Long List
(titles listed in no particular order)

Top 20

‘Ricecode’

‘Sending the Route’

‘Brief Introductory Lecture on the History of Medicine’

‘Biscuit Baby’

‘Things I realised on a Monday morning’

‘Confirmation’

‘Inas’

‘To the Man with the family-sized trolley’

‘Vesperum’

‘Empty Glove’

‘Assimilation’

‘Ars Poetica in Blue’

‘Drowning on a Stranger’s Couch’

‘Self-Portrait as Water’

‘Loneliness was part of it’

‘Wool Man’

‘Orchard Country’

‘Moth Hour’

‘November’

‘The Art Party’

There were 728 entries, including FREE ENTRY bursaries.

Congrats to all those 20 poets on our long list.

Since posting last week, we have had to amend the long list in line with our rules, removing two entries, and listing two others, because a new rule this year states that previous winners of the Plaza Poetry Prizes (20/40/60 lines / Prose Poetry) are not eligible to enter. We apologise for this oversight.

The amended shortlist was posted on Tuesday 15th April 2025.

Please note: we do not publish names until the judging process is fully complete.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