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

THE WINNERS