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Congratulations to all winners and commendees, and thank you to everyone who entered the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!

Read the winning translations, judges’ commentaries and more: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

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This Wednesday 19 November!

Join us online 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust.

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Only 1 week to go! Celebrate with us!

Featuring the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and many of the young people, teachers, translators, judges and poets involved in this year's prize and school programmes.

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Stephen Spender Trust: 2025 Celebration Event Join us to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and the highlights of the Stephen Spender Trust year!

2 weeks to go! Join us online on 19 November 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust!

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TONIGHT! Teachers and #youngpoets, submit your entries to the Stephen Spender Prize by midnight (BST).
It's not too late!! Enter now: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

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Last chance to enter the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!!

Deadline THIS THURSDAY 31 July at midnight (BST)

Find your category and enter now: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

We can’t wait to read your translations!

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1 WEEK to go!! Submit your entries to the Stephen Spender Prize by midnight (BST) on 31 July.

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

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There’s still time to enter this year’s #PortugueseSpotlight!

Open to young people in the UK/Ireland for individual entry or by teachers on behalf of students.

Send us your translations and creative response by 31 July!

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Only 2 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!

Not sure how to submit your students’ entries to the Schools Laureate Prize and #PortugueseSpotlight?

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Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize

Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language

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Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the #SSTPoetryPrize2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from the #PortugueseSpotlight booklet! @stephenspender.bsky.social

www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/

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Only 3 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!

Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from our Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the SSP hall of eternal fame!

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5 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize!

There’s still time to make the most of all our wonderful online resources for translating poetry: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

Submit your translations by 31 July!

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

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Celebrate #HHCL with the Stephen Spender Prize!

Our bank of poems covers 50+ languages: www.stephen-spender.org/suggested-po...

Our Poems From Home project encourages young people to translate a poem from their family’s country of origin: www.stephen-spender.org/poems-from-h...
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Don’t forget about this year’s #PortugueseSpotlight, a wonderful opportunity to explore the language and poetry of the Lusophone world!

Download the newly extended booklet with poems from Portugal, Brazil, Goa, Angola and Mozambique: www.stephen-spender.org/wp-content/u...

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Halfway!! Only 6 weeks left to submit to the Stephen Spender Prize and this year's #PortugueseSpotlight!
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How do you translate a poem?
Find everything you need in our NEW collection of poetry translation resources!
Including worksheets for #teachers and top tips from former winner Gabi Reigh:
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Submit your entry by 31 July!

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7 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

1 week to go! #Teachers, join Stacie Allan and Ali Al-Jamri for a free webinar on #CreativeTranslation in the English classroom.

Perfect preparation for #SSTPoetryPrize2025!

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Hosted by @englishassociation.bsky.social
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Not sure what to translate for #SSTPoetryPrize2025? Don’t forget our new collection of resources and top tips on how to choose a poem: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

Enter by 31 July for your chance to join the Stephen Spender Prize hall of fame!

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Need inspiration for the Stephen Spender Prize? Explore our multilingual bank of suggested poems in over 50 languages! Use the filters to search by language and/or year group to find the perfect poem for you and your students to translate.
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Yellow background. Image text reads “Resources for choosing a poem”. A brightly coloured cartoon on the right: person holds a magnifying glass in front of a screen as big as they are, colourful leaves burst from behind it, a small pile of books are on the right of it. Clouds and stars are above it and above the text. Image footnote reads "We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ” SST logo in yellow bottom left.

The first step of every Stephen Spender Prize entry is choosing a poem to translate…

NEW resources include top tips, a collection of poetry booklets, and a multilingual bank of suggested poems!

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#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

Calling all teachers and budding young translators! #SSTPoetryPrize2025 is open for entries! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from their Spotlight booklet.

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The Stephen Spender Prize 2025 is now open for entries!

Find all the details about this year's categories for schools, teachers, individual youth entrants and the 2025 #PortugueseSpotlight in our special launch newsletter: mailchi.mp/b7741de96744...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025

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Calling all teachers and budding young translators!
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 is open for entries!
Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from our Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the SSP hall of eternal fame!
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...