Shortlist
(titles listed in no particular order)

Top 10

‘Sending the Route’

‘November’

‘Vesperum’

‘Empty Glove’

‘The Art Party’

‘Self-Portrait as Water’

‘Loneliness was part of it’

‘Wool Man’

‘Orchard Country’

‘Moth Hour’

Congrats to those poets who made the top 10! We have amended the shortlist in line with our new rule this year – no previous winners of any Plaza Poetry Prize (20/40/60lines / Prose Poetry) are eligible to enter. Two entries have been removed. Apologies for this oversight.

Our 4 winners will be posted next Tuesday 22nd 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Please note: we do not publish names until the judging process is fully complete.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.