To celebrate this year’s Great British Pea Week (7-13 July 2025), Yes Peas!, the campaign dedicated to championing the UK’s frozen pea industry, is launching a nationwide pea-themed poetry competition for pea-loving children.
The winning young poet will receive a pea-themed goodie bundle worth £150 packed with lots of pea-tastic cooking treats, alongside receiving the unique honour of having a real pea viner named after them. That’s right – a giant harvesting machine, officially bearing their name, in tribute to their poetic pea passion!
Open to children aged 5-11 across the UK, the competition invites children to write an original poem celebrating their love of peas. Whether it’s a haiku about the pea harvest or a rhyming tribute to their dinner plate favourite, anything goes – as long as it’s pea-themed! A panel of pea-loving enthusiasts will review the entries and select the winner based on creativity, enthusiasm, and how well the poem celebrates the small but mighty pea.
The competition coincides with the 10th anniversary of Great British Pea Week, an annual celebration of the UK’s dedicated frozen pea industry. Every year, more than 2 billion 80g portions of peas are grown across the country during a fast-paced eight-week harvest, going from field to frozen in under two and a half hours and helping keep the UK 90% self-sufficient in pea production. The occasion also encourages households to make peas the star of any dish – whether added into a risotto, mashed onto toast, or blitzed into a soup.
Lisa Stannard, at the British Growers Association, said: “What other poetry competition lets children name a giant harvesting machine and celebrate one of the UK’s most loved veggies?! We’ve launched this competition to get kids thinking creatively about healthy eating and British farming, and we can’t wait to see what brilliant and imaginative poems they come up with!”
Entries are open now to all children aged 5-11 until Sunday 31 August – simply submit entries via email to [email protected]. For full entry details and information, please visit @YesPeas
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