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The Welsh home of international poetry. The magazine is open to tradition and experiment, publishing poetry from a wide range of approaches.

Emerging from a rich bilingual culture, Poetry Wales explores the diverse perspectives of Welsh poetry in English and its international relationships. Its interest in translation, and in local and national identities in a global context, are at the forefront of some of the most exciting developments in poetry today. Against this background of dynamic contrast, it offers a lively and informed critical context for the best contemporary poetry.

09/09/2026

The Poetry Wales audience survey 2026: share your thoughts about who we are and what we do and you could win a free print or digital subscription or a bundle of recent poetry collections.

The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete and will be running until Sunday 18 October, so you've got plenty of time to fill it in. All answers will be reviewed anonymously and we'll use your responses to inform our decisions about what comes next for the magazine, as well as learning a little bit more about our community.

You can fill in the survey on your phone, tablet or computer - so, grab a cuppa, get comfy and tell us what you really think.

🔗 https://poetrywales.co.uk/audience-survey-2026/

18/08/2026

Last night we celebrated the announcement of the winners of the Poetry Wales Award 2026 - always one of our favourite nights of the year. Diolch yn fawr to all who joined us and made it such a lovely evening.

We'd like to extend special thanks to judge extraordinaire Bethany Handley for choosing these gems out of so many excellent entries - it is always a pleasure and a joy to work with you.

A round of applause to Zoë Brigley, our fearless magazine editor, who stepped in last minute to host and read at the ceremony.

And, of course, a huge and well-deserved llongyfarchiadau to our poets: First Award Winner Taiwo Hassan; Second Award Winner Katie Beswick; Third Award Winner Jeanette Burton; and Highly Commended poets Manju Devi, Rajendra Prasad Gupta, Ben Gwalchmai, Stephen Joffe, Patrick Jones, Leena Joshi, Michael Kelleher, Alex Scarborough, Joshua Seigal and Gordon Taylor. Thank you for trusting us with your fabulous work.

You can read the winning and highly commended poems here: https://poetrywales.co.uk/poetry-wales-award-2026-the-winners/

The Poetry Wales Award will return for 2027 - watch this space...

16/08/2026

Not looking forward to another Monday rolling around? Make it a little bit better by joining us for the Poetry Wales Award 2026 online Awarding Ceremony tomorrow evening.

We'll be listening to the shortlisted poems and find out who has won the top three awards on Monday 17 August at 7 PM British Summer Time, with hosts Poetry Wales Editor and Award judge .

Tickets are £2 (or free for magazine subscribers), and available on our website poetrywales.co.uk, direct link in our bio.

11/08/2026

Last week was posting week - here's what we got up to...

Tag us in your posts recieving the new issue so we can see the end of the journey 💌

10/08/2026

Next week! Join us for the Poetry Wales Award 2026 online Awarding Ceremony.

We'll be listening to the shortlisted poems and find out who has won the top three awards on Monday 17 August at 7 PM British Summer Time, with hosts Poetry Wales Editor and Award judge .

Tickets are £2 (or free for magazine subscribers), and available here: https://poetrywales.co.uk/poetry-wales-award-2026-awarding-ceremony/

03/08/2026

Two weeks to go until we be celebrate the winners and highly commended poets of the Poetry Wales Award 2026 at our online Awarding Ceremony.

Join us on Monday 17 August at 7 PM British Summer Time for an evening of top notch poetry hosted by our Editor Zoë Brigley and Award judge Bethany Handley.

Tickets are £2 (or free for magazine subscribers), and available here: https://poetrywales.co.uk/poetry-wales-award-2026-awarding-ceremony/

Will we see you there?

31/07/2026

Heads up - today is the last day you can subscribe to Poetry Wales and get Summer 2026 / Poetry & Teaching as your first issue 🍎

We'll be posting print copies out next week, so the wait is almost over!

As of tomorrow all new subscribers will get Winter 2026 as their first issue, but you can always add on the newest issue (and any other archive issues you take a fancy to) when you take out a new subscription - and you'll get free shipping for that order to boot.

Find out which subscription option is best for you at https://poetrywales.co.uk/subscribe/

28/07/2026

We are now CLOSED for poetry submissions for our Winter 2026 issue on ‘the body’.

We have been blown away by the enthusiastic response to this call-out, and we want to send a huge diolch yn fawr to everyone who helped us to fill up our submissions in less than 24 hours – a new record for us.

Our submissions cap exists to make sure that each poem gets the time and attention it deserves when being considered for our magazine. We’re looking forward to reading through all of your work and putting together what should be a bumper issue.

For those of you hoping to pitch us features on the body, we are still open until Monday 10 August for your 300 word pitches for a 2-3k word final piece. Find out more here: https://poetrywales.submittable.com/submit/362893/features-for-winter-2026-the-body

We have more call-outs planned for the future which we hope you’ll be equally inspired by. Keep an eye on our socials or sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know when we announce them.

27/07/2026

Update - poetry submissions for our Winter issue are already 50% full!

We're delighted that 'the body' has clearly struck a chord with everyone and we can't wait to read your work.

If you haven't submitted yet, we recommend doing so as soon as you can to avoid disappointment - and if you miss out on this window, don't worry, we'll have a call-out for Spring 2027 before the end of the year.

Pob lwc!

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