Upload to Duosuma one previously unpublished speculative poem as a Pages, Word, RFT, or TXT file. Only use PDF if your poem has special formatting. Make sure that there is no poet identification in your file (including filename). Suitable filenames are “Contest.Title” in which “Title” is the title of your poem. You can send only one poem per entry. Extra poems after the first will be ignored. If you wish to send several poems, you must create a new entry submission for each one. There is a modest fee of €2 to cover the prize and the cost of creating the hardback special edition that the winner will receive.
There is no theme for this contest, but poems that are not speculative (sci-fi/fantasy/horror) probably will not get shortlisted, so make sure that your poem really is speculative in nature.
No simultaneous submissions for the contest, please. This will ensure that all entires are available for the contest.
We do not accept reprints. Please submit new work only.
We accept only human-created poetry .
The winner of the contest will receive 500 SEK. All contributors will receive yearly royalty payments for each copy over 25 that are sold.
There is an entry fee of €2 to cover the prize money and help pay for the publication of the book via Books on Demand.
The winner of the contest will receive a copy of the book.
Island of Wak-Wak reserves the right of first publication for all work it publishes. You retain the copyright, but we suggest you wait a month out of curtesy before publishing it elsewhere.
Submission to Island of Wak-Wak and Sublimation Annual constitutes acceptance of these terms.