The Kingfisher Poetry Prize Deadline Extended!

Last Chance

Attention, poets! The deadline for the 2025 Kingfisher Poetry Prize has been extended to August 17th, 2025! This is your last chance to submit your best short poems of twenty lines or less for a chance at the $300 top prize and publication in Pulp Literature Issue 49, Winter 2026.

As always, all contest entry fees include a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature, and the winners will be selected by our illustrious final judge, Jude Neale. Find out what our Kingfisher judge is looking for here. Then, be sure to check out our full contest guidelines for all of the details.

Submit your work to the 2025 Kingfisher Poetry Prize here

Thank you to all of our entrants, and best of luck!