Poetry Rivals is a contest where the shortlisted poets will be invited to perform at a live slam final.
The 2016 slam champion will win a pamphlet publishing package with Burning Eye Books, an indie punk publisher specialising in collections by performance poets.
100 longlisted poets will be published in a finalist book and receive five copies. Thirty shortlisted poets will be invited to the perform their work at the Poetry Rivals Poetry Slam, and the winner will be published in pamphlet form by Burning Eye.