illuminating words - it's what we've done for a decade

we are an independent poetry business dedicated to creating the appreciation of poetry - we publish full collections, pamphlets, chapbooks and anthologies

of poetry - we also organise poetry readings & events in and around London, South East & South West England as well as facilitating writing workshops in conjunction with Arts, Education, Library & Community Services ...

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CONGRATULATIONS to Kate Pott's whose pamphlet whichever music has been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award for the best pamphlet of 2008

tall-lighthouse poetry competition closing date 31 August 2009

the winner will have a pamphlet of twenty poems published by tall-lighthouse

in the first quarter of 2010 - to celebrate ten years of tall-lighthouse press,

as well as our continuing success with the Poetry Book Society pamphlet choices, we are holding a one-off competition. this is an exciting and unique opportunity to be published by us. Iin addition the winner will receive a cheque for £100

& four runners-up will have three of their poems published in the next tall-lighthouse anthology (due at the end of 2010)

the competition will be judged anonymously by

helen mort (Manchester Poetry Prize winner 2008)

maggie sullivan (Trustee of the Poetry Society)

alan buckley (shiver, alan’s pamphlet is PBS pamphlet choice Summer 2009)

HOW TO ENTER - poets can send up to ten poems for a fee of £10

- please send email to tall.lighthouse@btinternet.com with the header competition & we will send you full competition rules & entry criteria

new books by Alan Buckley, Alex Brockhurst, Amy Key, Sarah Howe, Jasmine Ann Cooray are all available from our publications page (chapbooks

& pamphlets)

PBS Pamphlet Choice Spring 2009 - Alan Buckley's Shiver - we are

very pleased to again have one of our pamphlets as the PBS choice -

that's 4 out of the past 5... congratulations Alan

we now have a Facebook Group set up for tall-lighthouse where

we'll be posting events & news from the lighthouse so if you use

Facebook please feel free to join it.

submissions - we are, at present, not actively seeking new

work due to a full publishing schedule over the next two years

but see above re our competition.