The Magpie Award for Poetry Is Closing Soon!

Three Days Left to Enter

The 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry closes Monday, April 15th! Why not spend this weekend polishing up some poesy? (Oh, and did we mention, the top prize is $500?)

To read last year’s high flyers, pick up your copy of Issue 40, Autumn 2023. Or get a peek at the winning poems by Claire Lawrence, Catherine Lewis, and Mark Cameron, here.

The Need-to-Knows

The Prize:

First Prize: $500 and publication in Issue 44, Autumn 2024
Runners up (2): $50 each and publication in Issue 44, Autumn 2024

The Details:

The Magpie Award is for previously unpublished poems of up to 100 lines in length.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.

The Deal:

Entry fee: $35 1st poem, $10 each subsequent poem
All entry fees include a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature.

The Dates:

Contest Closes: April 15th
Winner Announced: mid-May

Enter now!

We can’t wait to see what treasures you send to our literary nest!

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Meet final judge, Renée Sarojini Saklikar

Renée Sarojini Saklikar (Surrey Poet Laureate, 2015–2018) is the author of five books and six chapbooks. Her sci-fi epic in verse, Bramah and the Beggar Boy, was published in 2021. And her latest book in the series, Bramah’s Quest, is available now. Renée’s work has been adapted for opera and visual art, and she teaches creative writing. Visit Renée on X. Meanwhile, read two of Renée’s short stories in the pages of Pulp Literature: ‘Told under the Linden Tree’, in Issue 37, and ‘Man with Golden Helmet’, in Issue 28.