Shortlist
(titles listed in no particular order)

Top 10

‘On Joining the Neighbourhood Watch’

‘The Cork Board’

‘5 ways to cook a red cabbage’

‘The Magic of Lines’

‘Yellow Umbrellaism’

‘Joan Collins Gets into a Locker’

‘Copperhead Worship Cults’

‘Memory of a Hothouse’

‘Fish Fry With The Siegels’

‘Le Cessionaire’

Congrats to all the 10 poets on our shortlist. Check back next week for the winners.

Please note: we do not publish names until the judging process is fully complete. We’ll publish names with the final results, the winners, short-listed, long-listed. (We publish your name because you asked us to.)

The Plaza Poetry Prize (40 lines max) is OPEN now to enter. Judge: George Szirtes. 1st prize: £1,000 / $1250. Deadline: 31st May, 2025.