Shortlist
(titles listed in no particular order)

Top 10

Good enough

An Unexpected Beach

Some of Us Won’t Notice the Berries

Understanding Your Medication: Unsuitable Boyfriend

The Tell-tale Chirp of an Olive Warbler

Where to return a used husband

All Their Friends Thought They Were Fucking

What Can I Tell You

Now I Have Become Meme

Paved

Congrats to the 10 writers 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Please note: we do not publish names until the judging process is fully complete.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.