2025 Poetry Prize Winners

The 2025 Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Competition had our highest ever number of

submissions, and all had something to recommend them; the judges, Poet-in-Residence Sarah

Doyle, and PRS Chair Serena Trowbridge, found it difficult to choose the winners, but after

much careful thought, discussion and rereading, we settled on our top five. They will appear

in the Spring Review, but here are the judges’ chosen winners.

First Place – ‘Fruitful’ by Sarah Leavesley

​Second Place – ‘Winter in Danan’ – Rachel Curzon

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Third Place – ‘How they met themselves’ by Jack Heywood-Cooper

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Poet-in-Residence’s Commendation – ‘Deep Meadows’ by Sarah Leavesley

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Chair’s Commendation – ‘Red-bloom Autumn’ double work by Valentino Nuzzoli
 

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                                                   'Red-bloom Autumn’ by Valentino Nuzzoli

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​All winning poems will be published in the Spring issue.