Competitions for 2022 Urdd Eisteddfod published and 2020 Urdd Eisteddfod winners to be announced

The full list of competitions for the 2022 Denbighshire Urdd Eisteddfod has been published today (Thursday, 30 September 2021).

The list, which was chosen by panels of local volunteers from Denbighshire, includes a range of stage and homework competitions for children and young people under the age of 25. This has been a long-awaited announcement as a result of postponing the Denbighshire Urdd Eisteddfod due to the pandemic. The list (including competition rules) can be downloaded free of charge from the Urdd Eisteddfod’s website.

Registration for competing at Eisteddfod yr Urdd Sir Ddinbych will open in December and will close on the 14^th of February 2022. An alternative list of competitions (called Rhestr T) will be published in the spring, inspired by the success of the digital Eisteddfod T festivals held over the last two years.

The Urdd organisation hopes that the 2022 Eisteddfod will take place in Denbighshire during Whitsun half-term.

2020 Urdd Eisteddfod winners to be announced

During the week of 18^th October, the Urdd Eisteddfod will be announcing the winners of the composition and creation work that was submitted in 2020, before having to postpone the Eisteddfod due to Covid-19.

During the week of celebrations, which will be shared on the Urdd’s digital platforms, as well as Heno TV programme (7pm weekdays) and BBC Radio Cymru, the winners of the Chair, Crown, Drama and Composition Medals will be revealed.

The winner of the Prose Prize will receive a Crown which has been designed and created by the sculptor Mared Davies, and the Poetry Prize winner’s Chair has been carved by carpenter, Rhodri Owen. Rhiannon, a jewellery company from Tregaron has created medals for the Drama and Composition Prizes.

This year, the Urdd Eisteddfod will be publishing a collection of the prize-winning literature, titled ‘Deffro’. It has been curated by two past winners: creative editor Brennig Davies (Prose Winner, Cardiff and Vale Urdd Eisteddfod 2019), and illustrator Efa Lois (Art and Design Prize Winner, Brecon and Radnorshire Urdd Eisteddfod 2018). With the support of the Books Council of Wales, printed copies will be available to buy from Friday, 22 October.

A comprehensive list of all the winners and judgments will be available on the Urdd Eisteddfod’s website from Monday, 18 October.

Siân Eirian, Eisteddfod yr Urdd Director said, “We are delighted to publish the much-anticipated competition list for the 2022 Denbighshire Urdd Eisteddfod today. We’re also looking forward to revealing the winners of the 2020 Urdd Eisteddfod that wasn’t held because of the pandemic. We are extremely grateful to our partners for supporting our young winners and giving them the platform that they deserve.”