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We recently announced that the 2025 Derby Poetry Festival Poetry Prize is open for submissions. Entering its third year the prize is a national poetry competition run by Derby Poetry Festival seeking newly written, high-quality poems and writing. Founded in 2017 and often referred to as DPF, Derby Poetry Festival has provided a platform for writers and poets in Derby and the surrounding areas to share and experience work. We have prioritised developing new writers and bringin

Derby Poetry Festival is returning for 2025 with an 'abridged' version of our much-loved festival, a 48-hour celebration on Thursday, 2nd...

Derby Poetry Festival is returning for 2025 with an 'abridged' version of our much-loved festival, a 48-hour celebration on Thursday, 2nd...

As many of you will be aware, it is a very difficult time in the arts, and, as with similar organisations, we have been unsuccessful in...

For the second year in a row, Derby Poetry Festival held the Derby Poetry Festival Prize for Poetry. We called out to writers, poets, and...

We’re about halfway through our Write the Wilderness walks, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund made possible thanks to...