Competitions
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Indigo Autumn Poetry Prize - CLOSED
Indigo First Collection Competition - RESULTS (Scroll down)
WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE:
INDIGO AUTUMN POETRY PRIZE 2023
NOW CLOSED
PRIZES: 1st £250; 2nd £100; 3rd £50
plus magazine publication
RESULTS will be published on this website by 15th December 2023.
Thank you for supporting this competition ... and good luck!
JUDGE
CHRIS HEMINGWAY
Chris Hemingway is a poet and songwriter from Gloucestershire. His most recent pamphlet ‘Tea Stains on the Reading List’ was published by Hedgehog Press in 2023, and previous publications include ‘paperfolders’ (Indigo Dreams 2021) and ‘Party in the Diaryhouse’ (Picaroon 2018)
Chris works as an accountant in the NHS, and also volunteers for Cheltenham Poetry Festival and Cheltenham Parkrun, sometimes on the same day.
INDIGO FIRST COLLECTION COMPETITION
THE LONGLIST
Thank you to everyone for taking part in the competition. The standard of writing filled us both with huge optimism for the future of poetry. All those mentioned had the potential to be fine collections, worthy of being given a wider audience. Please feel encouraged by this, even if you weren't one of our winners.
More competition opportunities will be coming up soon!
TWO winners will have their debut collection published in 2024 and receive a royalty contract plus 25 free copies.
Congratulations to both Leah and Christine on two brilliant collections.
UNMAPPED PATHWAYS - Pamela Jamison
DISENTANGLEMENTS OF GIRLHOOD - Alice Brooker
VICTORIANA - Hilary O'Sullivan
THE LIE OF THE LAND - Laurence Morris
ONEIRONAUT - Leah Larwood
THE SHAPE OF OUR LIVES - Mary Anne Smith Sellen
KITTIWAKE DANCING ON A CLIFF LEDGE - Sarah MacLeod
POST IT NOTES TO TIME - Corinne Lawrence
THRENODY - Adam Cairns
THE ORCHESTRA IS DISBANDING - Sarah MacLeod
AFTERLIGHT - Christine Griffin
TOES IN THE WATER - Alison Campbell
AND THE THIRD WISH - Dominic Weston
FRAGILE ISLANDS - Christine Hollywood
THAT WHICH MOVES - Siobham Tebbs
A TEAR IN THE VEIL - John Bowen
RONDO - Diana Sander
NOWHERE NEAR AS SAFE AS A SNAKE IN BED - Susie Wilson
KNUCKLEBONES AND PEGS - Pamela Gormally
LIGHT - Dharmavadana
SEEKING BRIGHTER FREQUENCIES - Denni Turp
A THREAD OF THROUGH-AIR - Susann Harding
THE ABANDONMENT OF CULTURE - Jenna Cazalet
ONEIRONAUT by Leah Larwood
FRAGILE ISLANDS by Christine Hollywood
THE SHORTLIST
ONEIRONAUT - Leah Larwood
NOWHERE NEAR AS SAFE AS A SNAKE IN BED - Susie Wilson
KITTIWAKE DANCING ON A CLIFF LEDGE - Sarah MacLeod
AFTERLIGHT - Christine Griffin
TOES IN THE WATER - Alison Campbell
FRAGILE ISLANDS - Christine Hollywood
THE ABANDONMENT OF CULTURE - Jenna Cazalet
KNUCKLEBONES AND PEGS - Pamela Gormally
LIGHT - Dharmavadana