Young Poets of the Year’s top 100 poets for 2025
The Poetry Society has announced the top 15 winners and 85 commended poets in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025, funded by the Foyle Foundation, at the British Library, London.
The competition for young people aged 11 to 17 this year attracted a record-breaking 28,344 poems by 10,920 young poets from 135 countries, as well as the four corners of the UK. From these poems this year’s j...
14th November 2025
Small voices saying big things at Morecambe
This year Morecambe poetry festival extended its impact into schools with a visit to Castle View primary academy by Michael Rosen and by funding two days of workshops with poet Louise Fazackerley and Young Write Out Loud. Before the festival Louise worked in two schools, Bolton-le-Sands CE primary s...
19th September 2025
Poetry pupils launch pamphlet as school showcases its range of creativity
Five members of a school poetry club stood up and performed their poems on Thursday night at the launch of a pamphlet of their work at Alnwick’s Bailiffgate museum in Northumberland.
Dorit Greene, ...
20th July 2025
Bringing it back home: local lad Simon Armitage gives Marsden fresh inspiration
The last few months have been a busy time for Young Write Out Loud. After our successful pedal-powered event in February at the Moonraking festival in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, we were busy prepari...
25th May 2025
Pupils add voices in telling Marsden's story with Simon Armitage
In October last year a unique creative venture involving Marsden-born poet laureate Simon Armitage, his LYR band and Marsden Mechanics was launched. The project invited the people of Marsden to engage...
27th April 2025
‘I’m always thinking of lines and looking for inspiration’: learning lessons from youngsters in school’s poetry group
Most readers coming to this site will be interested in the future of poetry in changing times. The Bookseller announced in December 2023 that poetry was “on course for a record year”, partly due to an...
3rd March 2025
On your bikes! Pop-Up Poetry Tent empowers pupils' verses
Write Out Loud took to the road on Saturday at the Moonraking festival in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, with our first ever pedal-powered poetry event – the Pedal-Powered Pop-Up Poetry tent. The succes...
26th February 2025
