Announcing the 2023 Magpie Award for Poetry Longlist!

No Empty Nest Here!

Congratulations to the seventeen poets longlisted for the 2023 Magpie Award for Poetry, listed here alphabetically by first name. And extra congrats to those with a number beside their name: they have multiple poems up for the next round!

And the Longlisted Poets Are …

Bradley Samore
Catherine Lewis (2)
Chantel Daniels
Charlene Kwiatkowski
Cheryl Skory Suma
Claire (no last name given)
Claire Lawrence
Jacqueline Pearce (2)
Jude Neale
Justina Elias (2)
Helen Gowans
Mark Cameron
Nicole Moen
Pattie Palmer-Baker (2)
Roshni Riar
Rusty Shabe (4)
Tony Peyser

Congratulations to all!

The shortlist and winners — now in the hands of our esteemed judge, Renée Sarojini Saklikar –will be announced mid-May!

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Thank you to all submitting poets for sharing your words and supporting Pulp Literature!