Competition · Online · United Kingdom
Young Walter Scott Prize 2026
The Abbotsford Trust (Walter Scott Prize)
- Grades not published
- No fee
Deadline: Oct 31, 2026Closes todayView details
Competition · In person
Poetry By Heart 2027
A national poetry-speaking competition for pupils aged 7-18, with a Grand Finale planned at Shakespeare's Globe. Pupils enter through a registered school or college.
- Grade
- Year 11–13 / S4–S6
- Same as Grades 10–12 in the US
- Age
- 7–18
- Residence
- Not published
- Entry
- Open application
Pupils choose poems from the Poetry By Heart collections, learn them by heart and perform them aloud. Classic is a two-poem solo category (one poem from before 1914 and one from 1914 onwards) and Freestyle is a one-poem celebration that may be performed solo or in groups of up to 15. Finalists are invited to the Grand Finale at Shakespeare's Globe.
Topics
ArtsHumanitiesRecitationPerformanceSchoolsShakespeare's Globe