Applications to be the next Plymouth Young City Laureate are open

Applications to be the next Plymouth Young City Laureate are now open!

Literature Works is again teaming up with Plymouth Culture, reaching out to aspiring young writers in the city between the ages of 14 and 19 years, as we seek the next Plymouth Young City Laureate.

The Plymouth Young City Laureate is a great way to develop as a writer and performer, acting as a voice for the young people of Plymouth. The chosen young writer will be commissioned to create work to celebrate special occasions in the city and will be invited to perform their work.

We will commission the successful 2025-26 Young City Laureate on three occasions between September 2025 and September 2026 and pay a fee of £50 per commission.

We will ask the Young City Laureate to perform at least two events across the year, alongside invited writers, for which they will also be paid. “My advice to those looking to apply is really just to go for it! You don't have to consider yourself a 'Writer' or a 'Poet' in any grand sense, if you have ideas and stories to share you are more than qualified!” Frankie Baldry, Plymouth Young City Laureate 2024-25

You can read Frankie’s poem for Plymouth Holocaust Memorial Day here.

For full details of how to apply and more information about the Plymouth Young City Laureate are here.

If you’re aged 10-18 years and enjoy creative writing, you could also enter our Quay Words Young Writers’ Flash Fiction Competition 2025.

It’s free to enter and open until 11th May. Win cash prizes and get your writing published!