The Young Poets Network and the Poetry Society have announced the winners of their recent poetry writing challenges.

Held in collaboration with Royal Collection Trust, based on the theme Gold, an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, they celebrate all aspects of the precious metal and its distinctive qualities of rarity, purity and lustre.

We are pleased to include the winning entries on our website.

Please click on the link below to read the winning poems:

The Young Poets Network

• The hobby of searching for gold - Julian Canlas
• Midas's Daughter - Alice Cattley
• Gold Fever - Ailsa Dixon
• Gow's Battle Cry - Magnus Dixon
• Gold Dust - Lucy Jessep
• Gold - Ben Vickers

The Poetry Society

• 6AM - Sharon Black
• Goldfields - Tess Jolly
• Portrait of the Mother as a Pitcher - Anna Kisby
• Smith - Tony Lucas
• Gold Song 9 - Nicola Mayne
• The Guest - Paul Stephenson