Exciting to be on the Dithering Chaps longlist! Shortlist announced in 1 week.

Just thrilled to be here on the Dithering Chaps longlist with so many marvellous writers!

Hurray, on this magnificent longlist. (A couple of the submitted poems are to be published by @dreich.bsky.social I think, so double hurray.) Please please cross fingers for me, I really like Dithering Chaps (and any excuse to travel to the south coast). #Poetry #BookSky 📚 💙

So delighted to be included here! Good luck to everyone on the longlist!! Many thanks to the lovely editors of Dithering Chaps!

We’re pleased to announce our longlist of poets under consideration for publication in May 2026!
The full list of longlisted poets is on our website: www.ditheringchaps.com/news
Our shortlist will be announced on 15th October.
Thank you to everyone who submitted - your work matters!

We’re pleased to announce our longlist of poets under consideration for publication in May 2026!
The full list of longlisted poets is on our website: www.ditheringchaps.com/news
Our shortlist will be announced on 15th October.
Thank you to everyone who submitted - your work matters!

www.ditheringchaps.com/news Delighted to be on this longlist with Paisley Horizon, two of the poems in the collection have just been accepted by Pennine Press, and four are due in the next issue of Stand magazine.

National Poetry Prize winner Christopher James' latest collection, The Ice Sonnets, is available for pre-order from Dithering Chaps. See our website for details: www.ditheringchaps.com/the-ice-sonn... #poetry #TheIceSonnets

National Poetry Prize winner Christopher James' latest collection, The Ice Sonnets, is available for pre-order from Dithering Chaps. See our website for details: www.ditheringchaps.com/the-ice-sonn... #poetry #TheIceSonnets

Looking for a poetry editor who knows what it feels like to put his work out there (and has had his fair share of rejections)?

Hoping for a sympathetic ear & some constructive feedback?

Why not send your work to Dithering Chaps?

We do all the above.

www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

Looking for a poetry editor who knows what it feels like to put his work out there (and has had his fair share of rejections)?

Hoping for a sympathetic ear & some constructive feedback?

Why not send your work to Dithering Chaps?

We do all the above.

www.ditheringchaps.com/submissions

Good point - there's one on our Kickstarter page, though you do have to scroll to the bottom! I guess the idea here was to create a bit of a buzz and get the word out about the project. We'll start sharing snippets when we publish on Antartica Day - 1st December. www.kickstarter.com/projects/766...

I wrote about internet men having big feelings about my little philosophy columns

wellreadherring.substack.com/p/on-writing...