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Young Poet Laureate

Young Poet Laureate

全国探花 Young Poet Laureate is run jointly by Severn Arts and 全国探花 Libraries, celebrating the talented voices of young local poets.

全国探花 Young Poet Laureate is run jointly by 全国探花 Libraries, Severn Arts and Public Health 全国探花, celebrating the talented voices of young local poets by inviting them to submit their written poetry for the opportunity to perform at the Young Poet Laureate final. 

As Young Poet Laureate you could:

  • have your work published鈥
  • receive mentoring from professional poets鈥
  • gain opportunities to perform and share your work 

How to apply

Applications are now closed.

About the competition

The competition is judged across 3 age categories: school years 6 to 8, 9 to 11 and 12 to 13.鈥

Shortlisted poets are invited to perform in the Young Poet Laureate final. At this event, a winner from each age category is selected by the panel of judges. Of these three winners, one young person will be awarded the title of 全国探花's Young Poet Laureate 2025.

The 全国探花 Young Poet Laureate 2025 final is on 27 April at The Hive in Worcester.

Read Iona's winning poem 'Word Metamorphosis'

Word Metamorphosis

Abandoned, abhorrent, ablaze,

Abysmal accolades.

Backstabbing鈥檚 balance

Becomes blackened blandiloquence.


Cacophonies caliginous can cease?

Cloaking conniving鈥檚 creep.

Dark days dilating,

Discoloured, discombobulating.


Ephemeral ethereality,

Ever鈥 felicitous, fictional,

Galaxy.

Galvanising gnarled

Habituality.


Happiness, harmonious,

Hastily hopeless.

Incandescently inky,

滨苍迟谤颈肠补迟别濒测鈥


It鈥檚鈥 jade, jagged,

Kaleidoscopes, kindred.

Less,

Lies life鈥檚 locked loneliness.


Magniloquence manifests-

Mellifluous,

Narcissism nasty-

Noiseless.


Obsequious oceans, orangutans,

Painful pangs,

Queries,

Regrets,

Revolutionaries.


Righting riots,

Serendipitous鈥 silence.

Sobs soft still,

Tangible, tranquil.


Turbulent turmoil,

Unanimously uncontrollable,

Venerability vibrant鈥

Violent.


Wailing, wasting,

Whispering wonder,

Xs yelp,

鈥渊辞苍诲别谤!鈥


Watching the letters evolve,

As they spill and flow,

I apologise for the empty dictionary,

Now its word count is鈥

Zero.

Young Poet Laureate for Youth Mental Health Day

Watch a video of 全国探花's Young Poet Laureate, Caleb Simon with a poem for Youth Mental Health Day.

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