Promises: The Tenth Christopher Tower Poetry Prize

The Tenth Christopher Tower Poetry Prize is announced on 6th October with the theme of ‘Promises’. The judges are Stephen Romer, Michael Schmidt and Peter McDonald and the closing date for entries is 11 February 2010 with the prizegiving ceremony taking place during The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival week on Wednesday 24 March 2010 at Christ Church, Oxford.

Do encourage any 16-18 year olds in the UK to enter by downloading entry forms from the website at www.towerpoetry.org.uk/prize.

You can also now listen to the winners of the 2009 Poetry Prize reading their poems at www.towerpoetry.org.uk/prize/2009

Seasick Blue : Poems from Tower Poetry 2008 now available

Seasick Blue, a new collection of forty-two poems written during the annual Tower Poetry Summer School in August 2008, is now available to order.
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Photographs from Tower Poetry Summer School, August 2009

Report and photographs from the 6th Tower Poetry Summer School (25-28 August) for young poets aged 18-23 held in Christ Church.

Latest Reviews

The latest Poetry Matters features Miriam Gamble’s review of Over by Jane Draycott and Jane Holland’s review of Ballistics by Billy Collins.