Announcing the 2023 Kingfisher Poetry Prize Longlist!

Krazy for Kingfishers

We are delighted to announce the longlist for the 2023 Kingfisher Poetry Prize!

Authors are listed alphabetically by first name. And those with a (#) beside their name have multiple stories under consideration for the shortlist!

And the Longlisted Poets Are …

Angela Rebrec (4)
C M Anonuevo
c nicol
Callista Markotich
Cara Waterfall (2)
Chelsea Comeau (2)
Dean Gessie
Diana Hayes
Elizabeth Cockle
Eric H Janzen
Jade Y Liu
Joseph Kenney
Leah Hart
Leanne Boschman
Linda Crosfield
Mark J Mitchell
Marri Champie
Pattie Palmer-Baker (2)
Steve Horel
Veronika Gorlova

Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to the authors who made the Kingfisher longlist. Best of luck in the next round! And thank you to all submitting poets for sharing your words and supporting Pulp Literature.

The shortlist — now in the hands of our esteemed judge, Jude Neale — and winners will be announced mid-December!

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Short-form writers, for your chance to appear in the magazine — and win $300! — enter the Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest, opening January 1st!

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Meet Kingfisher final judge, Jude Neale!

Jude Neale is a master educator, Canadian poet, vocalist, spoken-word performer, workshop facilitator, and mentor. As well, she has written twelve collections of poetry. At eight years old, Jude had her first publication, when she won a CBC youth competition on travel. Fast forward a few years and now, coming in the fall, is her latest book, Water Forgets Its Own Name (Ekstasis Editions), a collaboration with the visual artist Nicholas Jennings. We are delighted to have published two of Jude’s poems: ‘About Light’ in Pulp Literature Issue 13, and ‘Blaze of the Universe’ in Issue 37. Visit her at judeneale.ca.