The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award (UK)

16 June 2010
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award (UK)
"The Foyle Young Poets Awards are important beckoning points for young writers. They recognise a poet's first adventures into a public space for their poetry"-Prof. David Morley, National Teaching Fellow, Warwick University.

This year, Foyle becomes a teenager as it hits its thirteenth year.

Please note: There are TWO ways to enter: use our online entry form or using our postal entry forms (see below). Please note submissions by email will not be accepted. Alternatively download our Postal Entry Form for individuals or Class Set Entry Form for Teachers.

If you would like to receive a FREE 2010 Foyle Anthology please email fyp@poetrysociety.org.uk giving your name, address and stating if you are a teacher or an individual entrant. This also includes a postal Entry Form.

Teachers and librarians - please note we are sending out reduced sets due to unprecedented demand. You are now invited to request a FREE class set of 2 x Foyle anthologies for group work (to be photocopied and distributed) and our new Foyle DVD. To download and print your own poster for display simply click here. To order the materials email fyp@poetrysociety.org.uk with your name and address of your organisation and we will send them on

Teachers may enter many pupils' work at once with our postal Class Set Entry Form. Remember: the four schools to enter the most poems will receive a free library set of poetry books.

More information here.
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