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For a chance to appear in an upcoming issue of The London Magazine, this year's Poetry Prize is open for submissions until Friday 13 March, 2026.
Judges Isabelle Baafi, Dean Browne and Luke Kennard are seeking poems that are bold, resonant and unafraid to take risks. ‘I love poems that could only have been written by you,’ says Luke:
‘Poems that own our idiosyncratic, flawed personalities rather than just trying to sound the way a poem should sound. But most things I could say here would be contradicted by half the poems I like. I enjoy intense and inventive imagery, but I also like a flat, straightforward tone when the poem calls for that. I suppose, like any reader, I’m looking for that combination of confidence and uncertainty, of treating the reader like an intelligent person, of trying to show them something new.’oems that feel necessary, striking, honest and somehow transformative. Poems that understand risk and are not afraid to take one. Poems that challenge and surprise, and say the thing only you can say.’
Submissions are open internationally; poems must be previously unpublished and no longer than 40 lines. All three prize winners will be published in a future print issue of The London Magazine and receive cash prizes of up to £1,000.
The judges are interested in a wide variety of subject matter and many different styles of writing. We do find, however, that those familiar with what we publish stand a far better chance of having their submissions accepted, so we also recommend getting your hands on a copy of our latest issue.
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