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Poetry London Prize

 

 
Location

London

 

The Poetry London Prize for a single poem

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The Poetry London Prize is a major, internationally renowned award for a single outstanding poem.

Entries are open from 13 February to 1 May 2020. 

First Prize: £5,000

Second Prize: £2,000

Third Prize: £1,000


The first prize has been won by and helped launch the careers of many acclaimed poets, including Liz Berry, Niall Campbell, Richard Scott, and Romalyn Ante. 

This year’s judge is the award-winning poet, critic and translator Ilya Kaminsky

 
 

Due to campus closure for Covid-19 emergency at Goldsmiths, any mail sent within the last two weeks cannot now be collected. If you have sent competition entries by post and we have not already been in touch with you, please resend them, preferably via Submittable (link above) or via email attachment to admin[at]poetrylondon.co.uk. Please DO NOT send items by post unless you have to, in which case please contact us for an alternative address.

 

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Stay well and safe! The Poetry London team.

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Ilya Kaminsky is the author of Deaf Republic (Faber, 2019) and Dancing in Odessa (Arc, 2004) as well as co-editor of The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry and Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, among other books. Deaf Republic was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the TS Eliot Prize, as well as the National Book Award in the USA.


"I grew up believing in the Tagalog saying 'Kapag di mo sinubukan, di mo malalaman' – 'If you don't try, you'll never know'. When my poem won the Poetry London Prize, a rush of blessings came, including an editor's expression of interest in my work leading to the publication of my debut collection, Antiemetic for Homesickness, in 2020. I would encourage anyone to enter. It could lead you to beautiful, unexpected places."

2018 Winner Romalyn Ante

Entries cost £4 per poem for Poetry London subscribers, and £8 per poem for non-subscribers. There are  a limited number of free entries available for low-income writers. 


 

                                            

 

Competition Rules
  • Entries must be in English, your own unaided work, and not a translation of another poet. Entries must not have been previously published or self-published, in print or online, or have won a prize in another competition. The maximum length is 80 lines, not including titles or blank lines. 
  • Entry is via Submittable only. If you have access requirements which mean you cannot access the online form, please contact the office on admin@poetrylondon.co.uk or on 020 8228 5707. Postal entries will not be accepted unless required for personal access reasons, in agreement with Poetry London staff.
  • You may enter as many poems as you wish, accompanied by the appropriate entry fee. For Poetry London subscribers the entry fee is £4 per poem; for non-subscribers it is £8. You can take out a subscription at the same as entering using the Submittable form and pay the lower subscribers’ fee. The ‘crossover’ point where it becomes cheaper to become a subscriber than pay the standard fee is 6 poems entered! Entries which are not accompanied by the correct entry fee will be disqualified. 
  • There are a limited number of free entries available for writers on low incomes. These will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, and will cover the submission of up to two poems. To qualify, you should be in receipt in one or more of the the following: Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Universal Credit, income-related ESA, Working Tax Credit, Council Tax Support, Winter Fuel Allowance, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, or international equivalents. To enter, please email your poem to admin@poetrylondon.co.uk along with a scan of a recent letter proving your eligibility. Entries will be anonymised and entered into the Submittable system. 
  • Please include all of your poems in a single document. Your name and address must not appear in the title of your document or on the poems entered, nor any other marks that could identify you. All poems should be word-processed, and set in a legible typeface at 11 point or higher. 
  • The closing date is 23:59 on 1 May 2020. Winners will be notified by 17 July 2020. The first, second and third prize-winners will be published in the Autumn 2020 issue of Poetry London and on the magazine’s website. 
  • The prizes will be awarded at our Autumn launch reading in London in September 2020. 
  • Copyright remains with the authors, but we reserve the right to publish the winning poems in any format. 
  • Prizes may be withheld or altered if we receive no outstanding poems, or insufficient entries.
  • Please do not leave your entry to the last minute as we may be unable to provide technical support near the deadline, and we will not accept late entries. 
  • Entries will be sifted by the editors of Poetry London, and the top 500 will be read by Ilya Kaminsky. Should the named judge be unable to proceed, we aim to find an alternative judge of equivalent standing as a poet. The judge’s decision is final, and we are unfortunately unable to provide feedback.
  • Your entry in the competition indicates acceptance of these rules.

 

https://poetrylondon.co.uk/competition/

 

 

 

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