Who will win the £4000/$5000* prize?

Long List
(titles listed in no particular order)

Top 20

Fight Day

Under the Maphisa Sky

The Mummy

Bubu

Dreams of Water

Eva

Tortle Man

Before Escaping to Canada…

The All-Canadians

Our Mutual Bones

Hound 001

The Couple

Nectarines

My Life I Don’t Consume

The Divine Carousel

Thorns

Waltz of the Makko Ants

Eric Lucastees

The Encore

Sunday Mornings With The Housemaids of Colaba

There were 312 entries (including FREE ENTRY bursaries).

Congrats to all those 20 writers on our long list. Check back next week for the shortlist.

Please note: we do not publish names until the judging process is fully complete.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 Audio Poetry Prize (judged by Anthony Joseph) is OPEN now to enter. 1st prize: £1,000 / $1250. Deadline: 31st May, 2025.