Tiny Prize
Our winner for March 2026,
writing about the theme PAINTING, is
ANTJE BOTHIN.
Antje is the happy winner of the princely sum of £5!
Here is the poem:
Creation
The brush is moving swiftly
Around the empty canvas
Making it colourful
Changing the world
A deep dive into blue
The sky is lighting up
With a tiny splash of white
Clouds form their shapes
It gets dunked into green
Vast meadows appear
Adding tiny spots of brown
Where coos enjoy their meal
It touches the red
The roof of a house is
Vibrant and visible now
From the view of a bird
Final strokes in yellow
Thank you for the sunshine
City of Poets offers the monthly TINY PRIZE to any poet registered on our website. Entry is free.
The prize is worth £5, and one could be forgiven for thinking it's not worth it. It is...
• a poet is recognised • winning can go on a CV • £5 still just about buys a drink •
• it adds to a local buzz about poetry 12 times a year•
• your work is shared across our social media platforms and City of Poets community •
Themes for 2026 are:
February - Reflections • March - Painting • April - Through the window
May - Beach • June - Scunnert • July - Magick • August - War
September - Electricity • October - Leaves • November - Authenticity • December - Animal Rights
There is NO Tiny Prize for January 2026, a month of rest.
Submissions must be by email only, and only from poets registered with City of Poets. Please put in the subject line: "TINY PRIZE - xyz month - xyz theme"
Submit 18 lines or fewer within the body of the email - no attachments. Closing date for submissions is the 15th of each preceding month -
for example, to submit for May - Spring,• please ensure that we receive it by 15 April.
Submission, results will be notified on the last day of the month preceding publication. Publication will be on or before the 1st of the following
month to which the submission's theme refers. £5 prize will be credited to the PayPal account of your choosing by the 15th of the month of publication..
the City of Poets judges, 2026/2027, are Ross Wilcock, Sarah Heitler, Stuart Paterson and Ruth Reid.
Regrettably, shortage of time does not permit us to enter into correspondence about the results of the TINY PRIZES.