Eurig Salisbury

Eurig Salisbury (born 1983) is a Welsh writer and poet who won the Chair at the Urdd National Eisteddfod, the Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and became the Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate.

Early life Salisbury was born in Cardiff but brought up in Llangynog, Carmarthenshire, from the age of six. He was a pupil at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin and taught himself to write cynghanedd poetry while he was a teenager. Salisbury graduated in Welsh and Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University.

Writing Salisbury came second in the Chair competition at the Urdd National Eisteddfods in 2004 and 2005.

He was the Welsh Children's Poet from 2011 to 2013,

In 2025 he began a two year appointment as resident poet for Strata Florida Abbey, which involved promoted the restoration work and events at the site.

Personal life Salisbury is married and has a son, Llew.