The "London" Literary Prizes

​Introducing a new annual contest!

Cost to enter: zero. Free entry!

Submission dates: Nov 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

Results: Announced in April, 2026

Categories: Poetry and prose

4 Awards:

• First Place Poetry (Canadian)
• First Place Poetry (International)
• First Place Prose (Canadian)
• First Place Prose (International) 

Winning entries will receive the cash prize and publication; runners-up will receive an offer of publication.

Each first-place award will be $200 CAD.

Rules: You can submit up to three poems in the poetry category (please submit them all in one file), and a maximum of one short story in the fiction category. Short stories must be a maximum of 5000 words. You can submit to both the poetry and fiction categories.

You must submit original work that has not been published in any other context and that has not won any other contests.

AI is not allowed in any capacity for this contest.

All submissions will also be considered for publication in Issue 35, so please do not submit the same piece both for the contest and for that journal issue.

Theme: There is no theme. It's thematic and formal anarchy! Just submit something that's really good!

How to submit: Please submit through our Moksha submissions portal. Include a short bio as your cover letter, and clearly indicate in it if you're Canadian or not (for our purposes, you're Canadian if you're a Canadian citizen OR if you are currently living in Canada).