On Thursday 7th March 2024 our Chair Of Trustees, Jane Bryant, was recognised in the Mayor of Winchester Community Awards 2024 in a...

Winchester Poetry Festival and Hampshire Cultural Trust are working together once more to find the top young poets in Hampshire in the...

‘It's the best organised festival I have been to - seamless and perfectly managed.” “Great festival. A jewel in Winchester's crown. Will...

The programme for Winchester Poetry Festival 2023 is live and tickets are on sale now. We invite readers, writers, poetry-lovers and the...

In order to maintain the success and sustainability of the organisation, we are seeking new trustees with relevant experience and skill,...

We are proud to announce we have joined forces with Writing Our Legacy to bring their popular Poetry Room to The ARC, Winchester on...

We are calling on poets from around the world to submit their best, unpublished work to be in with a chance of winning £1000 in our...

The Hampshire Young Poets competition 2023 is officially open! The theme this year is 'home' and Winchester Poetry Festival and Hampshire...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Amy Juliet Brown as our new Festival Manager. Amy will be working alongside Artistic...

The 2022 Winchester Poetry Prize has been won by Luke Palmer of Corsham in Wiltshire for his poem Desire | Fathers. Luke becomes the...

After a countywide search, the hunt for the Hampshire Poet is over. Nazneen Ahmed Pathak from Southampton was selected from a very strong...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Artistic Director. The poet, editor and writer, Clare Pollard, joins the festival...

“I welcomed the festival with open arms! It was so good to have active, vibrant energy in the space once more. Most enjoyable!” “I loved...

Greg Gilbert 1977 – 2021 It is with great regret that we hear that Greg Gilbert has died. In an announcement on social media his wife...

Sasha Dugdale talks about programming the 2021 festival As you’ll know we had to cancel the poetry festival last year, and this year we...

The 2020 Winchester Poetry Prize has been won by Lewis Buxton of Norwich for his poem Field Dressing a Rabbit. Lewis becomes the fifth...

In view of the continuing uncertainty about restrictions arising from the pandemic, the festival’s trustees have decided it is not...

Stephen Boyce, Chair of Winchester Poetry Festival, talks about the development of the Winchester Poetry Prize which is now in its fifth...

An update from Kathryn Bevis, Hampshire Poet 2020 Since hearing the news of my appointment just before Christmas, I’ve been like a small...

For the last 18 months our creative team have been putting together our fourth biennial festival due to take place in October. Our theme...