Poetry Competition 2026
The Competition is now CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who entered! The Cheltenham Poetry Festival International Poetry Prize 2026 Judge: Rosie Garland RULES All entries for the Competition will, where eligible, be considered. Poems must be in English, unpublished,...
2026 Festival Gallery
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2026 Cheltenham Poetry Festival this April. With record audiences, a stunning and powerful programme and an electric atmosphere; the Festival celebrated poetry’s power to enchant, transport, entertain, and transform. Embracing...
Poetry Competition 2025 WINNERS!
Thank you to everyone who entered our international Single poem competition this year. We are delighted to announce the winners. FIRST PRIZE Grania Read - Goddess Grania Read is an emerging poet who’s been published in Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal and...
Poetry Competition 2025
The Competition is now CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who entered! The Cheltenham Poetry Festival International Poetry Prize 2025 Judge: Gregory Leadbetter Administrator: Zoe Brooks RULES Poems must be in English, unpublished, and of no more than 50 lines in...
2025 Festival Photos
Thank you to our photographers:Tilly Prosper and David Elder[dsm_masonry_gallery gallery_ids="2061,2060,2059,2058,2056,2057,2055,2054,2053,2050,2052,2051,2049,2048,2047,2046,2045,2044,2043,2042,2041,2040,2039,2038,2037,2036,2035,2034,2033,2032,2031,2030"...
Cheltenham Poetry Festival 2025
Words meet the wonders of science at this year's Cheltenham Poetry Festival. Tickets are now available. The Cheltenham Poetry Festival 2025Supported by The Ken Healy Stem Fund We are delighted to reveal our innovative and thought-provoking line-up for 2025.Our events...
2024 Festival Gallery
A selection of photos from our 2024 Festival, including images by David Elder and Kaitlyn Cooper[dsm_masonry_gallery gallery_ids="1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920"...
The Future of Our Online Events
An appeal for help from Cheltenham Poetry Festival Does poetry matter to you? Have you enjoyed being part of our warm and friendly poetry community? We need your help to ensure we can offer more opportunities for budding and established writers to read via our on-line...
2023 Festival Review
Well, what a year 2023 has been so far! After running online events with acclaimed international names, we have also staged an in-person festival featuring dazzling performers from near and far.At this year’s in-person Festival, which ran between 20 - 29 April,...
News from the Arts Council
We have just had the disappointing news that our Arts Council Application has been unsuccessful for the first time in 13 years. The feedback we have received, however, was that our application was strong. It included, as ever, a wide and expansive community programme...
