Heroica is delighted to announce the launch of our new Poetry Prize.

The winning poem will receive £125, with £50 awarded to the second-placed poem and £25 to the third-placed.

The winners, along with all long-listed poems, will be published in print in the first Heroica Poetry Anthology.

Entry is £2 per poem, £5 for 3 or £10 for unlimited entries. Entry is free for HEROIClub members. Fees will be used to build the prize pot and to cover the production and printing fees of the anthology.

The prize is open for submissions until 31st of March 2024, with the long list to be announced in May.

To enter, please email your poems to megan@heroica.co with the subject line ‘Poetry Prize’, and include confirmation of your payment, which you can make by clicking the button below.

Terms and Conditions:

*We accept poems that have been previously published with Heroica.

*You will still own all rights to your work if it is selected for publication.

*There is no minimum or maximum word or line count.