Competitions are increasingly the main route to publication for emerging writers, but as submissions grow higher year by year how can your work rise to the top?

Drawing on prize-winning examples, judges comments, and exercises designed to put theory into practice, we’ll explore what makes an entry stand out from the crowd. We’ll look at competition trends, how to find the best opportunities and manage multiple submissions, and the factors that make an outstanding piece of contemporary writing. Join prize-winning poet Kim Lasky for hints and tips on how to give your work the best chance of being chosen as a winner.

Kim Lasky’s pamphlet Petrol, Cyan, Electric was chosen as a winner in the Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet competition and Eclipse was a winner in the Templar iOTA Shots competition. Her poems have won the Agenda Poetry competition and been highly commended in the Bridport Prize as well as being placed in competitions including the Hippocrates Awards and Frogmore Prize. She lives on the Sussex Weald and facilitates writing in universities, in the community, and by streams and in forests.

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Venue: Barnaby’s Lounge, 46 Robertson Street, Hastings, England TN34 1HL.