Final Call for Chiswick Book Festival Young People's Poetry Competition

Deadline for entries is this Monday 8 June


The winners of last year's poetry competition

June 7, 2020

The Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition is specially designed for children aged 8-12 (Year groups 3 -7 inclusive).

This year you can email your poem, if you like. Just take a good photo of your poem (or type it up) and email it on to the address below.

Poems need to arrive on Monday 8 June by email or post. Just remember no parental help in the writing of the poem and all entries must be sent with the application form stating your name, contact email, age, Year group and the name of your school. (Keep a copy as poems cannot be returned.)

Find the entry form and rules link here (second paragraph from the bottom of the page).

Poems can be on any topic area: the only stipulations are that the poem should be the child's own work, limited to a maximum of 25 lines and one poem per child only.

Young people can write the poem at home, or via school, about whatever appeals to them but all poems must be accompanied by the correct entry form.

You can enter individually or via your school (but please take a photocopy or photo of your poem as entries cannot be posted back).

Send your poem with appropriate application form by email to: children@chiswickbookfestival.net (as Zip file if a lot of them)

Or by post to : Chiswick Book Festival Young People's Poetry Competition, c/o NeighbourNet, The Courtyard, 4, Evelyn Road, London W4 5JL.

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