For Young Poets

Here you can find a comprehensive and, hopefully, helpful listing for young and teen poets.
Below you can find some great websites with poetry information and opportunity especially for younger writers and aspiring young writers.
There are also a collection of competitions that especially welcome entries from younger writers.


Useful resources for young poets (click on the image to visit the website)


Young Poets Network	Children's Poetry Archive	Young Writers Network	YM: The Poetry Society	Arvon Foundation Schools and Groups
An online resource from The Poetry Society for all poets up to the age of 25.	The children's section of The Poetry Archive.	Competitions, poetry and resources for young writers and teachers.	A magazine for youth readers and writers of poetry.	Arvon offer residential weeks for schools, young people and adult groups.


Apples and Snakes	Channel 4 Learning Book Box	Muslim Young Writers	Acumen Young Poets
England’s leading organisation for performance poetry and spoken word.	Online education resources, games and activities for primary and secondary schools.	Working towards raising the standards of child literacy and creative writing. Ages 5 - 16 yrs.	Acumen Publishing now have a web page where young poets can upload their poems.


Websites specifically for pre-teen poets (click on the image to visit the website)


Giggle Poetry	The Poetry Zone	Children's Poetry Bookshelf	The Children's Bookshow
Fun poetry for young readers, plus prompts for them to write their own.	Publishing poems by young people online since 1998 through prompts.	A book club for young readers aged 7 - 11 dedicated entirely to poetry.	Aims to delight and inspire children with great poems and beautiful illustrations.


Websites specifically for teen poets (click on the image to visit the website)


Young Writers Network	Poetry Society Youth Membership	GCSE Poetry Live	Cicada Magazine	The Claremont Review
Competitions, poetry and resources for young writers and teachers.	Designed to put 11-18 years old in touch with what’s happening in the world of poetry.	National tour of poets featuring on the GCSE syllabus.	Online American teen poetry magazine with submissions, advice and competitions.	International magazine for writers aged 13-19yrs.


Xenith Magazine	Blue Pencil Online	Hebe Magazine
Publishing teen and young adult poems, stories, essays, plays, rants, and more.	A US magazine seeking to publish the best literary work by young writers (12–18) from around the world.	A magazine that publishes the work of poets aged 18 and under. Each issue is published quarterly.


Competitions for young poets (click on the image to visit the website)


Roundhouse Poetry Slam	Buxton Festival Poetry Competition	The Children's Bookshow	Slambassadors	PlymPoeComp 2017
Open Poetry Slam for ages 16 to 25 yrs. Must have 2 videos of you performing.	Annual open comp with youth and children's prizes.	Write from a set prompt. For ages: under 9yrs and 9-11 yrs.	The Poetry Society's online poetry slam for ages 12 to 18 yrs. Deadline 30th Sept	Inter-school poetry competition for 5-16yr olds with prompts.


Ted Hughes Young Poets Award	Fresher Writing Prize	Poetry Together Competition 2016	The Stephen Spender Prize	John Betjeman Prize
For age groups: 6-10; 11-14; 15-18. Poems written from a prompt.	Various competitions for new writers (including students)	A competition for poets under 18yrs writing with poets over 18yrs.	A competition for poetry in translation with a 14 and under prize and an 18 and under prize.	For poets aged 10 to 13yrs. Writing to a theme. Deadline 31st July


Ledbury Poetry Festival Prize	Mere Literature Festival	Poetry by Heart	Poetry Rivals	Foyle Young Poets of the Year
Annual competition with prizes for age groups 11 and under and 12 to 17. Deadline 13th July	An annual competition with a junior section. Deadline 26th June	A competition for schools to encourage students aged 14 to 18 to learn and recite poetry.	A national competition for young poets and performance poets. Two age groups: under 18s and 18+.	Prestigious Poetry Society competition for poets aged 11 to 17. Deadline 31st July