laurel prize 2025 Articles
Laurel Prize Weekend with Poet in Residence, Manisha Dhesi
In preparation for our launch of the Laurel Prize 2026, we are proud to present a beautiful blog and two stunning new poems from our Laurel Prize Poet in Residence, Manisha Dhesi. Over the prize weekend, Manisha attended two workshops ran by Kathleen Jamie and Daljit Nagra, as well as the Laurel Prize-Giving Ceremony. Read…
Manisha Dhesi
Open Call: Poet-in-Residence at the Laurel Prize Weekend 2025
Poetry School invites applications for an early or mid-career poet to be our Poet-in-Residence at the Laurel Prize weekend, on 19 and 20 September 2025. APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED The Laurel Prize was established by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage in 2019 in association with Poetry School. It is an annual award for the best collection…
Beth Evans (Poetry School)
Summit Festival with Poet in Residence, Sammy Weaver
To celebrate our launch of the Laurel Prize 2025, we are proud to present a beautiful blog and four stunning new poems from our Summit Poet in Residence, Sammy Weaver. In October 2024, over two hundred people and over twenty leading poets gathered for Summit, our festival devoted to ecopoetry and nature writing, with our…
Beth Evans (Poetry School)