We are seeking:
- poems about conversations that never happened
- poems which answer (or raise) questions
- poems inspired by other poets/poems
- epistolaries
- dedications
- retellings of myths
- surprising interpretations of the theme!
We are seeking poems about:
- first words
- last words
- declarations of love
- deliveries of bad news
- navigating disagreement
- life-changing conversations
- mundane chatter
Details here:
We want to read your
- complaint poems
- celebratory poems
- rebel poems
- poems for loved ones
- poems for strangers
- poems about silence
...and more! We welcome all interpretations of the theme, however tenuous/surprising.
❗️Attention poets❗️
Submissions to Being in Bodies are now open!
Check out our guidelines and a note from the judge here:
(and pass it on, if sharing takes your fancy)
Calling all poets📢
Our poetry competition, 'In Conversation', is now open for submissions!
Come join the conversation, and spread the word!
Details can be found on our website:
If you (or anyone you know) might be interested in receiving and reviewing some poetry books, let me know!
And if not, please spread the word!
#poetrycommunity
Submissions to our first single-poem competition are open now!
Judge: Amlanjyoti Goswami
Prizes: £100, £50
Entry fee for 1-3 poems: (Aug) £2, (Sept/Oct) £3
All entries shortlisted by the judge will be published in a special issue of Passionfruit.
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN for our first issue! We are looking for creative pieces which engage in some way with love - see our website for more details!
Just over one week left to submit to our poetry competition!
If you have ever written a poem about human interaction (or even a lack of interaction), we want to read it.
Details here:
🔔Two weeks left🔔 to submit to our poetry competition!
As always, we are open to broad interpretations of the theme – feel free to surprise us and to stretch our imagination!
Join the conversation and spread the word!
Due to an abundance of genuinely brilliant submissions, we will be ramping up our publication schedule and putting out Issue 3 in the next day or two, for a little treat. Watch this space👀
We're closing out the year with one last issue of The Passionfruit Review!
Come read the prizewinning and commended poets who submitted to the Passionfruit Poetry Prize 2023 here:
🔔LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT🔔
Send us poems about (and in) conversation!
Interpret the theme as surprisingly and as tenuously as you like.
Details on the contest here:
The results are in!
Our judge (Amlanjyoti Goswami) has selected three prizewinning poems and a brilliant lineup of commended poets for the Passionfruit Poetry Prize.
Read the winning poems and shortlisted titles here:
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN for the second issue of The Passionfruit Review!
We are seeking poems to probe love and skin it alive; to hold love tenderly, at arms length, under a magnifying glass. All interpretations welcome.