You can either nominate yourself or a tutor or other individual can nominate a learner on the Eisteddfod website, www.eisteddfod.cymru. Open to any learner over 18, who feels quite confident speaking Welsh.
Please include the following details:
- family and interests
- reasons for learning Welsh
- how the person learnt Welsh
- effect of learning Welsh on the learner’s life and their daily use of our language
- hopes for the future
The semi-final round to be held virtually in partnership with the National Centre for Learning Welsh.
First round (audition) selectors: Karl Davies, Kevin Knox and a representative from Y Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg
Final round adjudicators: Karl Davies, Kevin Knox and Mirain Iwerydd
Prize: Dysgwr y Flwyddyn Trophy (presented by the Waldo Society (Cymdeithas Waldo)) a £300 (Geraint a Siân James, Siop Awen Teifi, Aberteifi)
Each finalist will recieve £100 prize each and a gift from Merched y Wawr. The winner will be invited to join the Gorsedd and the Eisteddfod’s Learners’ Panel.
Closing date for applications via the Eisteddfod website:
Closing date: 1 May 2026 at 12 noon