The Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize 2025

Awarded for the best poetic response on the theme of Fear.


The winner and runners-up will receive financial support in the following amounts:

Prizes

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)

Please click the link below for the application form:

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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