National Write a Poem Competition 2024/25

Oide is inviting students to Write a Poem in English under two categories: Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle. We hope that this popular competition will encourage young writers to compose poetry and assist teachers in supporting the writing of poetry.

• All entries must be typed on a Word document (not scanned or hand-written) and then attached and submitted via email.

• Each entrant must submit one poem

• Each entry must include: 
• student name
  the name and address of the school
  the teacher’s name and school email address
  the category - Junior or Senior
  the title of the poem.
  
  
  
• Emailed entries must be sent by the student’s teacher or school and not by the student.
• Where an entry is inspired by or written in response to a particular poem, the name of the poem and the poet must be clearly stated on the entry and, where possible, a copy of the original poem should be attached.
• The competition is aimed at individual writers. Class sets of poems will not be considered as entries for the competition.

Award Ceremony:

The winning poets in each category will be notified and receive a commemorative plaque. Their poem will be published in the National Poetry Award booklet. Prizes will be presented as part of the Wellread National Award ceremony, organised by Oide, in association with Laois Education Centre. This ceremony will take place in the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise on Tuesday, April 1st 2025.

All entries should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Closing date for receipt of entries is Friday 13th December 2024