The Magpie Award for Poetry opens 1 March 2027!
At Pulp Literature, we have an affinity for poetry, the hard liquor of literature. We like it strong, neat, and we don’t mind if it makes our eyes water. Our judges will be looking for a fusion of musicality, imagery, feeling, and thought. May the best poem win!
Contest opens: 1 March 2027
Deadline: 15 April 2027
Winner notified: 15 May 2027
Winners published in: Issue 56, Autumn 2027
First Prize: $500
Runners up (2): $50 each
All entrants receive a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature.
Entry fee: $35 1st poem, $10 each subsequent poem
Earlybird fee (before 15 Mar): $25 1st poem, $10 each subsequent poem
Entry fees include a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature.
Final Judge: Renée Sarojini Saklikar
This contest is for previously unpublished poems of up to 100 lines in length. Poetry that relies heavily on visual structure is eligible for prize money, but may be excluded from publication if the formatting is difficult to reproduce in print or eBook. No simultaneous submissions.
Total entries limited to 500.
Submission Guidelines
Pulp Literature Press does not support the use of Generative AI or LLM software. We do not accept works created by AI software, and we will not feed your work to AI platforms for editing, design, or marketing purposes.
Use the paypal button below to add your payment to the shopping cart. If you are submitting multiple poems use the second button for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc poems. If you would prefer to pay by e-transfer contact us at pulpliteraturepress(at)gmail.com.
Entry Fee
Additonal Entries
Once you have paid the entry fee, fill in the entry form with your information and transaction ID. Then upload your story to our entry form in Word .doc or .docx format.
If you are having trouble uploading your document, make sure it is not saved as ‘read-only’. This is the number one cause of files not uploading.
If you are submitting multiple poems, please fill out a separate entry form for each poem. Each poem must be in a separate document. However, please pay for all your poems in one transaction.
Thank you for your entry! Digital subscriptions are sent out when the contest closes.
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