Dithering Chaps - submissions open

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You can get hold of a copy here @ditheringchaps.bsky.social...

www.ditheringchaps.com/the-ice-sonn...

And the winner is.... Ceri Morgan, whose innovative collection, ‘Unstuck’, will be out next May. Form mirrors emotional state: a mind unstuck from linearity; a portrait of psychological unravelling and tentative reassembly.

Could your poems be next? Send them in!

www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

And the winner is.... Ceri Morgan, whose innovative collection, ‘Unstuck’, will be out next May. Form mirrors emotional state: a mind unstuck from linearity; a portrait of psychological unravelling and tentative reassembly.

Could your poems be next? Send them in!

www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

Our last shortlisted poet is Eloise Unerman, with her collection, 'a skeleton - finally'. Dark, cohesive & immersive, her poems have thematic depth & sustained atmosphere.
If you want to be in the running for our final publication in 2026, submissions are open now:
www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

Our last shortlisted poet is Eloise Unerman, with her collection, 'a skeleton - finally'. Dark, cohesive & immersive, her poems have thematic depth & sustained atmosphere.
If you want to be in the running for our final publication in 2026, submissions are open now:
www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

Still crossing fingers although having seen and heard the other shortlisted poets am feeling very much an imposter :)

Submissions Window — Dithering Chaps This page describes the submissions window Dithering Chaps have opened on 1st July 2024. Poets can submit 10 pages of their poetry collection and we will shortlist our favourites, so that we can prod...

Our fourth shortlisted poet is @saccharinequeen.bsky.social , with her collection, Have You Tried Turning Off and On Again - witty, sharp and often raw.

If you want to be in the running for our final publication in 2026, submissions are open now! #ditheringchaps www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

Submissions Window — Dithering Chaps This page describes the submissions window Dithering Chaps have opened on 1st July 2024. Poets can submit 10 pages of their poetry collection and we will shortlist our favourites, so that we can prod...

Our fourth shortlisted poet is @saccharinequeen.bsky.social , with her collection, Have You Tried Turning Off and On Again - witty, sharp and often raw.

If you want to be in the running for our final publication in 2026, submissions are open now! #ditheringchaps www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

Our third shortlisted poet is Ceri Morgan, with her collection, Unstuck, in which the form mirrors the emotional state: a mind unstuck from linearity.

If you want to be in the running for our final publication in 2026, submissions are open now!
www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

#DitheringChaps

Our third shortlisted poet is Ceri Morgan, with her collection, Unstuck, in which the form mirrors the emotional state: a mind unstuck from linearity.

If you want to be in the running for our final publication in 2026, submissions are open now!
www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

#DitheringChaps

The second of our five shortlisted poets for May 2026 is Beth McDonough, who reanimates Goya's Los Caprichos etchings, drawing parallels between 18th-century grotesques and contemporary injustices.

Submissions are now open for our November 2026 publication slot - www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions.

We're down to a shortlist of five poets, all vying for a single publication slot next May. First up is Gabriel May, who has written a series of edgy and original ekphrastic poems, each one a meditation on two figures - Haruki Murakami and Raymond Carver; Lucas Cranach the Elder and Anish Kapoor...

We're down to a shortlist of five poets, all vying for a single publication slot next May. First up is Gabriel May, who has written a series of edgy and original ekphrastic poems, each one a meditation on two figures - Haruki Murakami and Raymond Carver; Lucas Cranach the Elder and Anish Kapoor...

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We’re proud to announce our April-Sep reading window shortlist. We couldn't be happier at the prospect of reading each of these original and poetically-stunning collections in full.
It’ll be a very tough call to choose just one...
#DitheringChaps @saccharinequeen.bsky.social @cerimair.bsky.social

Thank you so much, I am having a little moment of panic and chocolate inhumation.

I am so happy and privileged to make this shortlist! Thank you for your careful and attentive reading @ditheringchaps.bsky.social!

We’re proud to announce our April-Sep reading window shortlist. We couldn't be happier at the prospect of reading each of these original and poetically-stunning collections in full.
It’ll be a very tough call to choose just one...
#DitheringChaps @saccharinequeen.bsky.social @cerimair.bsky.social

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap. "I've always loved museums," she says, "but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards' We do the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Thank you, Dithering Chaps, for including me on this longlist with such powerful writers. Fingers crossed!

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So happy to make this list! Congratulations to other longlisted poets, and huge thanks to @ditheringchaps.bsky.social for amazingly attentive, generous, and supportive reading! I learned so much about how to be a good editor from one email!

Exciting to be on the Dithering Chaps longlist! Shortlist announced in 1 week.

Just thrilled to be here on the Dithering Chaps longlist with so many marvellous writers!

Hurray, on this magnificent longlist. (A couple of the submitted poems are to be published by @dreich.bsky.social I think, so double hurray.) Please please cross fingers for me, I really like Dithering Chaps (and any excuse to travel to the south coast). #Poetry #BookSky 📚 💙

So delighted to be included here! Good luck to everyone on the longlist!! Many thanks to the lovely editors of Dithering Chaps!

We’re pleased to announce our longlist of poets under consideration for publication in May 2026!
The full list of longlisted poets is on our website: www.ditheringchaps.com/news
Our shortlist will be announced on 15th October.
Thank you to everyone who submitted - your work matters!

We’re pleased to announce our longlist of poets under consideration for publication in May 2026!
The full list of longlisted poets is on our website: www.ditheringchaps.com/news
Our shortlist will be announced on 15th October.
Thank you to everyone who submitted - your work matters!

News — Dithering Chaps News and plans for future publications

www.ditheringchaps.com/news Delighted to be on this longlist with Paisley Horizon, two of the poems in the collection have just been accepted by Pennine Press, and four are due in the next issue of Stand magazine.

National Poetry Prize winner Christopher James' latest collection, The Ice Sonnets, is available for pre-order from Dithering Chaps. See our website for details: www.ditheringchaps.com/the-ice-sonn... #poetry #TheIceSonnets