Poetry (Subscribe)
Links
Annual Short Grain Contest
http://www.grainmagazine.ca/contest.htm
Annual contest seeks original, unpublished poems in four categories. Prize money totals $6,000. Deadline: January 31.
Bridport Prize
http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/
An international creative writing competition for poetry (under 42 lines) and short stories (under 5,000 words). Prize money totals ten thousand pounds. Entry fee: Six pounds. Deadline: June 30, each year.
Comstock Review Annual Poetry Contest
Original, unpublished poems are sought. Maximum length: 40 lines. Entry fee: $3 per poem. Prize pool: $1,350. Deadline: July 1. Selected poems will be published.
Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes
http://dorothysargentrosenbergmemorialfund.org
Poetry prizes from $1,000 to $25,000 will be awarded for heartfelt lyric poems celebrating the spirit of life. Deadline: November 6. Entry fee: $10. Open to any writer under the age of 40.
First Writer Poetry Competition
http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/poetry_competition.shtml
Annual contest offers first prize of £500 (over $750), with $150 for the best runner-up from the United States and £100 for the best runner-up from the United Kingdom for a poem in any style and on any subject. Length: under 30 lines. Minimum entry fee: 3 pounds. Deadline: October 1.
Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award
http://www.bitteroleander.com/contest.html
Annual contest offers a $1,000 cash award, plus publication, for an imaginative work. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: June 15.
Georgia Poetry Society Contests
http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests.htm
Offers a number of contests throughout the year, international in scope, for short poems.
Griffin Poetry Prize
http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com
Griffin Poetry Prizes, worth C$40,000 each, are annual international and Canadian literary awards for poetry written or translated into English. Publishers only are invited to submit collections of poetry in traditional print format each calendar year.
Haiku Contest Announcements
http://www.haikuworld.org/contests/
Provides details of haiku contests around the world.
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
http://www.ohiou.edu/oupress/poetryprize.htm
Seeks manuscript collections of unpublished poems. Prize: $500 cash, plus publication. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 31.
Juniper Prize for Poetry Contest
http://www.umass.edu/umpress/juniper.html
Original manuscripts of at least fifty pages are sought by The University of Massachusetts Press which will publish the winning collection of original poetry. Entry fee: $20. Submissions accepted August1 through September 30.
Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
http://www.proaxis.com/~calyx/lois.html
Publication plus $300 award. Postmarked March 1 through May 31. There is a $15 fee per entry. Women writers only.
Lost Horse Press
The Idaho Prize is open to U.S. authors only. It offers $1000 plus publication for a book-length poetry manuscript of 48 pages or more. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: May 15.
Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse
http://www.poetrycontests.exactpages.com
Annual awards totaling $2,000 (including a $1,000 First Prize) are made for poems in traditional verse forms. Any variations on metrical, rhyming and/or formal poems are eligible. The judge's interpretation of "traditional" is loose rather than strict. No restriction on previous publication or previous awards. Minimum: 25 lines. Maximum: No limit. Minimum entry fee: $5. Closing date: June 30.
Ohio State University Press Poetry Contest
A $2,000 poetry contest for book-length manuscripts (at least 48 pages), sponsored by the Ohio State University's literary magazine, "The Journal". Reading fee: $25. Entries must be postmarked during the month of September.
