Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets
Deadline January 21 (must be received by this date), formerly September 27. Highly recommended free contest gives two top awards of 5,000 pounds: one for the author of a poetry chapbook published or self-published in the UK between September 28, 2024 and October 1, 2025, and one for an outstanding UK publisher of poetry chapbooks. Additional award of 1,000 pounds will be given for the Environmental Poetry Pamphlet. Winning poets will become Harvard University's Michael Marks Poet in Residence in Greece. Books should be no more than 36 pages. Poet or publisher should complete entry form online before sending 6 hard copies of book. Co-sponsored by the Wordsworth Trust and the British Library.
Source: https://michaelmarksawards.org/awards/2025-awards/
Published: November 28, 2025
