Deadline: August 31, 2023
Entry fee: €25
About the competition
The competition is open to new, emerging and established poets from any country. At least one of these winners will be the highest scoring manuscript entered by a poet with no solo collection (full-length or chapbook) previously published. The other winner may have previously published poetry books. Up to 25 other entrants will be publicly listed as “highly commended”.
Manuscripts must be between 16 and 24 pages in length, in the English language and the sole work of the entrant with no pastiches, translations or versions. The poems can be in verse or prose. Any number of the individual poems may have been published before in journals, anthologies and periodicals – the only restriction is that they cannot have appeared together as a book before. Entrants may submit more than one entry. Once entered, no alterations can be made to the submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please notify us immediately should your manuscript be accepted elsewhere. The winners will be selected by a panel of renowned poets.
Competition guideline
EMAIL ENTRY
Send to: [email protected]
Subject: FFP entry
Attachment 1: the manuscript of 16 – 24 pages for submission (Word / RTF/ ODT – we cannot accept PDFs). As the competition is judged anonymously, we request that you do not write your name or personal details anywhere on this document. Title and contents pages are optional and do not count towards the overall page limit. Please do not include acknowledgements.
Attachment 2: cover letter (separate text document attached to the same email, not in the body of the email). The cover letter should include:
- Your name
- Chapbook title
- Email address
- Email associated with your PayPal account (if different from your contact email address)
- Phone number
- Postal address
- Image of PayPal receipt or the PayPal transaction ID number
- How your heard about the competition
- A brief bio (optional)
Payment of the €25 entry fee can be made through PayPal. PayPal will deduct the fee in your own currency.
Read the whole guideline and submit an entry here.
