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🌟Sponsor Winchester Poetry Festival 2027!🌟
We are looking for like-minded biz/org who can share in our mission to share, showcase, celebrate + champion great poetry
To learn more please visit: winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
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TOMORROW!
It's free to attend, and all are welcome, in person at @unisouthampton or online
@tobylitt @UoS_Engagement
💭 We are delighted once again to co-present the annual F.T Prince Lecture with @unisouthampton
Guest poet this year is Denise Riley. Whose lecture will be posing the question "Does the poem think?"
📌 Tues 27 Oct | 6pm
Online AND #Southampton
Info: winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
✨ Many congratulations to all of the young people who entered Hampshire Young Poets competition this year!
Winning poems + best lines are here: winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
Thank you to sponsors @ParisSmithLLP + @Bookwells for supporting this initiative!
🧑🏼🏫 Just one week until the F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture at @unisouthampton!
Guest speaker is Denise Riley - one of the most important poets at work in the English language - in conversation with @tobylitt
ℹ️ 🆓 All welcome winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
Thank you so much @TheHeraldSeries for sharing the news about Vanessa Lampert' Winchester Poetry Prize winning poem.
Oxfordshire woman wins prestigious Winchester Poetry Prize ift.tt/fSsxdK9
📰 Thank you to @TheOxfordMail for covering Winchester Poetry Prize 2026
oxfordmail.co.uk/news/266420…
⬇️ An opportunity to work with us ⬇️
@WinPoetryFest is seeking a new trustee treasurer. Modest budget and excellent systems in place thanks to long term and outgoing treasurer, @SpiroPoetry. Happy to talk to any potentially interested. All details here:
winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
📽️ Winchester Poetry Festival is proud to work in partnership with @_UoW
Celeste Haslam from @WJournalism came to Winchester Poetry Day to report on the connection between poetry and mental wellbeing.
📺 youtube.com/watch?v=3fxfn5yK…
📰 In an increasingly digital world, it's always a joy to find Winchester Poetry Festival in print!
With huge thanks to Christopher Atkinson at @hantschronicle for covering Winchester Poetry Prize ceremony at Winchester Poetry Day this year
📰 Fantastic article from @hantschronicle about Winchester Poetry Day
We are grateful for their support.
Do read, below
Oxfordshire poet Vanessa Lampert celebrates 'thrilling' poetry prize win ift.tt/fSe20Lp
Winchester Poetry retweeted
We were delighted to continue our support of the Winchester Poetry Prize, which brought together an incredible 2,524 entries from more than 50 countries this year.
Congratulations to all of this year's winners, highly commended and commended poets. 👏
🥰“Friendly, inclusive, accessible”
🧠“Insightful, open-minded, creative”
✨“... my first time attending… I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity + platform to share a piece of my work, + for witnessing the beautiful work of others..."
We 💗 Winchester Poetry Day attendees
📘 Winchester Poetry Prize 2026 anthology 📘
🛒 You can purchase 'The Habits of Strangers' from our online shop for delivery to your door, or from @Bookwells
It features all of Julia Copus' chosen poems from this years competition.
winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
💭 We are delighted once again to co-present the annual F.T Prince Lecture with @unisouthampton
Guest poet this year is Denise Riley. Whose lecture will be posing the question "Does the poem think?"
📌 Tues 27 Oct | 6pm
Online AND #Southampton
Info: winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
Thank you @hantschronicle for covering Winchester Poetry Prize ceremony 2026
Read all about it, below:
Watch - Winning poem from Winchester Poetry Prize with record 2,524 entries ift.tt/ZQasvcL
In case you missed it ⬇️
💙 We are delighted to announce the Winchester Poetry Prize 2026 winners, as chosen by our judge @JuliaCopus
1st: VANESSA LAMPERT - The Rub
2nd: RUSSELL BUZBY - Hecuba
3rd: MIRIAM SWALES - A Bleeding Woman
💙 We are delighted to announce the Winchester Poetry Prize 2026 winners, as chosen by our judge @JuliaCopus
1st: VANESSA LAMPERT - The Rub
2nd: RUSSELL BUZBY - Hecuba
3rd: MIRIAM SWALES - A Bleeding Woman
💙 Winchester Poetry Prize 2026
Highly Commended Poems and Kathryn Bevis Prize Winner
All of these poems feature in the special printed Winchester Poetry Prize anthology 'The Habits Of Strangers' which you can purchase from our online shop or from @Bookwells
💙 Winchester Poetry Prize 2026
Commended Poems
👏🏽 With many thanks to our sponsors @ParisSmithLLP and @Writing5chool alongside @OliverGolding6, for supporting the competition this year. And to @NewburyBS for their support of the Ceremony at which the winners were revealed.
💙 Winchester Poetry Prize 2026
Commended Poems
👏🏽 With many thanks to our sponsors @ParisSmithLLP and @Writing5chool alongside @OliverGolding6, for supporting the competition this year. And to @NewburyBS for their support of the Ceremony at which the winners were revealed.
💙 Winchester Poetry Prize 2026
Highly Commended Poems and
Kathryn Bevis Prize Winner
All of these poems feature in the special printed Winchester Poetry Prize anthology 'The Habits Of Strangers' which you can purchase from our online shop or from @Bookwells
