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2025 Disabled Poets Prize

The 2025 Disabled Poets Prize is excited to announce the 2024-2025 longlisted and shortlisted poets.

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About the Prize

Disabled writers face significant barriers to developing their careers. The Disabled Poets Prize brings the work of the winning poets to new prominence, focusing attention on the exceptional work being produced by d/Deaf and disabled writers.

The Prize has two categories

• Best Single Poem
• Best Unpublished Pamphlet

Cash prizes are awarded to first, second and third place as well as highly commented entries across both categories. Prize-winners and all shortlisted writers will also receive career development opportunities courtesy of Spread the Word, CRIPtic Arts, The Literary Consultancy and Arvon Foundation; while the winner of the Best Unpublished Pamphlet prize is offered the opportunity to have their book published by Verve Poetry Press.

Established in 2023 by Jerwood Poetry Fellow Jamie Hale, the Prize looks to find the best work created by UK-based deaf and disabled poets. The Prize is a collaboration between Spread the Word, Verve Poetry Press, and CRIPtic Arts in partnership with The Literary Consultancy and Arvon Foundation. The Disabled Poets Prize is supported by the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS).

To support the continuation of the Disabled Poets Prize, please consider making a donation.