This poetry prize remembers Cambridge graduate, Olga Kenyon, (Aryamati), who had a rich career involving teaching, lecturing and writing. She was a well respected non-fiction author, documenting and researching the history of women's writing and had eight books published. As a keen poet she won the North West Libraries poetry award in 2016 and her poem about Alderley Edge was displayed on the city's trams.
Poems should be themed around 'Change' in line with this year's National Poetry Day and respond to the Aryamati Prize brief of poets who write for social change and peace. The prize represents that which Aryamati held dear: reading widely, writing to her loved ones from across the globe by postcard and seeking critical feedback on her work, constantly aiming to improve her craft.
The winning prize is:
10 Fly on the Wall books worth £100 (4 hardback/paperbacks and 6 ebooks of winner's choice)
250 copies of the winning poem printed on limited edition postcards (150 distributed in Fly on the Wall book packages and 100 gifted to winner)
A line by line edit of 10 poems of poet's choice (worth £50)
Runners up:
3 Fly on the Wall ebooks and a line by line edit of 5 poems of poet's choice (worth £37)
