The Double Dutch Biannual Poetry Prize!
First winners in 2026, autumn edition. Next ones lauded in the spring of 2027, etc, etc.
Rules:
1 poem per person. No length requirements. No theme preference. Read our mag though, you’ll get a feel for what we tend to gravitate towards? We’re not kidding you. It helps.
Submission fee 10 euro’s. No refunds. One version, so better make it your final. Submit through Duosuma/Duotrope or the contactpage on our site (after donating 10 euro’s through here) and thank you ever so kindly!
Submission windows: for the autumn editions the 31st of august and for the spring editions march the 31st.
Prizes:
Eternal fame, for the winner of each edition a rigorous ego fondling through a dedicated feature article about their poetry + each edition’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will get their own page. We’ll select as many nominees as we deem deserving and these fine folk will get a shout out as well.
Our head judge (Autumn 2026 ed.)!
Lucy Olsman (she/her) is a 24 year old Dutch graduate of MA Creative Writing at UCC in Ireland, and the MA English Literature at RUG in the Netherlands. Her work has appeared in Motley Magazine, Double Dutch, Still Here, the Reprise, House of Arcanum, and, forthcoming, Abyss Literary Magazine. She is currently based in Groningen, the Netherlands, and is finishing up her novel Little Princess.
Click here for her guest feature with us about the poet Jonathan Sijl, who happens to have a poem published in our third issue, right here for her beautiful poem ‘The sermon’ as published in our second, here please for her poetic dialogue with work by Vincent Van Gogh, which we also happily published in our third regular issue and here for a spoiler regarding our upcoming issue!
We can’t wait to get started reading your submissions! Thank you for the trust xxx
Editorial note: we might be a magazine that likes to kid around and look like we do not take ourselves too seriously? Well, that’s because we don’t! We do however very much cherish the poetry/art published here and treat the hard work that has gone into it with the respect it deserves. You will find us putting the same care and love into organizing these contests. Pinky winky promise.