Win a Poetry Prescription Gift Box from York's New Poetry Pharmacy
The Poetry Pharmacy is coming to York in 2026 and to celebrate we're offering one lucky winner the chance to win a Poetry Prescription Gift Box
Following success in Bishop's Castle and London, The Poetry Pharmacy is taking over 20 Coney Street in York. A quirky bookshop, it provides poetry by prescription in the form of gifts, books, stationery and even pills (to be consumed via reading).
To celebrate the launch of its third outpost, The Poetry Pharmacy are offering one of you the chance to win their First Aid Poetry Prescription Gift Box worth £35. This beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated poetic prescriptions compiled by co-founder Deborah Alma. Plus, it comes with a bottle of ‘Poemcetamol’ pills and a bar of rich milk chocolate (suitable for vegetarians). This unique prize features poems by Emily Dickinson, W B. Yeats, Danusha Lameris, Derek Walcott, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ada Limon and many more.
For your chance to win, simply enter our competition below.
Enter by post
Send your name and contact details on a postcard to Living North, Studio 2, St Nicholas Chare, Newcastle NE1 1RJ. Mark your entries The Poetry Pharmacy.
Enter online
Simply log in and enter using the online form linked to this competition, see below.
All entries to be received by 23rd January 2026.
Terms and Conditions
Entrants must be 18 or over, and based in the UK. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative will be offered.