The Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize 2025

APPLICATIONS OPEN 1ST FEBRUARY 2025.

Awarded for the best poetic response on the 2025 theme, which will be announced soon.


Prizes

The winner and runners-up will receive cash prizes and will be invited to attend our annual symposium.

First place: £3,000

Second place: £1,000

Third place: £1,000

Rules

  • Open to all nationalities.

  • Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.

  • All entries must be written in English.

  • You can enter multiple prizes.


  • You may submit one poem or a collection of poems as long as all the poems in the collection speak to the theme.

  • There is a maximum of 500 words per entry.

  • There is no minimum required word count.


  • Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.

  • Due to the volume of applications, the judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.

Key dates

Applications open: 1st February 2025
Applications close: 1st April 2025 at 23:59 (UK time)

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*Please note: we reserve the right to change any aspect of our prizes at any point during the submission or judging process, or to not award a prize if we wish.


Previous winners

2024 - On Language

Winner:

Tammy Armstrong

Runners up:

Eleanor Stanford

Wilson Taylor


Previous winners

2023 - On Flourishing

Winner: Once for each thing. Just once; no more. by Lois P. Jones


Second place: December Loreby Sharon Black


Third place: Titania by Katie Hale


Honourable Mentions: Paul McMahon and Eleanor Stanford


2022 - On Freedom

Winner: Lance Larsen



Second place: Errol Merquita



Third place: Rosie Rockel


Honourable Mentions: Matt Broomfield and Vanessa Lampert