Following its successful inauguration in 2025, the Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the Scottish Poetry Library, is pleased to announce a second competition for Scotland’s young poets of religious poetry. This will culminate at an event during the 2026 Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts.

• Submissions are invited from poets living, working or studying in Scotland, aged 30 and under on the closing date of entry.
• Poems may be written in English, Gaelic or any variety of Scots, must not exceed a maximum of 40 lines, and be on one of the following themes: a biblical quotation, character or event; a notable figure from Christian history; a response to a religious image.
• The competition will open on 1^st March 2026 with a closing date of May 1^st 2026.

For full details on this competition, visit https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2026/02/young-religious-poets-competition-2026/