Put your name behind new writing
PoetryMine is our biggest poetry competition of the year. Editors read every poem, the best go up on a live leaderboard, and the winner takes the prize pot. Back it or a writing challenge on your theme, and most of what you give goes straight to the writers. Or take an advert in our monthly paper.
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Where your money goes
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Ways to back new writing
Pot Supporter
People and small businesses
Add to this season's PoetryMine prize pot.
Of ₦10,000, ₦7,000 goes into the prize pot.
What you get
- 70% of what you give goes straight into the PoetryMine prize pot
- Your name, or your business's, among this season's supporters on the PoetryMine page
- Give ₦10,000 or more
Named Prize
Families, authors, alumni, anyone honouring someone
A second PoetryMine award, in your name or in someone's honour.
Of ₦50,000, ₦35,000 goes to the poet who wins it.
What you get
- A second award at PoetryMine, given alongside the main prize
- You name it and say what it rewards, like "The Adaeze Okafor Prize for Best New Voice"
- 70% of what you give goes to the poet who wins it (₦35,000 of ₦50,000)
- Our judges pick the winner from the shortlist, so winning it means something and nobody can say it was bought
- Named on the PoetryMine page and in the results
Sponsored Challenge
Brands with a theme or a message
A writing challenge on your theme, named after you.
Of ₦75,000, ₦52,500 goes to the winners.
What you get
- 70% of what you give goes to the winners as prizes (₦52,500 of ₦75,000)
- A challenge on your theme, carrying your name and link
- Read and score the entries yourself in the sponsor portal
- A report when it closes: entries, writers, readers and votes
Season Partner
Brands that want to own a season
PoetryMine, presented by you, for a whole season.
Of ₦300,000, ₦210,000 goes into the prize pot.
What you get
- "PoetryMine, presented by you" on the PoetryMine page and in the results
- Your logo on the PoetryMine page
- 70% of what you give goes into the prize pot (₦210,000 of ₦300,000)
- Partner's Pick: you choose one poem from the shortlist for a separate mention. The main winner stays with our editors, judges and readers.
- A report at the end of the season
Paper Advert
Bookshops, publishers, events, and anyone readers would be glad to hear from
An advert in The Twenty-Seventh, our monthly paper, read by people who asked for it.
All of it keeps the paper going.
What you get
- One advert in the next issue of The Twenty-Seventh, out on the 27th, sent to every reader who asked for the paper
- We agree its words and link with you, and it's always labelled Advertisement and set apart from the stories
- A short report afterwards: how many readers it went to, and how many clicked, by where (never who)
Something else in mind?
Boost The Whisper Line's prize pool, fund a Manuscript Mystery, co-create a Fan-Written Fiction story, or build a partnership of your own. Pick "Something else" below and tell us about it.
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