05/21/2026
🎉 Poetry Wales Award 2026: the Shortlist
Over 600 poets, over 1,600 poems - and only 13 spots on the shortlist. We are delighted to announce the shortlisted poets chosen by our fabulous judge Bethany Handley for the Poetry Wales Award 2026, presented here in alphabetical order:
Huge llongyfarchiadau to:
• Katie Beswick
• Jeanette Burton
• Manju Devi
• Rajendra Prasad Gupta
• Dr Ben Gwalchmai
• Taiwo Hassan
• Stephen Joffe
• Patrick Jones
• Leena Joshi
• Dr Michael Kelleher
• Alex Scarborough
• Joshua Seigal
• Gordon Taylor
Get to know them better and read their shortlisted poems here: https://poetrywales.co.uk/poetry-wales-award-2026-the-shortlist/