Children’s Poetry

If you have written a poem you think would appeal to 7-11-year olds, then why not enter the The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2020? The prize is open to anyone over 16, and the poem can be on any subject.  Read more

The Caterpillar Poetry Prize is for a single unpublished poem written by an adult for children. Anyone can enter the competition - from anywhere in the world - as long as the poem is original and unpublished.  Read more

Eligible age groups: 7-8 and 9-11

Closing date 20 October 2008

The Children’s Poetry Bookshelf is asking children aged 7-11 years to write a poem on the theme of ‘Work’, linking with the theme of the UK's   Read more

The CLPE is the only award for published poetry for children in the UK and is run by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education.

The judges will be chaired by the eminent poet Roger McGough. Roger will be joined by the 2013 winner George Szirtes, Chris McCabe from the Poetry LibraryExcellent library containing 80,000 volumes on the London South Bank, which covers all twentieth century poetry published in the UK and much in translation. Any UK resident can join. Useful Archive and Lost Quotations feature. www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/index.html Currently running survey about setting up free access poetry magazines library, which you can find at www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/, Anne Harvey, Poetry anthologist and Charlotte Hacking, CLPE's expert teacher.  Read more