The Poetry Business
Competition for a Poetry Pamphlet
Closing date: 31 October 2007
Winners receive publication of
their pamphlet plus cash prizes
Entry fee: £24
Entrants should submit a collection of poems of between 20 and
24 pages
Judges: Poet Alison Brackenbury and Poetry
Business editors Peter Sansom and Janet Fisher
The judges will select up to four manuscripts, to be published in pamphlet form
as individual small collections.
Each winner will receive prize money of £250, plus 20 complimentary copies of
their own pamphlet.
In addition, the Smith/Doorstop editors might ask a winner (or more than one) to
submit a longer manuscript to be considered for a full collection. This would be
part of their normal publishing programme, and there would be no contest
involved.
This competition is widely regarded as a good starting-point for poets who
are trying to get their work published. Details of
last
year's winners, one of whom, Judith Lal, has just had her Flageolets
at the Bazaar chosen as the Pamphlet Choice of the
Poetry Book Society.
How to enter
Send your manuscript(s) to the Poetry Business with your payment (credit or
debit card, or sterling cheque). No emailed submissions are accepted.
Go to the
Poetry Business website for full details.
