Announcing the Longlist for the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry!

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Congratulations to the nineteen poets longlisted for the 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry, listed here alphabetically by first name. And extra congrats to those with a (2) beside their name: they have two poems up for the next round!

And the longlisted poets are …

Angela Rebrec (2)
Angela Robertson
Callista Markotich
Catherine Lewis
Cicely Grace (2)
Claire Lawrence
Helen Gowans
Jacqueline Pearce
Julien Johnston-Brew
Katherine Matiko
Kyo Lee
Lanika
Lavinia Leon
Lorelei Austen
Rebecca Faulkner
Sandra Kasturi
Sasha Pickering
Slava Bart
Veronika Gorlova

Congratulations to all!

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

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