Are you a queer poet? Are you based in the UK?
Are you yet to have your first collection published?
Then send us a poem.
Poems must be unpublished and a maximum of thirty lines. Selected poets will receive payment and be published in the Bold Queer Poetry Anthology, alongside work from poets �including Joelle Taylor, Andrew McMillan, Keith Jarrett, John McCullough, Rosie Garland, Richard Scott.
The book will have a foreword by Jackie Kay and will launch at Southbank Centre in June 2027; it is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through �Arts Council England.
Upload one Word doc or PDF including your poem, a fifty-word biography and your social handles by 1st September 2026.
https://www.inkandescent.co.uk/bold-submissions
Deadline: 1 September 2026
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