Open call for submissions
Welcome to the Remembrance project, the second anthology from the Third Space project, which was set up to celebrate, showcase and support South Asian poetry, to inspire new writers and build poets’ connections.
Remembrance was launched on the 2nd of April 2025, with an open call for submissions for consideration for an anthology of South Asian poetry, scheduled for publication with Renard Press in August 2025.
Please find more information below – if you identify as South Asian we would love to hear from you and read your work, so submit now. ↓
HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN
This year we are crowdfunding for the project – please help us to spread the word, as every penny helps and will ensure that the project goes ahead. We’ve got some brilliant prizes and tokens of appreciation, so help make a difference →
DETAILS
Call for submissions opened: Tuesday 2nd April
Closes: Midnight on Sunday 11th May
Judges’ announcement on poems to be included in the anthology: Monday 23rd June
Book launch at Coventry Cathedral: 15th August
Entry cost: free
All poets whose work is included in the anthology will receive a flat fee of £10.*
Open to: anyone who identifies as South Asian, based anywhere in the world, any age. Rules →
Poetry length: up to 100 lines or 750 words, only one (previously unpublished) poem per applicant.
* This anthology relies on crowdfunding, and the fee is conditional on raising the money to pay the poets.
Rules
We want to keep this simple and open – the only rules we have for entry are below.
- There is no minimum (or maximum) age requirement for entry, but please bear in mind that if you’re under 18 you legally need to have parental or guardian consent to enter.
- This project aims to promote South Asian poets; we ask that you only submit if you identify as South Asian.
- The work must be your own, and we ask that you don’t submit it elsewhere in the mean time (this is because, while we don’t ask for exclusivity, some publishers do, so if you place your poem elsewhere you might find yourself unable to have your work included in this anthology if selected by both).
- Please do not include photographs or illustrations.
- Please only submit once – we will only consider your final entry if you enter again.
- Entries must be received by 11.59PM on Sunday 11th May to be considered.
Prompts
If you need some inspiration, here‘s a series of exercises from Rhiya Pau and Zainab Imran to help stimulate the imagination.