The Passionfruit Review: Passionfruit Poetry Prize 2026 Passionfruit Lit Gold Star Program Gold Star Fee: gbp £7.00

The Passionfruit Poetry Prize is back for 2026!

Judge: Aaron Poochigian

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 £150

3rd prize £50

9 × COMMENDED POEMS £15 EACH

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

Submission Guidelines

• Please submit up to three poems in a single document. A lower entry fee for fewer than three poems can be accessed via Submittable.
• 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• Poems must be previously unpublished.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.
• By submitting you confirm that this writing is your own and is not AI-generated. If you have engaged AI in the course of your writing, please get in touch with us at [email protected] to check your eligibility.
• 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 [email protected]
  More details, including a note from the judge, can be found on our website.