Gingko Prize for Ecopoetry 2023
The Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry is a major international award for poems embracing ecological themes.
The first prize is £5,000, second prize is £2,000 and third prize is £1,000, with an additional £500 prize for the ‘Best Poem of Landscape' sponsored by the AONB family.
Open to all poets of 18 and over from all over the world. Poems don't need to address a specific theme, but should in some way - thematically, structurally, linguistically or formally - investigate ecology, the environment, or the relationship between human culture and the natural world.
Our Judges
The judges are Linda Gregerson, Sean Hewitt and Karen McCarthy Woolf
The Prize aims to highlight the role poetry can play in raising awareness, gaining insight, and provoking concern for the ecological imperatives of our time.
