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Download an A5 flyer of upcoming 2025 events.

George Crabbe Poetry Competition 2025

The adjudicator was Elizabeth Cook.

  • 1st – Wild Man of Orford – Lizzi Thistlethwayte
  • 2nd – The Watchers – Fran Reader
  • 3rd – The Mathematical Mind of the Lady of Walsingham – Pam Job

Click here for the full list of winning poems.

The awards ceremony was held on Saturday, 18 October 2025, 3pm.

Picture gallery here.

Photo: Colin Whyles

President: George Szirtes

SPS President George Szirtes receives

The King’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2024

The King has approved the award of His Majesty’s Gold Medal for Poetry for the year 2024 to George Szirtes.

Click here for the official announcement.

History of the Festival of Suffolk Poetry

A pictorial history of poets performing through the years.

George Crabbe Poetry Competition 2025

The adjudicator was Elizabeth Cook.

  • 1st – Wild Man of Orford – Lizzi Thistlethwayte
  • 2nd – The Watchers – Fran Reader
  • 3rd – The Mathematical Mind of the Lady of Walsingham – Pam Job

The awards ceremony was held Saturday, 18 October 2025. Picture gallery here.

Photo: Colin Whyles

President: George Szirtes

SPS President George Szirtes receives

The King’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2024

The King has approved the award of His Majesty’s Gold Medal for Poetry for the year 2024 to George Szirtes.

Click here for the official announcement.

History of the Festival of Suffolk Poetry

A gallery of poets performing through the years.


Turning Japanese

Download or read online Dr Tim Gardiner’s guide to short-form Japanese poetry.

Ripples Poems: Selections by Elizabeth Cook

Ripples is a regular online magazine for SPS members.

Ripples was born when we were locked-down during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The best of poems from members were published in the magazine.

In celebration of this and also the 70th anniversary of SPS, 70 of the best poems from the more than 200 that were published in Ripples have been selected here.

Elizabeth Cook


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