Gently Rippling Waves - The Prize
For the best work of poetry on the theme of ‘Disappearing Cultures’.
Our best entrant will receive $150. A selection of our favourite entries will be featured on our platforms.
Non-Prize
We encourage 100-word story applications on the same theme as well! Our best pick and a selection will be featured on our platforms.
Entry Rules and Requirements
The competition is open to individuals from Commonwealth countries.
All submissions must be written in English or transcribed.
Entries should be standalone pieces and cannot be excerpted from longer works.
Entries must be previously unpublished, and must not have been awarded or placed in any other competition.
Entrants must be 18 years old at the time of submission, and not more than 35 years old.
Each participant is limited to one entry per category.
Entries must be poems of up to 45 lines, or stories not exceeding 100 words.
Winner
Sherdil Awais Rashid
Shortlist – Top 6
Abu Ibrahim – We need new mouths to Carry our tongue
Jesimiel Williams – Unanswered Prayers
Goh Yong Ming Calvin – Singing in Tongues
Abu Bakr Sadiq – Do not come talking to me about Heirlooms
Okoli Stephen Nonso – Echoes of a dying moon
Yakima Cuffy-Bazil – Boudin
Read the shortlisted poems here
Longlist – Top 20