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.
[5] In 2020 he also founded the Poetry Book Awards, which seeks to reward poets with a book length collection.