Rules

1. The competition is open to anyone who is 15 years old and above.

2. You must be an Indian national, resident of India or a person of Indian origin to enter the competition.

3. Poems submitted in the competition must be originally written by you.

4. We accept poems written in English for the Wingword Poetry Prize (Main).

5. If you write in your mother tongue: Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malyalam, Tamil, Odia or Gujarati, please visit Regional Languages Category by clicking here.

6. Any length and style of poetry is accepted.

7. We welcome all themes, for example personal topics such as love, family, childhood, identity as well as social issues such as women’s rights, corruption, violence and climate change.

8. We encourage beginners to participate. If your work displays merit, it will be shortlisted.

9. Previously published poems are allowed.

10. This is a writing competition. Performance is not required anywhere.