We would encourage you to read the Prize’s full Terms and Conditions, Eligibility Criteria, Key Dates and Frequently Asked Questions, before you enter the Prize.
The Prize accepts entries from deaf and disabled poets aged 18+ currently living full-time in the UK.
There are two categories to the Prize: 1) Best Single Poem and 2) Best Unpublished Pamphlet.
The work you submit to any of the categories must be your own individual and original work and have not been published and/ or broadcast.
If you are entering the Best Unpublished Pamphlet category you cannot have already published a pamphlet or a collection of your work.
If eligible, you can enter both categories of the Prize, but only one entry per category may be submitted.
A submission to the Prize is made up of the following: a completed entry form and the poem/s you are submitting.
You can submit your entry either online via the link on the Disabled Poets Prize website or by post to: the Disabled Poets Prize, Spread the Word, The Albany, Douglas Way, London, SE8 4AG. The postal entry form can be downloaded here.
When entering your poem/s to the Prize either online or by post please make sure:
- Your name is not on the work you submit (including in the file name) as all entries will be judged anonymously.
- Your entry must be submitted as a text document, typed in black and double spaced.
- Entries for the best single poem should be original works of poetry of no more than 40 lines in length (does not include the title).
- Entries for the best unpublished pamphlet should be original works of poetry of no more than 28 pages in length with 27 lines per page (does not include titles).
Please see the Key Dates documents for the entry deadline and other important information.
There is no fee for entering but we suggest a donation of £7 per entry, if you can afford it, to help us cover our costs: You can donate at: totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/disabledpoetsprize