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Poetry Aloud 2025: Poetry speaking competition for post-primary schools

Entry form now available

Saturday, 27 September 2025
Poetry Aloud competition taking place in the Reading Room

To celebrate the joy of speaking and listening to poetry, the National Library of Ireland and Poetry Ireland, in partnership with University College Cork, are delighted to announce the Poetry Aloud Poetry Speaking Competition 2025 for post-primary school students.

The competition, which has been running since 2007, is open to all students attending a second-level school on the island of Ireland. For this year, the first round will be a virtual competition, and all the information required to enter is on our website.

The closing date for submission is Monday, 20th October 2025.

Visit our Poetry Aloud page.

Visit the Poetry Ireland website.