The Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year #Competition has launched! On any subject in any format-60 lines or less. Deadline 2 June. So polish up those sonnets, limericks & haikus, prepare your elegies & odes. Send them to the Festival Office. Details: bit.ly/41E1Qwx #poetry

There's less than four weeks left to enter The Caterpillar 🐛 #PoetryPrize 2025 with prizes: £1000, writing retreat, publication - head over to their website for details: bit.ly/3XzwiW6 #childrenspoetry #Competition #poemsforkids

The Kipling Poetry #Competition is now open, on the theme of 'The Sea'. Entry details here: bit.ly/3DSh1cl Send poems - up to 30 lines, by 1 May '25. #rudyardkipling #writingprize #marinelife #sea #sailing #poems #johnmcgivering #youngwriters

The Poetry Kit offers a number of great training and mentoring packages and longer courses for writers! Now special booking offers - details here: poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcou… #poetrylovers #mentoring #WritingCommunity

On today's #WorldPoetryDay, let's celebrate celebrate poetry, its healing power and the hope it can bring. Practiced across cultures and generations, #poetry connects us through shared values and our common humanity. buff.ly/GDhdblR

One of our fave poets Stephanie Powell @theatticpoet has a new poetry collection: 'Invisible Wasp' now out & available @liquid_amber_press Follow Stephanie on Substack: theatticpoet.substack.com #poetrynews #publishedpoems #newbooks #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection #theatticpoet

Dead Hoarse & SaveAs Writers are delighted to present the wonderful poet, Greta Ross to #Canterbury for our next SpokenWord Sunday on 13 April 6.30pm. There will also be the popular open mic. saveaswriters.co.uk COSY CLUB #spokenword #poetrylive #kentevents #openmic

Beautiful setting for a Nature Writing workshop 11 May: Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory #Kent Explore techniques to capture experiences of nature. Stroll, write, share with Sonia Overall, with tea and cake too! #creativewriting #workshop #nature #birds tickettailor.com/events/sandwic…

Now open-the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Winners receive $6,000; $4,000; $2,500. All 3 stories published in Australian Book Review. Send your lit shorts (2–5000) words via this link: bit.ly/4j2L94j Deadline 5 May #fiction #writing #shortstory #competition

Registration for the 2025 #ByronConference in Pisa this year, is now open here: (Earlybird prices until 28 April!) iabsconferencepisa2025.com/registration/ The Byron Society #romanticpoets #LordByron #poetryevent #Italy #literature #Pisa

13 May 6pm: Palewell Press Poets return to Lumen #Poetry feat. Nick Alldridge, Sophia Argyris, Kim Whysall-Hammond, Camilla Reeve. Books,drinks,raffle-funds support Cold Weather Shelters for #homeless people in Camden/Kings Cross @Lumen Church WC1H 9RT bit.ly/3Y7a6TP

Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare! #williamshakespeare #AuthorsOfTwitter #author #shakespearesbirthday #Shakespeare #TOBE #BardOfAvon #WednesdayMotivation

Next Poets’ Corner, 14 May-open mic at Panataria, 13 Rendezvous Street #Folkestone 7pm. Theme: what 'Local' means to you-a Kentish hometown, hood, street, birthplace - share your own work or favourite poets. Perform up to 5 minutes, sign up on the night-£5. #poetry #kent #openmic

We want to read poems about - your kitchen table - your favourite tree - the cracks in your ceiling - what it means to exist in this moment in time Send them our way until 7 June! Find more details (including how to submit) on our website - link in bio.

The next Kent Talents #Poetry Club is Sunday 18 May, 6.30pm @LanasGallery Broadstairs feat. Frances Turner, Rosie Johnston+Nancy Charley with songs by Ann Hilton! Also #openmic so bring #poems to share. Tickets £10 include drinks/refreshments. bit.ly/4iCephk #kentevents

Deadline 15 June for this writing opportunity:

Dead Hoarse & SaveAs Writers are delighted to welcome the brilliant Michael Bartholomew-Biggs to #Canterbury - Sunday 11th May. Michael will be reading from his #poetry collection 'Identified Flying Objects' (Shoestring Press) The Cosy Club #openmic #spokenwordsunday #kentevents

It's BACK we're glad to announce our 2025 Writing Competition - seeking international talent in #fiction & #poetry celebrating JMW Turner's elemental #paintings Get creative with a chance to win. bit.ly/4iWY8Ug #WritingCommunity #painter #WritingCompetition #contest #art

Join Maggie, Derek & Mary Anne for a poetry workshop on Saturday 28th June, in the cafe at Youngs Garden Centre, Broadstairs. Surrounded by birdsong, hothouse flowers & water fountains, we'll explore poetry-making, inspired by summer gardens. #naturewriting #poetry #creativeflow

Turbulent times, windy weather & Facing the Storm are ideas behind our current #literary #Competition. Inspired by the 250th anniversary of painter JMW Turner & his atmospheric scenes, #fiction & #poetry #writing entries are welcome! Details bit.ly/4iWY8Ug #picturapoesis