Guest Judge: Kirsten Irving

Deadline: 14th May

We are delighted to announce that this year's competition is open for entries. There are two categories
- first collections
- second and subsequent collections
This competition is for full-length collections; if you have a chapbook or pamphlet, please enter it into our pamphlet competition instead.

12 collections will be shortlisted, 6 in each category, and then 3 will be selected for publication by the Live Canon Poetry Press in Autumn 2021.
Fuller submission guidelines and details on how to enter can be found on our submittable page: https://livecanon.submittable.com/submit