Submit Your Work

Step 1: Click below to purchase your entry
Step 2: Your Entry Form will be emailed to you upon registration
Step 3: Complete the Entry Form

Standard Entry Fee: Poetry £12 | Short Fiction £18 (1 December – 31 August)
Late Entry Fee: Poetry £18 | Short Fiction £24 (1 September – 8 September)

POETRY SUBMISSION   FICTION SUBMISSION

Prizes

  • £5,000 prize money
    (£2,500 for the Poetry Winner, £2,500 for the Short Fiction Winner)
  • Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
  • A five-day course from Arvon (Fiction Winner)
  • Two online masterclasses with Arvon (Poetry Winner)
  • One-year print subscription to Granta (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
  • One-year digital subscription to Mslexia (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
  • Six-week writing poetry course from Curtis Brown Creative (Poetry Winner)
  • Full membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner)
  • A course from the Poetry School (Poetry Winner)
  • Consultation with Redhammer Management (Fiction Winner)
  • Six-week writing short stories course from Curtis Brown Creative (Fiction Winner)
  • Full membership to Litopia (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
  • One-year Deluxe Subscription to The London Magazine (Poetry & Fiction Winners)

Guidelines

  • Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines.
  • Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words.
  • Works published or entered elsewhere are accepted.
  • We accept works on any theme.
  • You may enter the Award as many times as you wish, although each work requires a fee and new submission form.
  • For more information, read our FAQs here or for our refund policy. For further enquiries please email: info@aestheticamagazine.com

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