salmon Memorial Prize of £100 with up to four runner-up prizes of £25 each. Entries into the competition should be made online through our website. All entries will be read by our Youth Competition Judge: Judith Railton.

Open to all young people in the Liverpool City Region aged between 11 and 18 years

Click here to find out more

The deadline for receipt of all competition entries is 11:59pm on Friday 8th May 2026

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