The International Welsh Poetry Competition is an annual English language poetry award and the largest[1] of its kind in Wales. The contest was founded in 2007 by Welsh writer, poet and photographer Dave Lewis.
It was launched on St David's Day 2007 in Clwb-Y-Bont, Pontypridd.
The competition's judges, who include Welsh poets, have included John Evans, Mike Jenkins, Eloise Williams, Sally Spedding, Kathy Miles (former Bridport Prize winner) and Mick Evans.
The organiser, Dave Lewis, has also edited and published three anthologies of all the winners: The First Five Years,[2] Ten Years On[3] and The Third One.[4] In 2020 he also founded the Poetry Book Awards, which seeks to reward poets with a book length collection.