Passionfruit Poetry Prize 2025

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 Full details 

The Passionfruit Poetry Prize is back for 2025!

Judge: Amlanjyoti Goswami

The theme is love – and it’s yours to interpret as broadly, as interestingly, and as tenuously as you wish.

1st prize £600
2nd prize £100
3rd prize £60

9 × COMMENDED POEMS £10 EACH

All prizewinning poems will also be published in a special issue of The Passionfruit Review. You can see our last contest special issue here.

Deadline for submissions 23:59 (BST) 30th September 2025

A Note from the judge

Love doesn’t always have to be about roses and thorns.
There are other ways too.
Sometimes it comes with guns blazing.
At other times, silently, without calling attention.
You can also write about roses and thorns.

ABOUT THE JUDGE

Amlanjyoti Goswami‘s new book of poetry, A Different Story, has just been published by Poetrywala. He has written two widely reviewed books, River Wedding and Vital Signs, published by Poetrywala. River Wedding was shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi award. Published in journals and anthologies across the world, including Poetry, The Poetry Review, Penguin Vintage, Rattle and Sahitya Akademi, he is also a Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee. His work has appeared on street walls of Christchurch, buses in Philadelphia, exhibitions in Johannesburg and an e-gallery in Brighton. He has reviewed poetry for The Hindu, Frontline, Review 31 and Modern Poetry in Translation among others. He has read at various places, including Delhi, Mumbai, New York, Chandigarh, Boston and Bangalore. He grew up in Guwahati and lives in Delhi.

He was also a contributor to Issue 1 of The Passionfruit Review.



Submission Guidelines

  • Entry fee: £4 for 1 poem, £6 for 2, or £7 for 3.
  • Please submit up to three poems in a single document.
  • Submissions are open to all poets writing in English.
  • Poems must be previously unpublished.
  • Strong language is fine – abusive or discriminatory language is not.
  • Simultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly through the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.
  • Poems up to 40 lines – including spaces – will be considered (we consider longer poems as general submissions!)
    Please do not include any identifying information on your attached document.
  • All unsuccessful entries will also be considered for future publication in The Passionfruit Review.
  • Please note: we have a limited number of fee waivers available. If the entry fee prevents you from participating in this contest, get in touch with us at editor@passionfruitreview.com


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