The Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition 2025 | £100 Cash Prize

The Christopher Salmon poetry competition is currently open for submission. The winner takes £100. Writers are invited to submit their best works.

The Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition 2025

The Christopher Salmon Foundation, in conjunction with Wirral Poetry Festival and Wirral Libraries, is delighted to announce the launch of the 15th and sadly the final Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition.

The theme for this year’s competition is Hope. The competition is open to entrants under 19 years of age, being educated in Wirral. Entry is Free. 

A £100 Prize will be awarded to the winner of each of the following five age categories. Age 7 and under (KS 1), Age 8-11 (KS 2), Age 11-13 (KS 3), Age 14-16 (KS 4) and Age 16-19 (in full time education).

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Entries must be submitted using the official entry form, which are obtainable either from the website: Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition 2025 - Wirral Poetry Festival or in hard copy from any Wirral Library. 

Entries can either be submitted by email to chrissalmonpoetry@wirral.gov.uk or hard copy entries submitted by post or by hand delivery: FAO Diane Mitchell at Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead. CH41 2XB.

The closing date for the receipt of poetry competition entries is noon on Friday 7th March 2025