The group is funded by a donation from the late Christopher Tower, and run by Oxford University lecturer, Dr Anna Nickerson.
[1] The Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes are annual prizes awarded to young poets in education in the United Kingdom between the ages of 16 and 18, for poems submitted on a set theme.
The prizes are administered by Christ Church, Oxford, and are funded by a bequest by the late Christopher Tower.
Since their launch in 2000, the prizes have become recognised as one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious poetry awards for young writers.
[2] Several past winners and runners-up have gone on to win other major poetry competitions, such as the Eric Gregory Award, and to publish collections.