The Kingfisher Closes on Friday!

Only Three Days Left to Enter!

The 2024 Kingfisher Poetry Prize closes Friday, November 15th! This contest is for powerful poems of up to 20 lines. So send us your work that, though small in size, is mighty in depth!

The winner and runners-up will be announced mid-December, and published in Pulp Literature Issue 42, Spring 2024.

First Prize: $300
Runners up (2): $50 each

The entry fee is just $15, and all entrants receive a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature.

And remember, this contest is for previously unpublished poems of up to 20 lines in length.

For all the details, and to enter, visit the contest page!

Meet Kingfisher Judge, Jude Neale!

Jude Neale is a master educator, Canadian poet, vocalist, spoken word performer, workshop facilitator, and mentor. As well, she has has written twelve collections of poetry. She is a beloved mother, grandmother, and wife.

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.

Jude’s book A Quiet Coming of Light: A Poetic Memoir (Leaf) was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, a recognition of Canadian women poets. Her manuscript, Splendid in Its Silence, won publication in the UK. Her poem, ‘Blue Bowl’, was a finalist for the prestigious Irish Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Award. ‘Emptiness in the Garden’, selected by Britain’s Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, rode the buses in the Channel Islands for a year.

Drawing on her musical background, Jude collaborated with violist, composer, and visionary, Thomas RL Beckman, to write a poetic prose narrative for the three-movement orchestrated suite, The St. Roch Suite, performed live by the Prince George Symphony Orchestra.

We were delighted to publish 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.