Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Mon 30 Mar 2026
Location: Scotland

Open to poets under 30 who were born, raised or currently live in Scotland and have not yet published a full-length collection, the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award rewards outstanding promise with a £20,000 prize. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: Wales

(un)common magazine is a new Welsh magazine dedicated to providing a platform for under-represented and unpublished writers. We welcome submissions in English and Welsh from writers who are historically under-represented in the publishing industry because of race, religion, sexuality, gender identity, disability, class, caring responsibilities, or socio-economic status. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: Derby

Marking ‘Derby Dracula Day’, ‘Poetry Doesn’t Suck, The Vampire Poetry Slam’ returns on Friday 15th May. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: International

Dithering Chaps is a Dorset-based, not-for-profit publisher of poetry chapbooks (30-60 pages). Our submissions window is open for ten-page samples of your work. Open to writers worldwide. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: International

Poems (max 60 lines) are invited from writers worldwide. No restriction on theme or style. Judge: Billy Collins. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: UK

From the EDGE of Alton is a home for work that doesn’t always fit comfortably in the mainstream – fiction, non fiction, poetry, photography, illustration and journalism from the edges of towns and cities, of publishing, and of public debate.  Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: Central Belt of Scotland

Lost the Plot Creative is a newly opened full service boutique publishing house in the Central Belt of Scotland.  Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: International

Founded in 1910, Oxford Poetry is the oldest dedicated poetry magazine in the UK. We welcome submissions of poems, lyrical essays, poetry-related reviews, and articles with a literary focus. We publish work by emerging as well as established writers. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: North West England

In memory of the wonderful Jax Hagan there’s £750 available (possibly as £500 and £250, but we reserve the right to distribute it in ways we see fit). Jackie/ Jax wanted the cash to support a creative community project that would take place in the north-west (or online). Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: International

The Caterpillar Poetry Prize is an annual prize for unpublished poems on any subject written by adults for children aged 7–11. Open to anyone (over 16), as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. Read more...