Jane Martin Poetry Prize

Deadline: 1 December 2026, Noon

£1000 on offer to budding poets.

The Jane Martin Poetry Prize is a national poetry competition, established in 2010, in memory of Girton alumna, Jane Elizabeth Martin (1978, Classics) through the generous support of her family.

For more than 16 years this national prize for young poets is a key part of the College’s support for poetry. The competition is judged by experts drawn from across the literary world and academia. In 2025, the panel of judges will be led by Caoilinn Hughes and Kirsten Norrie.

The winner will receive a cash prize of £1000 and there will also be a second prize of £500. Both prize-winners will have an opportunity to give a reading at a celebratory event at Girton College, at which the prizes will be awarded. 

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