Prole is a literary print journal that publishes high quality, accessible poetry and prose. We aim to entertain, challenge, but never exclude. At Prole, the reader comes first. We work actively with our contributors and pay a small royalty for anything we publish. Prole is published twice a year in June and December.
Prole is edited by Brett Evans and Phil Robertson from North Wales and the North West of England.
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The Prole Laueate poetry competition, 2024 and The Prolitzer Prize for Prose, 2024 are open for entries. There is a total prize pot of £600 and publication on offer. See our competitions page for full details.
The Prole Laureate poetry competition, 2022.
Thank you to all those who entered. We are now closed to entries and poems have been passed on to our judge. Details here.
Winner of the Prole pamphlet competition, 2022
I chose the winner, 28 Days, because when I read the poems I was struck by the truth and irony inside each poem: the heartbreak and the humour. Each poem was either something I knew or wanted to know more of through the poet’s words. By the time I’d read it twice, I was convinced that this pamphlet should be required reading by everyone - womb or no womb,
blood or no blood.
Jessica Mookherjee