This free competition is open to everyone in our PH community – patients, caregivers, family members, friends, and healthcare professionals too.
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Your poem doesn’t have to be anything to do with pulmonary hypertension. If you do choose to focus on this, perhaps you could write about being diagnosed, how it feels to live with the condition, or how you overcome challenges?
Here are some ideas of what else you could write about:
…the possibilities are endless and your poem can be as long, or as short, as you’d like.
You do not need to be a talented write to enter this competition. Anyone can be a poet! Please do not use AI tools to write your poem, it needs to be your own work 😊
FIRST PRIZE
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There will be separate prizes for children. The winner in each of these age categories will receive a £30 Love2shop voucher:
The top 10 poems will be published in a future issue of our member magazine, and all will be published on our website.
Meet our judge!
Our ‘head judge’ for this competition is published author and award-winning journalist Michelle Rawlins, who has written a series of popular historical fiction books about the women who helped win World War Two.
You’ll find all six titles in the ’Women of Steel’ series here – and the winner of this competition will receive the full set as part of their prize.
Michelle, who is also a lecturer in journalism at The University of Sheffield, said: ‘It’s an honour and a privilege to judge a competition that allows people to express themselves through the power of words. The written word has the ability to transport readers to a new place or give meaning to something that they also have a deep connection with, creating an often much needed and inclusive sense of belonging and community.’
Michelle will be assisted by PHA UK Chair Iain Armstrong and emPHAsis editor Mary Ferguson in choosing the winning entries.
Closing date for entries: 31st August 2026
