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Make Hay Festival while the Sun Shines, More Poetry Competition Results, and Creative Writing Workshop Reminder.
The sunshine has really welcomed the crowds to Hay Festival 2026. Glorious bright days and sultry evenings are thronged with book readers, book bearers and every manner of literary lover. All are intent of meeting their author idols, soaking up the heady festival atmosphere, or strolling the short walk into town for a Castle visit, ice creams, boutiques, pubs, cafes and even more excellent book shops. Many meander back to the festival site via the Warren Walk, taking in the lush views of the River Wye. Yes, Hay is at it’s best and everyone is enjoying it… Continue reading
2026 Poetry Competition – Winner Announced!
We are thrilled to announce the results of the Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition, 2026.
This every popular competition received a good number of entries from both inside and outside Hay Writers’ Circle and we very much welcome all external interest in our writing competitions.
We must firstly take a moment to thank our amazing 2026 Poetry Judge, Lesley Saunders, who has read all the entrees and whittled them down to our ultimate set of prize winning poems… Continue reading
Competition, Poems and Hay Festival 2025.
While we await a few confirmations before announcing the winners of our recent Fiction Competition, there’s still time to enter our 2025 Poetry Competition. The judge this year is a talented Gareth Writer-Davies and the closing date for poems up to 40 lines long on any theme is midnight, Tuesday 22nd April. Anyone can submit poems and we look forward to reading your exciting creations… Continue reading
**STOP PRESS** 2025 HWC Poetry Competition now OPEN and Judge Announced
Submissions are now invited for the annual Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition, and we are delighted to announce the judge for 2025 is the remarkable, Gareth Writer-Davies. The theme this year is entirely open and we hope to receive a wide variety of poems and poetry styles for this competition… Continue reading
Count Down to Hay Festival 2024 and Poetry Performance Masterclass Review
Hay Festival 2024 – The Hay Writers Live!
You are warmly invited to a celebration of local writing as members of the Hay Writers’ Circle share some of their recent work. A smorgasbord of poetry, prose, vignettes and excerpts from longer works, this is a fabulous chance to enjoy readings and performances from some of Hay-on-Wye’s established writers and newest voices… Continue reading
Book Now – Performance Poetry Masterclass with Susan Evans
We are excited to advertise details of a forthcoming Poetry Performance Workshop on 16th April with the award winning Susan Evans… Continue reading
**STOP PRESS** 2024 Poetry Competition Now Open and Judge Announced
Submissions are now invited for our annual Poetry Competition and we are delighted to announce the judge for 2024 is the incredible Susan Evans. We hope to receive a wide variety of poems and poetry styles on the theme of … Continue reading
We Have A Winner! 2023 HWC Poetry Prize – The Results.
We are delighted to announce the results of the Hay Writers Circle Poetry Competition 2023. This popular competition again received a good number of entries from both inside and outside Hay Writers’ Circle and we very much welcome external interest … Continue reading
Hay Writer Has Poetry With A Sea View
Congratulations to Hay Writers’ Circle member, Emma van Woerkom who has a number of poems included in the “Letters for the Sea, Letters for the Land” project from Culture Weston, Weston-super-Mare.
Poems and texts from a 18 poets have been selected and placed on the glass partitions of the newly refurbished Victorian seafront shelters, as well as poster boards along Marine Parade and Weston’s long promenade, with more poems due to appear in the coming weeks. Continue reading