It’s back… and bigger than ever before!
Briefly Write Poetry Prize celebrates and rewards bold, succinct writing.
We want well-crafted poems up to 10 lines. We want innovative language, strong imagery and a subtle, focused composition. Send us your best brief writing.
This year, the prize fund is £150. We are committed to accessibility and, as such, entry is free. If you can, we would appreciate any support to help us run this competition.
Please read the full competition guidelines before submitting your poem.
GUIDELINES
**PLEASE READ ALL THE GUIDELINES. YOUR ENTRY MIGHT BE DISQUALIFIED IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THESE (SIMPLE) STEPS**
- Free to enter.
- One entry per person.
- Everyone is welcome to enter, whoever you are and wherever you are in the world.
- Poems must be original and never previously published (including self-published) online or in print.
- Please do not submit work that is under consideration elsewhere. Once submitted, your entry cannot be withdrawn.
- Your poem must be 10 lines or fewer. Your title is not included in this line limit.
- Only entries made via the online form (link below) will be considered.
- Entries open 1 August 2026. The closing date is 31 August 2026 @ 23:59 BST. If in doubt about time zones, don’t leave it until the last day to submit!
- Entries will be judged anonymously. Judges’ decision is final.
- Winner and shortlisted poems will be published online.
- There is a prize fund of £150. All shortlisted poets will be paid.
- Results will be published online by December 2026. If, for any reason, this needs to be changed, we will provide an update on this page. We will contact all entrants before publishing the results online.
- By entering the Briefly Write Poetry Prize, you are granting us first electronic rights only. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication.
- If anything isn’t clear, or if you have any problems submitting your entry, send any queries to contact [at] brieflywrite [dot] com. Please do not email your entry.
Briefly Write 
I was happy to come across this website.
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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to express and give hope to all the poets out there!!!
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Loved this website!
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To the Team behind Briefly Write,
We absolutely love this free poetry competition for students, and due to our immense love for this opportunity, we have listed this on our website:
https://www.dublieu.com/competitions/briefly-write-poetry-prize-2023-for-poem-writing-by-students
If you would like to collaborate to make this listing better, or to forge a long term partnership, shoot us an email
Warm Regards
Vedant Kumar
support@dublieu.com
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I am looking forward to entering a poem in the Briefly Write Poetry Prize. Thank you for providing this wonderful opportunity to writers such as myself. This contest looks like a lot of fun!
Lilyana Page,
Young Writer, Aspiring Entrepreneur,
CanadaLily.com
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Can anyone tell where to check the result?
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Hi Grace, apologies for the delay; we are working on it and the results should be up within the next week…
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