Nominations open for Young Romantics Prize

Categories

• Poetry Prize
• Essay Prize

Prize Information

• Winners receive £700. Two highly commended entrants in each category will receive £300.
• Winning poems and essays will be published in The Keats-Shelley Review and the Keats-Shelley website.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Young Romantics Poetry and Essay Prize is open to anyone aged 16-18.

Application Requirements

• All entries must be submitted via the website.
• Please do not put your name on the entry. Poems and essays are sent to the judges anonymously.
• Entries may be submitted from any part of the world, but must be in English and in Microsoft Word format.
• Poetry Prize:
  • The theme of Young Romantics Poetry Prize is “Exile”.
  • Poets can interpret “Exile” freely. Poems can be serious or comic, experimental or traditional, but the Judges advice that works drifting too far from the theme will not be considered.
  • Poems must:
    • be no more than 30 lines of text in length.
    • fit onto a single A4 page.
  • Entries must be original and contemporary in style. Plagiarism will not be accepted – including AI-generated work. The poem must not have been published previously, either in print or online or in any other media, nor previously submitted to them.
• Essay Prize:
  • Young Romantics essayists can choose between the following questions:
    • “In what ways are Romantic-period writers relevant today?”
    • “‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’: How important is a knowledge of Byron’s life to an understanding of his poetry?”
  • Essays must be no shorter than 750 words and no longer than 1000, including quotations.
  • Essays must be original works. Plagiarism will not be accepted – including AI-generated work. They must not have been published previously, either in print or online or in any other media, nor previously submitted to them. All sources must be acknowledged.

For more information, visit Keats-Shelley Memorial Association.