Poetry competition: The Aryamati Poetry Prize 2023

Now in its fifth year, the competition from Fly on the Wall Press, which publishes political fiction, poetry and cross-genre anthologies on pressing issues, is  in honour of author, activist and Buddhist Olga Kenyon (Aryamati), who died in 2014.

This year the prize has evolved to publish a full collection winner (100 pages) and a pamphlet winner (30 pages). Winners will also receive £100-worth of Fly on the Wall books and 100 postcards with a chosen poem printed on them.

Individual poems within the collections may have been previously published.

The entry fee is £4 for people who have purchased an Aryamati Prize winning pamphlet in 2023, or £11 (£5 if in receipt of state benefits).

The closing date is 28 August.

For full details see the website.

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