We are delighted to announce the finalists of the 2023 Poetry of Science competition. The Festival received hundreds of poems and the judges were very impressed with the quality of the entries.
Now it’s your chance to vote for the People’s Choice winner.
Voting closes on Saturday 30 September 2023. The Judges’ Choice and People’s Choice winners will be announced at a special Poetry of Science event on Saturday 7 October at Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford.
Vote now
Click on the poems below to read them, then follow the link to vote for your favourite(s).
Mae Jemison by Seren, age 6
Belemnites by Laura, age 7
Animals by Florence, age 7
The Other Side by Toby, age 9
The Noble Gases at the Coronation by Freddie, age 10
Flat Faces by Lucas, age 11
The Life of a Radio Wave by Esmee, age 12
Ventilation by Kimia, age 15
Pale Blue Dot by Amelia, age 15
Try and Stop Me by Iona, age 16
We are grateful to Oxford Brookes University, Science Learning Partnership, OX Magazine, Read & Co, Cambridge University Press, Artful Fox Creatives, Bonnier Books, Quarto, Peneteract Press and John Adams for supporting this competition.
