Key Dates


ENTRIES OPEN

  • Entries can be submitted from 9am, Monday 9 September 2024

WORKSHOPS

To support you in making your submission/s to the Disabled Poets Prize, we are running two FREE online and BSL interpreted workshops:

  • Wednesday 9 October, 6.30pm-8pm 

Susie Wilson, Best Unpublished Pamphlet Prize winner 2024, will run a workshop on Putting Good Pamphlets Together. You can book your place by visiting: bit.ly/4e6X9Pj 

  • Thursday 10 October, 6.30pm-8pm 

Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Best Single Poem Prize winner 2024, will run a workshop on editing your poems. Book your place by visiting: bit.ly/4dMlaLF 

CLOSING DATE

  • The closing date for entries is 1pm on Monday 4 November 2024

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Entrants across all the Prize categories will hear the outcome of their submission and if it has made the longlist or shortlist by the end of January 2025
  • Shortlisted poets and the name of their work will be announced in the first week of February 2025
  • The public announcement of the winners of the Prize will take place online on Saturday 29 March 2025 

THANKS

The Disabled Poets Prize is a collaboration between CRIPtic Arts, Spread the Word and Verve Poetry Press. The 2025 Prize is supported by the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS).