🚨 The 2026 edition of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize is now closed for entries. Our longlist will be announced in January and will not disappoint based on the submissions that we've received featuring the works of some of the best young writers worldwide! #SUDTP26 📚

Here's a lovely image of the Dylan Thomas Prize's Director, Elaine Canning (@elaine_canning), catching up with the Prize's patron, award-winning actor and champion of the arts, Michael Sheen (@michaelsheen), at a special event in Swansea last night. #SUDTP26 📚🏆

🚨 The 2026 @SwanseaUni Dylan Thomas Prize closes for entries on Friday 7th November! 📚 ℹ️ https://t.co/hF1yjbEQhX #SUDTP26

Today marks the 111th anniversary of the birth of Swansea-born writer #DylanThomas✍️ - one of Wales' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 greatest cultural icons. ℹ️@DylanThomas_100 and visit the Thomas family estate website for all DT related info: https://t.co/HmHOVrisii

🚨 The 2026 @SwanseaUni Dylan Thomas Prize closes for entries on Friday 7th November! 📚 🏆 https://t.co/hF1yjbEisp #SUDTP26

This is going to be a fantastic event! Do get to Swansea for it if you can!

📢 The 2026 @SwanseaUni Dylan Thomas Prize is open for entries until Friday 7th November! ℹ️ HOW TO ENTER: https://t.co/hF1yjbEQhX #SUDTP26

📢 The 2026 Swansea University (@SwanseaUni) Dylan Thomas Prize will open for entries on Monday 8th September! ℹ️ More information: https://t.co/JGOeD2wnHv #SUDTP26

🎉 Congratulations to Leen @TerraceRoad for coming 3rd in the English language category of our recent 'My Holiday Memories' @DyddDylanDay #DylanDay competition. Seen here with one of her goody bag prizes along with Mrs. Evans, Ms. Williams, and Prize director, @elaine_canning.

Prize patron Jeff Towns (@dylanthomasguy) spoke to @huwstephens on @BBCRadioWales about his new book 'The Wilder Shore of Dylan Thomas' As with all of Jeff's books, it offers a fascinating insight into the late writer's life. Listen from (1:20:40) https://t.co/3nI1vu11xv

Drawing from their experiences in the field of journalism, Reeta Chakrabarti and Yasmin Zaher, in conversation with Keshava Guha, discuss ideas of identity, materiality, and the self, at JLF London at the British Library 2025.

🎊 Congratulations to Yael van der Wouden on winning the @WomensPrize for fiction for the stunning, 'The Safekeep'. She's pictured here with our 2025 winner, Yasmin Zaher ('The Coin') and @elaine_canning (Director, Dylan Thomas Prize).

@AmnestyUK @SwanseaUni @Culture_SwanUni @elaine_canning @MyUniSwansea @Swansea_Alumni @LitWales @BCouncil_Wales @LlangatwgSchool @YPantSchool @whs_cardiff @TonyrefailCS @bryntawe @YsgolYstalyfera All seven of the participating schools showcased their hard-hitting and thought-provoking poems at a brilliant 3 hour special event at the @The_Waterfront on 13th May.

@AmnestyUK @SwanseaUni @Culture_SwanUni @elaine_canning @MyUniSwansea @Swansea_Alumni @LitWales @BCouncil_Wales .@LlangatwgSchool, @YPantSchool, St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School, @whs_cardiff, @TonyrefailCS, @bryntawe, and @YsgolYstalyfera created incredible works during a series of workshops over recent months.

DylanED has been engaged in 'Words that Burn' with schools across south Wales in collaboration with the Rhys Davies Trust and @AmnestyUK. Empowering young people to learn about human rights and feel valued as poets and change makers. Learn more, here: https://t.co/uwbwMqIyPA

Our 2025 winner Yasmin Zaher ('The Coin') will be at @JaipurLitFest London at the @britishlibrary on 15th June for a very special session with fellow debut novelist and journalist @reetacbbc ('Finding Belle'). For weekend/day/online passes, please visit: https://t.co/2q5Q8YIMoF

Yasmin Zaher's conversation with Prize director @elaine_canning at @hayfestival is now available to listen to via the festival's brilliant 'Anytime' service. For just £20 for an annual subscription you can access a world of previous Hay festival content! https://t.co/i0JJeis2n0

'I set out to write a novel that was fun and sexy, but the past and painful present was coming up for me – I had to submit to that' A brilliant, open and insightful interview in @guardian with our 2025 winner Yasmin Zaher.

https://t.co/4Ncq3Qyaht

A final flourish of photos from yesterday's fantastic day at @hayfestival! We are so thankful to have had so many turn up to hear from Yasmin Zaher, this year's worthy winner of our prize. #SUDTP25