Being in Bodies 2026

Passionfruit Review is now open for poetry submissions for their latest competition titled “Being in Bodies”.

Poets are encouraged to send up to three poems that engage with the experience of being in bodies. Broad interpretations of the theme are welcome. Poems must be previously unpublished and up to 40 lines each.

There will be cash prizes of £25 (3rd), £75 (2nd), and £600 (1st). Nine Commended Poets will receive a cash prize of £10 each. All prizewinning poems will also be published in a special issue of The Passionfruit Review.