The Aryamati Poetry Prize
For social change and peace poetry
2023 award closed, winners announced shortly.
2024 award to reopen in Summer 2024.
In its fifth year, the Aryamati Prize seeks poets who write for social change and peace. Past winners have included Katrina Dybzynska, Pippa Little, Jenny Mitchell and Sundra Lawrence. Since 2021, the prize has published the winner’s work also in pamphlet form: 'Secrets of the Dictator's Wife' by Katrina Dybzynska and ‘Warriors’ by Sundra Lawrence.
This prize seeks poets who write for social change and peace.
In 2023, the prize evolves to publish both a pamphlet winner and a full collection winner.
Fly on the Wall Press specialises in political fiction, poetry and cross-genre anthologies on pressing issues, from exceptional international authors.
A x 4 finalist in the British Book Awards for Small Press of the Year, Fly on the Wall Press books have been recognised internationally for their quality from poetry awards (The Laurel Prize, The Julie Suk Award) to short stories and fiction (Saboteur awards, the Edge Hill Prize.)
The Aryamati Poetry Collection Prize
For poetry collections up to 100 pages, on the theme of social change and peace
The winning prize is:
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A traditional pamphlet publication contract with Fly on the Wall Press for 2024 publication
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10 Fly on the Wall books worth £100, in any format
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250 copies of a chosen poem printed on limited edition postcards (150 distributed in Fly on the Wall book packages and 100 gifted to winner)
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The postcard poem will also be published on the Fly on the Wall Blog and the winner invited to record a video of the piece for the Fly on the Wall Youtube Channel.
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In collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University and Manchester Poetry Library, the winner will be invited to be interviewed by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manchester Metropolitan University and Manchester Poetry Library.
The Aryamati Poetry Pamphlet Prize
For poetry pamphlets up to 30 pages, on the theme of social change and peace
The winning prize is:
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A traditional pamphlet publication contract with Fly on the Wall Press for 2024 publication
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10 Fly on the Wall books worth £100, in any format
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250 copies of a chosen poem printed on limited edition postcards (150 distributed in Fly on the Wall book packages and 100 gifted to winner)
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The postcard poem will also be published on the Fly on the Wall Blog and the winner invited to record a video of the piece for the Fly on the Wall Youtube Channel.
Useful Info:
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This is an international prize; FOTW has international distribution.
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All of our books are placed in both national and independent bookshops; we regularly sell our books at UK book fairs.
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Contracts include ethical royalties and free copies for the author.
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We ensure all our books are widely reviewed and promoted through events, social media, newsletters and partnerships.
This poetry prize remembers Cambridge graduate, Olga Kenyon, (Aryamati), who had a rich career involving teaching, lecturing and writing. She was a well-respected non-fiction author, documenting and researching the history of women's writing and had eight books published. As a keen poet she won the North West Libraries poetry award in 2013 and her poem about Alderley Edge was displayed on the city's trams. The prize represents that which Aryamati held dear: reading widely, writing to her loved ones from across the globe by postcard and seeking critical feedback on her work, constantly aiming to improve her craft.
Links to Aryamati's Work:
Link to the Aryamati Bursary Fund
(British Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches)
Due to Aryamati's generosity The Breathworks
Foundation awards bursaries each year to make sure
no-one is excluded from experiencing the life-changing
benefits of mindfulness due to financial hardship.
Aryamati had lived with chronic pain for many years
and experienced great benefit from the Breathworks
approach.
