The Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize 2025
APPLICATIONS OPEN 1ST JANUARY 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
We will also offer up to £500 travel expenses to help with travel to the event and meals and accommodation during the symposium dates are also covered.
Rules:
Open to all nationalities.
Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.
All entries must be written in English.
Applicants must commit to using some of their prize money to attend our symposium. Dates to be announced soon.
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 January 2025
Applications close: 1st March 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.
Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize 2024 - Winners
Congratulations to the following poets:
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
Runners up: Errol Merquita and Rosie Rockel
Honourable Mentions: Matt Broomfield and Vanessa Lampert