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Live Canon’s 2023 Pamphlet /Chapbook Competition (Deadline: October 1)

We are looking for pamphlets/chapbooks of up to 32 pages.
3 winning pamphlets will be published in 2024. 

Entries are through our submittable system, where full guidelines appear.


For fifteen years Live Canon have been publishing, performing, promoting, celebrating and sharing poetry. We publish anthologies, debuts and collections. Our ensemble perform poetry at theatres, festivals and events, and record poetry for radio, digital projects and interdisciplinary collaborations. We work with other art forms to create installations, interventions, theatre productions and experiences. We work with young people to create, explore and enjoy poetry. Our courses run in person and online and engage with established and emerging poets globally.