Submissions for our first single-poem competition are open until 31st October 2023
1st Prize: £100
2nd Prize: £50
The theme is love – and it’s yours to interpret as broadly, as interestingly, and as tenuously as you wish.
Our judge (Amlanjyoti Goswami) will also select up to 20 commended entries to be published in a special issue of The Passionfruit Review.
About the Judge
Amlanjyoti Goswami’s new book of poetry, Vital Signs (Poetrywala) follows his widely reviewed collection, River Wedding (Poetrywala). Published in journals and anthologies across the world, including Poetry, The Poetry Review, Penguin Vintage, Rattle and Sahitya Akademi, he is also a Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee. His work has appeared on street walls of Christchurch, buses in Philadelphia, exhibitions in Johannesburg and an e-gallery in Brighton. He has reviewed poetry for Modern Poetry in Translation and Review 31. He also translates poetry from Assamese into English and has read at various places, including New York, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Boston and Delhi. He grew up in Guwahati, Assam and lives in Delhi.
You can read his poetry here.
Judge’s Note:
“Keep love in mind, but it need not be so obvious. Look for something you haven’t heard before. What speaks to you while you are sleeping or when you are doing something else, like waiting for a bus, drinking coffee or reading a newspaper. Love makes no prior appointments. Something that makes you wonder, on a perfectly ordinary day. Don’t worry too much about how it will all turn out. It is love, after all.”
Guidelines Submissions are open to all poets writing in English.
- Please submit unpublished poems only.
- Simultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly if you need to withdraw any of your poems.
- Submit up to three poems.
- Poems up to 40 lines will be considered (we consider longer poems as general submissions!)
- Strong language is fine – abusive or discriminatory language is not.
- If the submission fee prevents you from entering the contest, get in touch at:
- Please note that the reviewing process will be anonymous. Do not include any identifying information in attached documents.
- Entry fee: £3
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