Founded in 2006 to mark the centenary of the former Poet Laureate, the freeto-enter Betjeman Poetry Prize ‘aims to foster creativity in young people whilst discovering and encouraging the next generation of British poets’, and is open to entries of poetry on the theme of ‘place’ from poets aged 10-13 who live in the UK or Ireland.
The ‘place’ can be anything that chooses to inspire and is important to the writer whether that be a city, a garden, a street or a bedroom.