PRIMERS VOLUME SEVEN
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Open for submissions from 9th June 2023
PRIMERS VOLUME SEVEN DEADLINE: Midnight BST on 14th September 2023
Guide Your Poems into print with Nine Arches Press
Primers is a biannual mentoring and publication scheme organised by Nine Arches Press, now in its sixth edition. It provides a unique opportunity for talented poets to find publication and receive a programme of supportive feedback, mentoring and promotion. The selecting editor and mentor for Primers Volume Seven is poet Katie Hale.
Previous winners include poets Romalyn Ante, Sarala Estruch, Aviva Dautch, Cynthia Miller, Ben Bransfield, Marvin Thompson, Katie Griffiths, Geraldine Clarkson, Lucy Ingrams, Maureen Cullen, Amelia Loulli, Victoria Richards, Lewis Buxton, Hannah Jane Walker, Claire Cox, Krystelle Bamford, Kym Deyn, Estelle Price and Fathima Zahra.
Could it be you next time?
The three selected poets will receive mentoring from poet Katie Hale, author of White Ghosts, editorial support from Nine Arches Press editor and Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellow Jane Commane, and publication in Primers Volume Seven in summer 2024, followed by events and readings.
To enter, please pay first here before sending poems via email. Please ensure you read the guidelines carefully before sending your poems.
You can buy multiple entries here, just increase the quantity of fees you are paying for, and be sure to quote the order number in your confirmation email with each submission.
For full guidelines, details and information on entry, please visit our Primers page.