PLATFORM is a unique online space that will showcase new voices in poetry, hosted by Faber and launching in spring 2027.

It offers a way to celebrate outstanding English-language contemporary poetry from poets who have yet to publish a full-length collection. PLATFORM embraces digital possibilities. It encourages distinctive, dynamic and innovative work that will be shared on the platform for free with audiences around the world.

PLATFORM will publish two releases a year, in spring and autumn. Each release will feature three poets, each with a set of poems and accompanying contextual material. Poets will be paid £300 for their contribution.

PLATFORM welcomes submissions of English-language poetry from poets based anywhere in the world who have yet to publish a full-length poetry collection. Poets must be aged over eighteen.

Submissions open: Thursday 1 October 2026.

Submissions close: Midnight on Saturday 31 October 2026.

Please send up to ten examples of your poetry. If you are chosen as one of the three poets, we will make a selection from this material to feature on PLATFORM.

Please include your full name, contact number and a short biography in your email along with your submission.

Please submit your work either as one single Word document or as a single PDF. Please include your name on every page and number the pages.

Poems must be written predominantly in English.

Poems must be previously unpublished online or in print.

We believe in the power of human creation. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of an entry is prohibited. In the event that it is determined that AI has been used to create a submission, the submission shall immediately be removed from consideration.

We welcome entries that move beyond the printed page and embrace the possibilities of a digital space.

We will ask the selected poets to provide an audio recording of themselves reading their poems to accompany the written version, for accessibility reasons. We can offer technological assistance with this.

We will invite the selected poets to share a headshot and contextual material related to their poetry.

The selected poets will be invited to perform at a launch in spring 2027 either in person or online.

All submissions received within the submission period will receive a response with our decision. We are unable to enter into any further correspondence regarding your submission or to offer editorial feedback.

All poetry submitted is treated as confidential.

Copyright remains with the poet and Faber will enter into an agreement with the selected poets for the right to publish the work on PLATFORM as described above.