DIRT Plantable Poetry Competition

DIRT is inviting poets to submit writing in collaboration with another poet on the theme of nature and conservation.

Six winning poets will be paired to write a collaborative poem for publication in the first DIRT plantable poetry competition pamphlet.

Ten shortlisted poets (including the winners) will be paid £20 for their competition selection poem to be published online with Dialect Press, and offered six months free membership in the Meadow, Dialect’s writing collective.

The winning poets will be judged by the poets and be instructed to write a collaborative poem in response to the same piece of climate science. Poet and DIRT editor Alice Willitts will offer mentoring and editorial support for the duration of the collaboration.

The poems will be published in a competition edition of DIRT plantable poetry pamphlet. The winning poets will receive 3 copies of the competition DIRT pamphlet. There will be an online launch 23 September, 2026.