Entries are invited for the Flarestack Poets Pamphlet Competition 2012.
Two winners' pamphlets will be published in late spring 2012. Each will receive £300 and 20 copies of their winning pamphlet.
A selection of outstanding individual poems will be published in an anthology.
Winners and authors of poems in the anthology will be invited to read at a launch event in the West Midlands.
Closing date: 1st February 2012
Entry fee: £20 per entry
Judges: Meredith Andrea and Jacqui Rowe
The judges will read all entries, which will be submitted anonymously.
 
Flarestack Poets' first pamphlet competition in 2008 led to the publication of Advice On Wearing Animal Prints by Selima Hill and Wake by Cliff Forshaw which were both extremely successful, Advice On Wearing Animal Prints going on to win the Michael Marks Award for pamphlet of the year. Two short listed poets, Laura Seymour and Caleb Klaces, saw their subsequent collections published by Flarestack Poets.
 
Flarestack Poets has achieved a formidable reputation for publishing poetry that is exciting, innovative and engaging, from authors such as Mario Petrucci, Alasdair Paterson and Claire Crowther.  Titles have been widely reviewed in leading journals such as Poetry London and the TLS. Flarestack Poets is respected for high production values and distinctive design.
 
For full competition rules, go to: http://www.flarestackpoets.co.uk/page17.htm 
For further enquiries, please contact: flarestackpoets@gmail.com