The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self published authors or books published by small, truly independent presses.
The 2023 contest is now open and accepting entries!
1st Prize – £400
2nd Prize – £200
3rd Prize – £100
Winners also get:
- Great Amazon & Goodreads reviews
- Earn recognition from having an award-winning book
- Certificate, logo to use on books and future work
- Your book cover & link on our website
- All books donated to local libraries / schools after the awards so you get more publicity
Our judge for this year is Welsh writer, poet & photographer Dave Lewis.
Our aim is to achieve respect and recognition from authors, publishers and publishing organisations for our winning choices. This will help the winners gain further recognition when they can proudly announce that they are award-winning authors of the Poetry Book Awards and be confident that the title is respected.
Closing date: 31st July 2023.