You can enter the Disabled Poets Prize 2025 online or by post. The Prize is free to enter and is for deaf and disabled people aged 18+ in the UK and has two categories: 1) Best Single Poem and 2) Best Unpublished Pamphlet. In each category, there will be a first place prize (£500), second prize (£250), third place prize (£100), and three highly commended, awarded £50. The Prize offers significant professional development opportunities for the winning writers, including a publication deal with Verve Poetry Press for the best unpublished pamphlet as well as development prizes from The Literary Consultancy and Arvon Foundation. The winners will be announced at Deptford Literature Festival in March 2025.
We will soon announce the opening and closing dates for the Disabled Poets’ Prize 2025
Before you enter
We recommend that you read these in advance of entering. All are available as text on a webpage, in audio, in a BSL video and as a .docx to download.
- Quick Guide to Entering the Disabled Poets Prize 2024
- Terms and Conditions
- Eligibility Criteria
- FAQs
If you would like to see the application form in advance to help you prepare your submission, we have made an application form for drafting here as a .docx download
Entering the prize
You will be able to enter online by Submittable or by downloading and posting or emailing our entry form
You can send your poem/ poems along with your entry form to: Disabled Poets Prize 2024, Spread the Word, The Albany, Douglas Way, London, SE8 4AG or by email to [insert].
We can’t return copies entered by post but we will acknowledge receipt by email if requested.