The 2025 BHAC Sussex Poetry Competition is still open for entries – top prize £1000! 👀
Enter the Poetry Competition now!
Open to all who have a connection with Sussex, entry is £6 for the first poem and £5 for each extra poem. The Student Competition entry is free. Enter as many poems as you like!
First prize in the Main Competition is £1000, first prize in the Student Competition is £150. There are many more prizes, see the main Poetry Competition page for details!
We are delighted to announce the return of Poems on the Buses to the Poetry Competition! Brighton & Hove Buses will be celebrating Sussex creativity by displaying selected entries to the Sussex Poetry Competition on their bus fleet.
This year’s judge will be Jeremy Page of The Frogmore Press. There will be an awards ceremony with poetry readings on Sunday 16th November at The Brunswick, 3-5pm.
Entries close at midnight on Sunday October 5th, so don’t delay get your poems entered today!!