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INKSPIREDNG CHAPBOOK SERIES 2025 After publishing 22 poetry chapbooks in the last 4 years, INKspiredng Chapbook Series is taking a new format. We have decided to make our first official call for submissions. Kindly read the following guidelines for your submissions:

I have followed the work of @pamilerinjacob, and his resilience in doing this life thing is astounding. For the art blog of BJPsych International, Muses, he once wrote that resilience, for him, is ‘the shape of a lyric’. Pamilerin has been awarded the prestigious UK Global…

Submissions are now OPEN for AKÉ Review 2025! This year’s theme is “Reclaiming Truth”and we works relating to this theme. Selected works will be featured in the official AKÉ Review at #AkeFest25. Deadline: August 15. Follow the submission guidelines carefully. #ReclaimingTruth

Readers and editors are taking their time going through the entries for the chapbook series. The update you eagerly await is due for the end of the month. Winners will be announced on July 31st, 2025. Be INKspired

A conversation here reminds me of my haibun that won the Loft Books Flash Fiction Prize, 2021. It's thrilling, and nostalgic going back to it. Not just the win, but the story it shares, & the "haibun" evangelism it achieved 😁. I hope you enjoy it as I always do. Cheers 🥂

OPEN FOR SUBS! Our newest anthology will be "100 poems for the 21st Century" please take this theme however you think! We are looking for the best 100 poems so get sending! subs close 31st July. Send poems in the body of an email to [email protected] Simultaneous…

FILTERED LOVE, a digital poetry chapbooks by Elizabeth Akinsehinwa is out for free download. Read, share and leave a feedback. jidebadmus.com/FLove.html

Filtered Love, a bouquet of words. Available for free download tomorrow 13th July 2025

FILTERED LOVE by Elizabeth Akinsehinwa is a collection of poems on love, marriage and faith. These poems take you through a range of sincere emotions This chapbook has been scheduled for digital release on Sunday 13th July, 2025. It will be available for free download

We pruned the list, 11 poets made it. We're close to the finish line

Quickbite Poetry Contest (by INKspired NG @JB_INKspired): 26 Poets Make 2025 Longlist jaylit.com/quickbite-poet…

We received 31 entries for the 2025 Chapbook Series. We will commence our review process shortly. Watch this space

Hello guys! This is the update you've been expecting. Our readers have trimmed the 93 entries for the QuickBite contest down to a longlist of 26. Here are the poets who made the cut:

It's everyday life, but make it flowery and poetic. My #MorningRead today is from @JB_INKspired jidebadmus.substack.com/p/the-good-the…

Our readers are currently going through the QuickBite entries. We will release a longlist on 15th June 2025. Follow us for updates as we will not respond to individual enquiries about submissions Be INKspired

Current favourite piece from @izangalex chap published by @JB_INKspired It's for the boy child, go get a copy: jidebadmus.com/mansbody.html

And we are live with @izangalex's poetry chapbook, In a Man's Body, dedicated to the boy child This collection engages an urgent & necessary conversation about the boy child Get a free copy, read, share & give us a feedback: jidebadmus.com/mansbody.html

Boy, you're everything! 16th May Anticipate

To celebrate this year's International Day of the Boy Child, Izang Alexander Haruna Izang will be gifting us with a poetry chapbook dedicated to the boy child. In a Man's Body will be available for free download on16th May 2025. Watch this space for more updates @izangalex

The QuickBite poetry contest has closed. We have responded to all 93 entries & are now reading through them. Thanks to everyone that sent in a poem. The Chapbook Series submission is still on for a couple more weeks.

a year today since i published my sophomore chapbook, "song her thighs sing(@JB_INKspired, 2024)" ❤️👌🏿