The International Book & Pamphlet Competition was the first of its kind in Britain. Now in its 38th year, it has launched the careers of many well-established and successful poets, including Daljit Nagra, Michael Laskey, Kim Moore, Pascale Petit, and Catherine Smith.

The two winning collections are beautifully produced and promoted widely, and entered for all eligible awards and prizes. They are also sold in bookshops throughout the UK and through online stockists of The Poetry Business publications.

Full-price entry is £29. Subscribers to The North, Friends of the Poetry Business, and members of the Poetry Society are eligible for the discounted fee of £27. All entrants will also receive a code for 10% off Poetry Book Society Choice Membership. A number of free entries are available.

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Deadline: Wednesday 6th March 2024.

The New Poets Prize is a pamphlet competition for writers between the ages of 17 and 24 (inclusive). 

Entrants are invited to submit short collections of twelve pages of poems. Winners and runners-up will be selected to receive a year of support from The Poetry Business, a publisher and writer development agency with a strong reputation for discovering, developing and promoting outstanding new writers.

Two winners will receive editorial support and help in extending their entry to 20 or 24 pages for pamphlet publication by Smith | Doorstop and their work will in appear in a feature in The North magazine.

Two runners-up will receive mentoring, including a place on an Arvon residential writing course, and their poems will appear in a feature in East of The North, the Poetry Business’s online poetry publication. The winners and runners-up will also receive a subscription to The North magazine and will be invited to give a reading organised by The Poetry Business.

Standard entry costs £10. A number of free entries are available.

Enter here

Deadline: Wednesday 6th March 2024