About the Competition

The Tower Poetry Competition offers the UK’s most valuable prize for young poets, and is open to students between 16-18 years of age who are educated in the UK. The competition is run by Christ Church college, Oxford.

The competition is judged anonymously by two judges, who are different each year, and Peter McDonald, the current Christopher Tower Student. Each year the theme is chosen with the intention of giving entrants free rein to interpret it as widely as they like.

The competition is free to enter, and offers a top prize of £3000. Schools of prizewinners are awarded an additional £150, intended for investment in further study of poetry and literature.

How to Enter
The 21st Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, the UK’s most valuable prize for young poets, has opened for entries, and this year students between 16-18 years of age are challenged to write a poem on the theme of ‘The Key’.
The closing date for entries is noon on 1 March 2021.
Winners will be notified on 25 March 2021.
Submit your entry using the form below. You will need to create an account in order to submit your entry.

https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/research-and-academia/enter-tower-poetry-competition