Deadline: April 1, 2025
About the competition
The competition is organized by The Rialto poetry magazine. The competition is open to anyone over the age of 18.
Poems must be written in English and no more than 40 lines, excluding the title. Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Helen Mort.
Poems must be the original work of the entrant and must not have been published, self-published or published online or broadcast.
Prize winners will be notified in May and lists of the prize winners and the long-listed contestants will be published on The Rialto website.
Competition guideline
- Closing date of the Competition is midnight on April 1 2025.
- The Competition is open to anyone over the age of 18, other than Rialto team members and staff of the RSPB, CCI, UK staff of BirdLife International and the University of Leeds Poetry Centre.
- Poems must have a title and must be no more than 40 lines, excluding the title, and be typed in black ink on one side of A4. The restriction of 40 lines does not include the poem title or stanza breaks, only the lines of the poem’s text.
- Poems must be the original work of the entrant and must not have been published, self-published or published online or broadcast. Poems are judged anonymously so the poet’s name address etc., MUST NOT appear on the poem.
- Read the whole guideline and submit your entry here.
