INDIGO SPRING POETRY PRIZE 2026

NOW CLOSED

PRIZES

1st £250; 2nd £100; 3rd £50 ... plus magazine publication in either Reach Poetry or The Dawntreader

OUR JUDGE

Thank you for taking part and good luck!

VICTORIA GATEHOUSE

Victoria Gatehouse is a Zoologist, award-winning poet and children’s writer.

Her poetry has been broadcast on BBC radio and she has been widely published in magazines including The Rialto and Mslexia. Her pamphlet The Mechanics of Love (Smith|Doorstop) was selected as a ‘Laureate’s Choice’ by Carol Ann Duffy.

Victoria has won, and been placed in, many competitions and is also a three-times winner of The Poetry News Members’ Competition. She was highly commended for the Gingko Prize, 2023. Her Indigo Dreams collection The Hawthorn Bride was published in 2024.

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