Submissions duly logged and read. Now time to make our longlist decisions...
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Where will your poems end up...?
#DitheringChaps www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions
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Our end of March cut-off is looming. We'd love to read your submission!
#poetry #poetrysubmissions #DitheringChaps
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It's Antarctica Day and we have something for all lovers of adventure (and poetry!)
'The Ice Sonnets' by Christopher James - published today by Dithering Chaps.
#DitheringChaps #PoemsForAdventurousSouls
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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
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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
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Today's launch of Nicole Durman's 'Ghosts of Nightshifts Past' has been picked up by the BBC! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#BBCNews #Poetry #NHS #Nursing #DitheringChaps
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Nicole Durman's stunning début collection is available now from Dithering Chaps www.ditheringchaps.com/ghosts-of-ni... #poetry #DitheringChaps #NHS #nursing
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Launching next month - one of the books in this box could be yours for just £9.95 - Nicole Durman's 'Ghosts of Nightshifts Past' www.ditheringchaps.com/ghosts-of-ni... #poetry #nhs #DitheringChaps
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A little hiatus on posting here while we reread our potential longlisters - we'll announce who we've chosen at the end of the month. (Don't worry, if you were planning to submit to us - our new reading period begins in April!) #DitheringChaps #longlist #SpoiltForChoice www.ditheringchaps.com
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A little more of Helen Kay at her launch event earlier this year. She's reading from her poem, 'I am sailing'. www.ditheringchaps.com/it-was-never... #poetry #DitheringChaps
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A little update from me about our latest blog at #DitheringChaps. Also, if you're thinking of submitting to us, our next submissions cut-off (for publication late this year) is the end of March. See our website for details... www.ditheringchaps.com/blog www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions #poetry
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It's always interesting to hear poets' thoughts about small editorial suggestions that really cut through. Here's Helen Kay talking about the moment her collection title flashed into focus... www.ditheringchaps.com/it-was-never... #poetry #KingfisherMoments #LifeHacks #DitheringChaps
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Here's the third of the poets Dithering Chaps have entered for the #PoetryBookAwards 2025. Helen Kay reads her poem, 'Everyday life weighs heaviest on women' (a quote from Le Febvre) www.ditheringchaps.com/it-was-never... #DitheringChaps #CarefullyCraftedChapbooks #poetry
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Here's the second of the poets we have entered for the #PoetryBookAwards 2025. Louise Walker reads her poem, 'The Swing'. www.ditheringchaps.com/from-there-t... #DitheringChaps #AffirmationsThroughPoetry #poetry
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Simon Bowden is one of Dithering Chaps' three picks for the Poetry Book Awards 2025. His poems were written when he was in hospital, recovering from a cancer in the mouth, so they are a meditation on having the gift of life, but framed in darkness... #Poetry #FindingHopeInHardTimes #DitheringChaps
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Here are the three books Dithering Chaps are sending to
#PoetryBookAwards this year. (Reposted with captions). It's a great competition for indie publishers like us! www.poetrybookawards.co.uk #DitheringChaps #FingersCrossed #ChampagneOnIce
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Here are the three books Dithering Chaps are sending to #PoetryBookAwards this year. It's a great competition for indie publishers like us! www.poetrybookawards.co.uk #DitheringChaps #FingersCrossed #ChampagneOnIce
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The Kingfisher has landed! Take a look at highlights from last week-end's launch... www.ditheringchaps.com/it-was-never... #DitheringChaps #Poetry #StandingRoomOnly
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Standing room only at Helen Kay's launch event at Nantwich museum last weekend: talking about her collection 'It Was Never About the Kingfisher' she said, "I want to create a movement of kingfisher moments". For more on her poetry, go to www.ditheringchaps.com/it-was-never... #DitheringChaps #poetry
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A brightly lit candle in a glass cup adorned with Winter windmills sits next to Helen Kay's newly opened 'It Was Never About the Kingfisher'
A fireside scene with candle, sunflower-decorated fireside tiles, roaring flames and a copy of Helen Kay's 'It Was Never About the Kingfisher' held open and being read by someone out of shot...
Our book is making itself cosy in Nantwich and Edinburgh and the formal launch is happening this weekend... #DitheringChaps #poetry #ItWasNeverAboutTheKingfisher
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It's the #DitheringChaps Xmas lunch today. There will be awards. We're meeting in the Olive Branch in Wimborne, UK. If you spot us, come and pitch us a poem!
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