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