The Disabled Poets Prize accepts entries from deaf and disabled poets aged 18+ currently living full-time in the UK. There are three categories to the Prize: 1) Best Unpublished Poem, 2) Best Unpublished Pamphlet, 3) Best Poem Performed in British Sign Language.
In each category, there will be a first-place prize (£500), second prize (£250), third place prize (£100), and three highly commended, awarded £50.
The Prize offers significant professional development opportunities for the winning writers, including a publication deal with Verve Poetry Press for the best unpublished pamphlet as well as development prizes from The Literary Consultancy and Arvon Foundation.
The winners will be announced at Deptford Literature Festival in March 2024.
The judges for the 2024 Disabled Poets Prize are Pascale Petit, Stephen Lightbown, Kabir Kapoor and Jamie Hale.
The Disabled Poets Prize is a collaboration between CRIPtic Arts, Spread the Word, Verve Poetry Press and Verve Poetry Festival. The 2024 Prize is supported by the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS).
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Deadline: Tuesday 31 October 2023 at 1pm