A poetry competition for young people aged 7 to 18.
Junoberry Young Poetry Prize 2024
We are looking for the best young poets and poems out there.
Choose to write a poem about one of the given stimuli: New Starts, Loss, The Natural World,
or, submit one about a subject of your choosing.
Our competitions give writers the opportunity for their poems to be professionally published and recorded in audio.
Junoberry Young Poetry Prize 2024
More Details
Categories
There are three age groups:
- Key Stage 2 (approx. 6 to 11 years old / Years 3 to 6)
- Key Stage 3 (approx. 12 to 14 years old / Years 7 to 9)
- Key stage 4 / Sixth Form (approx. 15 to 18 years old / Year 10 to 13).
The Prize
The winners and the shortlisted entries from each age group will be published in our 2024 Poetry Anthology, which will be available as both a print book - paperback and hardcover - and an eBook. In additional to this, they will also be recorded and made available as an audiobooks, published and on all major platforms, including Kindle, Apple Books, etc.
This means that your work will be professionally published, meaning you will be able to hold a printed copy of your poem in your hands (or on your Kindle!), and proudly call yourself a published poet.
Who Can Enter?
Any UK based writer can enter, provided that at the deadline date of March 3rd 2024, they are 18 years old or younger.
The only stipulations are that the poem that you enter cannot have been previously published, either in print format or on a website / blog. Work that has won or been placed in another competition also cannot be entered.
You must have permission from a parent or guardian to enter, and they will need to upload the work.
Fee
There is a £2.50 admin fee to enter the competition. This supports the processing and reading of entries, and can be paid via PayPal via the link below or from the link on the entry page.
rules and how to enter
Please make sure that you read through all of the rules carefully before you submit your entry
Submitting an entry implies an acceptance of our completion rules, and if any of the rules are not adhered to you may be disqualified.
Length
There is no limit on the length of your poem, although we are looking for quality rather than quantity, and the length of your submission will not determine your possibilities of success.
Style, Form and Subject Matter
The style and form of your poem is completely up to you, and it can either be a response to one of out three stimuli: New Starts, Loss, The Natural World, or it can be submitted as an open choice and be about a subject of your own choosing.
Number of Submissions
There is no limit to the number of submissions that you can make, you could enter poems in response to each stimuli for instance, although you will need to pay the admin fee for each entry.
Format
You should ensure that you follow all of the format criteria listed below:
- You should submit your work as one of the following files: a Word document, a Google doc., a PDF or either a .rtf or .txt file.
- You can use any readable font, but it should be size 11 or 12 and in black.
- You should make sure that the title of your file should be the name of the poem only. Please do not add your name as we read stories anonymously.
- If you poem spans multiple pages then these pages should be numbered at the bottom of each page.
- You should use spacing of 1.5 or double spacing throughout your poem.
Copyright
The author retains the copyright for their entry, but Junoberry Books has unrestricted rights to publish the shortlisted work and extracts from the work in their published anthology of poems (print, eBook and audiobook) and any promotional material that is relevant to this.
Judging and Decisions
The decision of the judges is final. Unfortunately no individual correspondence can be entered into and Judges cannot comment on individual entries. All poems are read anonymously and therefore judging is unbiased.
Deadline
The deadline for entries is midnight on March 3rd 2024.
No entries timestamped after this will be accepted.
Results
All shortlisted poets will be notified by email by the end of March 2024, and published on our website shortly afterwards.
Entry: Admin Fee
£2.50
Pay the Admin fee via PayPal and then include your receipt number on your entry form.
Submit Your Entry
If you believe you are ready to submit your work then click below for the link to the online entry form.
Good Luck!