EDITION V
DARK POETS PRIZE
ENTRIES NOW OPEN
1st£1000
STEP INTO THE SHADOWS WITH THE DARK POETS CLUB INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN!
ENTER VIA THE FORM BELOW
2nd£500
3rd£300
+ SHORTLIST & HONOURABLE MENTION PUBLICATION
The International Dark Poets Prize V
The shadows deepen once more.
The International Dark Poets Prize returns for its fifth edition, and for the first time in Dark Poets Club history, three poets will receive major cash awards as part of our largest and most ambitious competition yet.
Open to poets worldwide, Dark Poets Prize V invites you to submit your finest dark poetry exploring the beauty, complexity and intrigue found within darkness. Whether your work is gothic, melancholic, macabre, unsettling, surreal or quietly haunting, we want to read it.
With a prize fund of £1,800, publication opportunities and international recognition, this year's competition marks a new chapter for the Dark Poets Club community.
Previously published work is welcome. We believe great poetry deserves to be celebrated regardless of where it has appeared before.
Step into the darkness and share the poems only you can write. Submit below.
How to enter:
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Entry Fee:
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£6 per poem
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£10 for 3 poems (£3.33 per poem)
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£14 for 5 poems (£2.80 per poem)
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Submission Guidelines:
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Maximum of 250 words per poem (excluding title)
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Word documents preferred
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Include title and word count within document
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Multiple poems can be uploaded individually or within a single word document, as long as they are clearly differentiated by title and word count
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Entries close Friday 31st July
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All entries considered for publication
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Judging: The DPC Editors and guest curators C.Sedgwick & Erika Jane
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A portion of all submissions will be donated to mental health charity SANE
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Prizes:
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First Place:
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£1,000 cash prize (or local currency equivalent)
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International Dark Poets Prize V Winner title
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Winner's certificate
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Official Dark Poets Club T-shirt
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Second Place:
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£500 cash prize (or local currency equivalent)
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Runner Up certificate
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Official Dark Poets Club T-shirt
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Third Place:
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£300 cash prize (or local currency equivalent)
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Runner Up certificate
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Official Dark Poets Club T-shirt
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Additional Recognition:
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Selected poets will also receive either a Shortlist or Honourable Mention, with publication opportunities across Dark Poets Club.
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Enter the Darkness:
Join poets from around the world and compete for the most prestigious award in Dark Poets Club history.
This is our biggest competition of darkness yet.
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GOOD LUCK!
E N T E R
A Note on Our Donated Charity: SANE
As with Edition IV, a portion of funds from the Dark Poets Prize V submissions will be donated to SANE, a mental health charity doing vital work to support people affected by mental illness.
Everywhere the darkness touches.... 💀🖤
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