Our 6th contest is now open and accepting entries!

Entries are now being accepted for the Poetry Book Awards 2025, a book awards program open to self-publishers and indie authors worldwide who have a book written in English, still in print, from any date!

To enter the Poetry Book Awards 2025 please follow the instructions below:

  • Download/print off an entry form
  • Fill out your details
  • Post your book, entry form and proof of payment to us

To pay:



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Any questions:

  • Please check our FAQs and Rules pages
  • The closing date for entries is 29th June 2025 (although to give your book a better chance of being fully appreciated we would recommend sending it earlier rather than later)
  • If you are sending us more than one book, then the fee is £35 per book, e.g. two books will be £70, five will be £175 and so on
  • Unfortunately, due to UK banks charging us money to cash cheques, we can no longer accept them

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