December Poetry Contests

December 1 Deadlines

12/1/10	Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest	Prizes: $1,000, $500, $250, and publication	Fee: none
Student Writing Contest The Atlantic Monthly 600 New Hampshire Ave, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037			Judge:
			Notify: March
Poems: Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays. First $1,000 \| Second: $500 \| Third: $250 and one-year subscriptions to The Atlantic Monthly for seven runners-up in each category. ENTRANTS must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution. Submissions should be original, unpublished work (they may have appeared in student periodicals) demonstrating superior quality of expression and craftsmanship. SUBMISSIONS should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose. No more than one submission per category, postmarked by December 1. Typewritten (one side only, please) double-spaced, and accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information: title, category, word count, author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available), and academic institution. Of this information, only the title should appear on the manuscript itself. PLEASE PROVIDE an SASP for acknowledgement of receipt. We cannot provide information on the status of a manuscript until winners are announced, in the May issue. Winners will receive notification in March. Submissions will not be accepted via e-mail or fax.
http://theatlantic.com/

12/1/11	Willis Barnstone Translation Prize	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $5 to the University of Evansville
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize The Evansville Review University of Evansville 1800 Lincoln Avenue Evansville, Indiana 47722			Judge: Willis Barnstone
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Translations: The competition welcomes submissions of unpublished translations of poems from any language and time period—ancient to contemporary. The length limit for each translation is 200 lines. Please staple the translation to a copy of the original poem which identifies the poet, and put the name, address, and telephone number of the translator (or translators) on the back of the translation page. Also, since entries will not be returned, please include SASE for results. Please note: translations of poems for which the translator has not secured the rights-to-publish are eligible for the contest, but only translations of poems in the public domain or with the rights secured can be considered for publication in The Evansville Review. Limit: 10 submissions per translator. Entry Fee: $5 for the first poem; $3 for each subsequent poem. Please make checks payable to the University of Evansville.
http://evansvillereview.evansville.edu/barnstone.html

12/1/11	Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Competition	Prizes: $500 + $500 honorarium and letterpress publication	Fee: $25 to The Center for Book Arts
CHAPBOOK COMPETITION The Center for Book Arts 28 West 27th St., 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001			Judges: Phyllis Levin & Sharon Dolin
			Notify: May
Chapbook manuscript: The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. The deadline for the 2011 competition is December 1. The winning manuscript will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook printed and bound by artists at the Center for Book Arts. The edition is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, ten of which are reserved for the author and the remainder of which will be offered for sale through the Center. The winning poet will also receive a cash award of $500, and a $500 honorarium for a reading, to be held at the Center in the fall of 2011, as well as an exclusive opportunity to stay at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York as one of their Winter Shakers. Please submit a collection or sequence of original poems or a single long poem not to exceed five-hundred lines or twenty-four pages (no translations). The cover page should contain, on a single detachable page, the manuscript title, and author’s name, along with address, phone number, and email. The author’s name should not appear anywhere else. A second title page should be provided without the author’s name or other identification, a table of contents and a separate acknowledgements page containing prior magazine or anthology publication of individual poems. Please note that the 500-line or24-page limit does not include the cover page, title pages, table of contents, or acknowledgements pages. Manuscripts should be bound with a simple spring clip. NOTE: Poems may have appeared in journals or anthologies but not as part of a book-length collection. Competition is open to all poets writing in English who have published no more than one full-length book. Reading Fee: $25 check payable to The Center for Book Arts. Include #10 SASE for notification of the winner. Manuscripts will not be returned.
http://www.centerforbookarts.org/opportunities/

12/1/11	Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 to Quarter After Eight
Quarter After Eight Ohio University 360 Ellis Hall Athens, OH 45701			Judge:
			Notify: Spring
Prose poems: Submit your prose-poem, short-short fiction, essay-in-brief, etc. of 500 words of fewer. Include a title page with your name, address, phone number, and the title of your submission(s). The reading fee is $15 for three pieces and includes a one-year subscription to the journal.
http://www.quarteraftereight.org/submissions.htm

12/1/11	The James Dickey Prize For Poetry	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $20 to GSU/Five Points
Five Points James Dickey Prize for Poetry P.O. Box 3999 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30302-3999		404-651-0071	Judge: Editors
			Notify: Spring
Poems: Send up to three unpublished poems. Poems must be typed and no longer than 50 lines each. Include your name and address on each poem. $20 reading fee includes a one-year subscription to Five Points. Make checks or money orders payable to GSU/Five Points, or pay online. Enclose two SASEs if you want to receive receipt of your manuscript and notification of contest results. We reserve the right to return any entry that does not meet the above guidelines.
http://www.fivepoints.gsu.edu/contests.html

12/1/11	Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship	Prizes: 7-month Winter Fellowships	Fee: $45
Fine Arts Work Center 24 Pearl Street Provincetown, MA 02657		508-487-9960 info@fawc.org	Judges:
			Notify: May 15
Short Manuscript: The Fine Arts Work Center offers seven-month fellowships to twenty fellows each year in the form of living/work space and a modest monthly stipend of $650. Residencies run from October 1 through May 1. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue their work independently in a diverse and supportive community. Fellows are expected to live and work in Provincetown during the fellowship year. Optional group activities are organized both formally and informally and provide Fellows with the opportunity to meet program committee members, trustees and local artists and writers. Frequent presentations by visiting artists and writers as well as readings by Writing Fellows. Visual Arts Fellows mount shows in the Center's Hudson D. Walker Gallery. Visiting artists and writers engage in dialogue with the Fellows throughout the year. The Center also seeks to identify local and national venues for both Fellows and Former Fellows to share their work. Writing Fellows are housed in two- to three-room apartments. The Stanley Kunitz Common Room is handicapped-accessible, as are two living spaces and several working studios. Eligibility: Fine Arts Work Center Fellowships are open to writers and visual artists in the emerging stages of their careers. Juries of professionals make the admissions decisions. Writers may apply in fiction and poetry. The Fine Arts Work Center actively seeks applicants from diverse cultural backgrounds.Submit the appplication form, downloadable from the website, and eight copies of a manuscript of no more than 15 pages.
http://www.fawc.org/fellowships/fel_app_guidelines.php

12/1/11	Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem	Prizes: $1,500, $500 (x 2), and publication	Fee: $36 to The Fiddlehead
The Fiddlehead Contest Campus House, 11 Garland Court UNB PO Box 4400 Fredericton NB E3B 5A3 CANADA		fiddlehd@unb.ca	Judges:
			Notify: end of February
Poems: Fiction: one story of up to 25 pages per entry. Poetry: Up to 3 poems; no more than 100 lines per poem. Entry Fee: $30 includes a year's subscription to The Fiddlehead (additional $6 for US & oveseas). No simultaneous submissions—and no previously published—or accepted for publication—submissions, please. Vetting is blind. Please send name and address on a separate sheet of paper. Manuscripts will not be returned.
http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Fiddlehead/contest.html

12/1/11	Beatrice Hawley Competition	Prizes: $2,000 and publication	Fee: $25/$28 to Alice James Books
Alice James Books Beatrice Hawley Award 238 Main Street Farmington, ME 04938			Judges: Alice James Books Editorial Board
			Notify: April
Book Manuscript: No cooperative work commitment. The Award welcomes submissions from emerging as well as established poets. Authors may live anywhere in the U.S. Manuscripts must be typed, paginated, and 50–70 pages in length (single spaced). Individual poems from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or chapbooks of less than 48 pages, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and self-published books are not eligible. No multi-authored collections, please. Manuscripts must have a table of contents and include a list of acknowledgments for poems previously published. The inclusion of a biographical note is optional. Your name, address, and phone number should appear only on the title page of your manuscript. Submit online or by mail. MANUSCRIPTS CANNOT BE RETURNED. Please do not send us your only copies. No illustrations, photographs or images should be included. Send one copy of your manuscript submission and two copies of the title page. Use only binder clips. No staples, folders, or printer-bound copies. Manuscripts are not read anonymously. See site for judging process. For notification of winners, include a #10 SASE. For acknowledgment of receipt, include a SASP. On the memo line of your check write "Beatrice Hawley Award."
http://alicejamesbooks.org/pages/beatrice_hawley_award.php

12/1/11	Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize	Prizes: $3,000 and US & UK publication	Fee: $25/$27 to The Waywiser Press
The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize The Waywiser Press P.O. Box 6205 Baltimore, MD 21206			Judge:
			Notify: May
Book Manuscript: Entrants must be at least 18 years of age. Entrants may not have published more than one previous collection of poems, though they may have published an unlimited number of books belonging to other genres, and individual poems from the submitted collection may have been published in magazines, journals, anthologies, chapbooks of 32 pages or less, or self-published books of 46 pages or less. Nobody who has a book published by or forthcoming from Waywiser may enter. Manuscripts must be in English, and the original work of the entrant (though as much as one third of the poems they contain can consist of public-domain or permission-secured translations). Manuscripts must be 50–85 pages. Manuscripts must be typed or word-processed – preferably in 11-point type – on standard white paper, using one side of the paper only. Pages must be numbered consecutively, and a table of contents, as well as a list of acknowledgements (where appropriate), should be supplied. The author's name and contact details (i.e. physical address, phone number and email address (where possible)) must appear on the front page of the manuscript and nowhere else. No illustrative material should be sent, unless it forms an inextricable part of the manuscript. A list of previous poetry book publications (where applicable) should be enclosed. Manuscripts should be bound with a spring- or bulldog-clip (no paperclips or staples, please, and no folders, files or boxes). Entry form (on website) must be enclosed. For notification of receipt of entry, include SASP with the words "Hecht Prize: Entry Received" appropriately entered. For results, include SASE. Postal or online entry.
http://waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html

12/1/11	Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15
Poetry Prize Water~Stone Graduate Liberal Studies Program Hamline University 1536 Hewitt Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104-1284			Judge: Alberto Rios
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Poems: Triennial. All submissions should be original, unpublished work. Manuscripts must be typed or printed on proper format on white paper, in English, one side only. Cover letters should be brief. Do not put your name on the manuscript. Submit up to three poems, ten pages total. Please send three copies of each submission. Please include SASE with all submissions for notification of results. Manuscripts will not be returned. An entry fee of $10 (check made payable to Water~Stone) must accompany each manuscript. Entry fee includes a one-year subscription. We do not accept electronic submissions.
http://www.waterstonereview.com/contests.php

12/1/11	Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award	Prizes: $500 and letterpress publication, conference tuition	Fee: $25
enter online		flreview@ucf.edu or call 407-823-532	Judge: David Huddle
			Notify: May
Chapbook manuscript: Submit up to 35 pages (double spaced and in MS Word or pdf if prose fiction). This is a blind-read contest. The manuscript should not have your name or other identifying information on any page. Submit a cover letter with your name and the title (or titles) of the submitted writing. Any combination of long or short stories or flash fiction will be considered. Graphic Narrative must be black and white and in jpeg format, up to 35 pages. Entry fee of $25 includes a subscription to The Florida Review. All submissions will be considered for publication in The Florida Review. Simultaneous submissions are OK as long as they are withdrawn immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Submissions accepted until midnight on December 1. Notification of results will be posted on website by February. In the unlikely event that no submitted manuscript is selected by the judge as fitting chapbook publication, only the second and third prizes will be awarded.
http://www.floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/chapbook.php

12/1/11	Literary Laundry Competitions	Prizes: $500, $250, and publication	Fee: none
enter online			Judges: editor
			Notify:
Poems: Each issue of Literary Laundry is accompanied by a writing competition. All pieces submitted to us for review will be entered into consideration for our Awards of Distinction. We offer the following cash awards: $500 for best poem $500 for best short story $250 for best one-act drama In addition to considering undergraduate works for the Awards of Distinction, we will also consider them for the following undergraduate awards: $250 for best poem, $250 for best short story. There is no fee to submit. In order to submit work to either the journal or the showcase, authors must subscribe to Literary Laundry and create an account with username and password.
http://www.literarylaundry.com/submissions

12/1/11	The Lyric College Poetry Contest	Prizes: $500, $100, and publication	Fee: none
College Poetry Contest c/o Tanya Cimonetti 1393 Spear Street So. Burlington VT 05403			Judge:
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Poems: For undergraduates enrolled full time in an American or Canadian college. Winners will be announced and published in the Winter issue of The Lyric. Poems must be original and unpublished, 39 lines or less, written in English in traditional forms, preferable with regular scansion and rhyme. The following information must appear on each poem: Student’s name and complete address; College’s name and complete address. Contestants should retain copies of all poems.
http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/colleage_all.html

12/1/11	*The Mississippi Review* Prize**	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 to the Mississippi Review
Mississippi Review Prize 2012 118 College Drive #5144 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001		elizabeth@mississippireview.com	Judge:
			Notify: early March
3 poems: Prizes of $1,000 will be awarded in fiction and in poetry. Winners and finalists will be published in the prize issue. Contest is open to all U.S. writers except current or former students or employees of USM. Fiction entries should be 5,000 words or less, poetry entries should be three poems totaling 10 pages or less. There is no limit on the number of entries you may submit. Each entrant will receive a copy of the prize issue. No manuscripts will be returned. Previously published work is ineligible. Publication is scheduled for June. Entries should have "MR Prize," name, address, phone, e-mail and title on page one. Please do not include a cover page.
http://www.usm.edu/mississippi-review/mrcontest.html

12/1/11	The Tony Quagliano International Poetry Award	Prize: $1,000	Fee: none
The Tony Quagliano International Poetry Award Hawaii Council for the Humanities 3599 Waialae Ave # 25 Honolulu, HI 96816		(808) 732-5402	Judge:
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Published work: Biennial. The poet must write in English and have a body of work over a period of years. Elaborate protocol; see site.
http://tonyquaglianopoetryfund.com/PoetryAward.aspx

12/1/11	Slipstream Press Poetry Chapbook Competition	Prizes: $1,000, 50 copies, and publication	Fee: $20 to Slipstream
Slipstream Dept. W-1 P.O. Box 2071 Niagara Falls, New York 14301		editors@slipstreampress.org	Judges:
			Notify: late spring/early summer
Chapbook manuscript: A winner is selected in the spring and receives a $1,000 prize plus 50 professionally-printed copies of their book. Everyone who enters the competition receives a copy of the winning chapbook plus one complimentary issue of Slipstream magazine. Manuscripts are also returned at this time. Winners are featured on the Grants & Awards page of Poets & Writers Magazine, the Slipstream web site, and in Slipstream catalogs, press releases, and promotional materials. Winning chapbooks are also submitted by Slipstream for review by various national and international poetry/writing publications. Send up to 40 pages of poetry: any style, format, or theme (or no theme), and $20 reading fee. Simultaneous submissions are okay if you keep us informed of status. Previously published poems with acknowledgements are also acceptable. Provide legible typewritten or computer-printed copy. Photocopies which are easy on the eyes are fine. Due to recent increases in the cost of mail, manuscripts will no longer be returned. Send only copies of your poems, not originals. Online submission is now available.
www.slipstreampress.org/contest.html

12/1/11	Sonora Review Contest	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15
Sonora Review Poetry Contest Department of English, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721			Judge: D.A. Powell
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3 poems: A prize of $1,000 and publication in Sonora Review is given annually for a poem. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 10 pages with a $15 entry fee, either by post or online through our website. Each submission includes an issue for an additional $3 and must be submitted online or postmarked by midnight December 1. Submit online or by post.
http://sonorareview.com/contest/

12/1/11	Wallace Stegner Fellowships	Prizes: 5 two-year fellowships of $26,000 per year + tuition and health insurance	Fee: none
Creative Writing Program, Department of English Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2087		(650) 725-1208 To request a fellowship application: (650) 723-2637	Judge:
			Notify: April 1
Short manuscript: Stanford offers ten two-year fellowships each year, five in fiction and five in poetry, for a total of twenty Fellows. Fellows in each genre meet twice a week in workshop with faculty. Fellows are regarded as working artists, intent upon practicing and perfecting their craft. There are no curricular requirements other than workshop attendance, and the program offers no degree. In awarding fellowships, we consider the quality of the candidate's creative work, potential for growth and ability to contribute to and profit from our writing workshops. The Stanford Creative Writing Program's students are diverse in ethnicity and experience, with talent and seriousness the true common denominators. To be a Stegner Fellow we do not require a degree for admission, no school of writing is favored over any other, and chronological age is not a consideration. Fellowships include a living stipend of $26,000 per year. In addition, fellows' tuition and health insurance are paid for by the Creative Writing Program. The Stegner Fellowship is a full-time academic commitment, and is not intended to be pursued concurrently with another degree program. Fellows must live close enough to Stanford to be able to attend workshops, readings, and events. Download application on website, or apply online.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/creativewriting/stegner.html

12/1/11	Writer's Digest Poetry Awards	Prizes: $500 + trip, $250, $100, (6)$25, +	Fee: $15 to Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest Poetry Awards 700 East State Street Iola, WI 54990			Judges:
			Notify: March 15
Poems: open to unpublished poems 32 lines or fewer. Entries longer than 32 lines will be automatically disqualified. Long poems may not be broken into segments and entered as separate entries. Each poem must be self-contained and must be titled. $15 for first poem, $10 for each additional poem. You may enter as many poems as you wish, but all poems must be entered at the same time.Style and subject matter are open. Judging is blind. Type the line count on a separate cover sheet along with your name, address, phone number and email address. Include entry form. Or enter online with credit card.
http://www.writersdigest.com/poetryawards

December 10 Deadlines

12/10/11	Codhill Press Chapbook Award	Prize: $1,000 and fifty copies	Fee: $25 to Codhill Press
Pauline Uchmanowicz Codhill Poetry Chapbook Prize P.O. Box 280 Bloomington, NY 12411-0280			Judge: Pauline Uchmanowicz
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Chapbook manuscript: open to any poet who writes in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgement are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Poets should submit 20-30 pages (no more than one poem per page) plus SASE for contest results and $20 reading fee. Manuscripts should be on good-quality white paper, paginated consecutively, with a table of contents and acknowledgements and bound with a clip. Include two cover pages, one with the title of the manuscript alone, and a second with your name, address, phone number, and email address, together with the title. Your name must not appear anywhere else on the manuscript. Entries must be postmarked by November 30. No UPS or FedEx. You may include a SASE postcard for confirmation. Manuscripts will not be returned. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Codhill Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Note that last year's winning chapbook sells for $15.
http://www.codhill.com/award2011.html

12/10/11	Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry	Prizes: $1,000, (2)$100, and publication	Fee: $20 to Vermont College of Fine Arts
Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry Hunger Mountain Vermont College 36 College Street Montpelier, VT 05602		hungermtn@vermontcollege.edu	Judge: TBA
			Notify: March
Poems: Prize winner and two honorable mentions will be published in the Spring Issue. Entry fee includes a copy of the Spring Issue of Hunger Mountain. Submit up to three poems, not to exceed six pages. Poems must be original, written in English, and previously unpublished. Late entries will be returned unread. Entries must be typed, one side only. Once submitted, entries cannot be altered. Name or address should not appear anywhere on poems. Enclose a standard index card with poem title, name, address, phone number, and email address. Enclose an SASE for notification of winners. Use a paper clip or send unbound—no staples or binding. No simultaneous submissions, artwork, or translations. Multiple entries allowed—each entry must be sent separately and include a separate entry fee. Enclose an SASP for acknowledgement of entry (optional). No entries will be returned. Or enter through online submission manager on site.
http://www.hungermtn.org/ruth-stone-poetry-prize/

December 15 Deadlines

12/15/11	Anderbo Poetry Prize	Prizes: $500 and publication	Fee: $10 to RRofihe
Anderbo Poetry Prize 270 Lafayette Street, Suite 1412 New York, NY 10012			Judge: Debora Greger
			Notify: February
Poems: Poems should be typed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the poet’s name and contact information on the upper right corner of each poem. Limit six poems per poet. Poet must not have been previously published on anderbo.com. Mail submissions. Enclose #10 SASE to receive names of winner and honorable mentions. All entries are non-returnable and will be recycled. Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe. Winner and honorable mentions will be published on anderbo.com.
http://www.anderbo.com/

12/15/11	Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry	Prizes: $1,000, $250, and publication	Fee: $10
enter online			Judge: Major Jackson
			Notify: February
Poems: Previously unpublished works of poetry (up to 5 pages). Multiple submissions will be accepted for the contest only. Simultaneous submissions are also accepted, however, we must be notified immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Poets currently residing in or originally from the United States are eligible. Submissions will only be accepted via the website. There is a $10 reading fee for each submission. All entrants will receive a one-year membership to Philadelphia Stories.
http://www.philadelphiastories.org/sandy-crimmins-national-prize-poetry-2011

12/15/11	Gival Press Poetry Competition	Prizes: $1,000, 20 copies, and publication	Fee: $20 to Gival Press, LLC
Robert L. Giron, Editor Poetry Award Gival Press P. O. Box 3812 Arlington, Virginia 22203		703-351-0079 givalpress@yahoo.com	Judge: previous year's winner
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Book Manuscript: Our dates never change, if the date falls on a Sunday, then Monday becomes the default postmarked date. Open to all, national and international poets. Language: English. Original work, no translations. Open to any form or style. Length of Manuscript: at least 45 typed pages of poetry, on one side only. The manuscript as a whole shall not have been published before. Include an acknowledgments page for previously published poems in the collection. It is the responsibility of the poet to secure the right to publish previously published poems. Format: Include a separate cover sheet with name, title of manuscript, address (street, city, state, e-mail), and phone number. Paperclip the numbered pages together. If the manuscript wins, the poet must make the manuscript available to Gival Press on an IBM-compatible disk in Rich Text Format (RTF). Manuscripts will not be returned and will be recycled after the judging. Reading Fee: $20 by personal check or US money order made out to Gival Press, LLC. Notification: Include an SASE or visit our website, where the winner and finalists will be announced. The decision of the judge will be final. Prize: $1,000 and his/her book of poetry will be published in a limited edition by Gival Press. The winning poet will receive 20 copies of the publication. A standard publication contract is offered.
www.givalpress.com

12/15/11	The Greg Grummer Poetry Award Contest	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 to Phoebe/GMU
Greg Grummer Poetry Contest Phoebe MSN 2D6 George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax VA 22030			Judge: Matthea Harvey
			Notify: April
Poems: Contest entries may include up to four poems (not to exceed a total of ten pages). Please include a cover letter with your name, address and the titles of the poems submitted. Your name and address should not appear anywhere on the poems. Please enclose the $15 entry fee (check or money order payable to Phoebe/GMU—do not send cash), a SASE for contest results, and a brief biography. Manuscripts will not be returned. All writers submitting to the contest will receive the winners issue.
http://www.phoebejournal.com/?page_id=4

12/15/11	Wisconsin People & Ideas Poetry Contest	Prizes: $500, $100, $50, residency, and publication	Fee: $10 to Wisconsin People & Ideas Poetry Contest
Wisconsin People & Ideas Poetry Contest Wisconsin Academy 1922 University Avenue Madison, WI 53726		jsmith@wisconsinacademy.org	Judge: Susan Firer
			Notify: by end of February
Poems: Wisconsin People & Ideas regularly publishes some of the best poetry and fiction from around the state, and now it's your chance to become a part of Wisconsin's new literary canon. Enter your poems and short stories in our annual contests, which have deadlines of December 15, and receive up to $500 and other prizes along with publication in Wisconsin People & Ideas and a reading at the 2011 Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison. In addition, first-place winners will receive a one-week stay at . Winners receive prizes of $500 (first place, the John Lehman Poetry Award), $100 (second place), and $50 (third place). Winning poems appear in the spring 2011 issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas, with 10 runners-up in the summer and fall 2011 issues. The first-prize poet receives a one-week stay at Edenfred and a three-hour CD recording/editing session at Abella Studios.
http://wisconsinacademy.org/poetrycontest

December 18 Deadlines

12/18/11	The Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition	Prizes: €1,000 and trip to Ireland, €500, €250, (10)€30 and publication	Fee: €5 per poem
enter online			Judge: Patrick Cotter
			Notify: late January
Poems: original, unpublished poems in the English language of 40 lines or less. The poem can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, translated work is not in the scope of this competition.
http://www.munsterlit.ie/Gregory%20ODonoghue%20International%20Poetry%20Competition.html

December 22 Deadlines

12/22/11	PSA George Bogin Memorial Award	Prizes: $500	Fee: $15 to Poetry Society of America
Poetry Society of America Annual Award Submission 15 Gramercy Park New York, NY 10003			Judges:
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4-5 poems: for a selection of 4 or 5 poems that use language in an original way to reflect the encounter of the ordinary and the extraordinary and to take a stand against oppression in any of its forms. A completed submission includes: TWO copies of your each submission, with a cover sheet attached to one of the copies. A SASP if you would like acknowledgement of receipt of submission. A SASE if you would like to be notified of the winners. A check for $15 from Non-Members. Membership status clearly marked on cover sheet of each entry.
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/guidelines/

12/22/11	PSA Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award	Prizes: $250	Fee: $5 to the Poetry Society of America
Poetry Society of America Annual Award Submission 15 Gramercy Park New York, NY 10003			Judges:
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1 poem: For the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States. School attended, as well as name and address. Teachers or administrators may submit an unlimited number of their students' poems (one submission per student). Line limit: none. Submissions must be sent in duplicate and must be typed on white, 8 1/2" x 11" paper. No illustrations or accompanying materials will be considered. The name of the award must appear in the upper right hand corner of each page of the submission. The author's name and address must not appear anywhere on the poem or poems submitted. Submissions must be accompanied by one cover page: the cover page should be stapled to one of the copies of your submission and must state: your name, address, email address if possible, telephone number, the award name and number, the number of lines in your submission where applicable (see individual awards for line specifications), and the title and first line of the first (or only) poem in the submission. You may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted. Entry Fees: High school students may send single entries to the Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award for the fee of $5. High school teachers or administrators may submit an unlimited number of their students' poems (one submission per student) for a $20 entry fee. Checks should be made payable to the Poetry Society of America. Please do not send cash. Notification: For an acknowledgement of receipt of submissions, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard (SASP). If you would like to receive a print announcement of the awards winners, please enclose an SASE; the winners will also be announced on www.poetrysociety.org. No entries will be returned. Application Checklist: A completed submission includes: Two copies of the stapled, anonymous submission; A cover page, stapled to one of the copies; A SASP if you would like acknowledgement of receipt of submission; A SASE if you would like to be notified of the winners; A check for $5.
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/guidelines/

12/22/11	PSA Louis Hammer Memorial Award	Prizes: $500	Fee: $15 to Poetry Society of America
Poetry Society of America Annual Award Submission 15 Gramercy Park New York, NY 10003			Judges:
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1 poem: for a distinguished poem in the surrealist manner. A completed submission includes: TWO copies of your each submission, with a cover sheet attached to one of the copies. A SASP if you would like acknowledgement of receipt of submission. A SASE if you would like to be notified of the winners. A check for $15 from Non-Members. Membership status clearly marked on cover sheet of each entry.
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/guidelines/

12/22/11	The PSA National Chapbook Fellowships	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $12 to Poetry Society of America
Poetry Society of America Annual Award Submission 15 Gramercy Park New York, NY 10003			Judges:
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Chapbook Manuscript: Each poet will choose a winning chapbook manuscript for publication and distribution by the PSA. Winners will receive $1000 and an invitation to read at The PSA Festival of New American Poets in April. This contest is open to any United States resident who has not published a full-length poetry collection. Manuscript page length: between 20-30 pages. Poems must be typed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper and bound with a spring clip. No illustrations may be included. Include the following along with your manuscript: a. Title page with contest name (The National Chapbook Fellowship), your name, address, and all relevant contact information. b. A title page with just the title of the manuscript. c. Paginated table of contents. d. Payment of a $12 non-refundable entry fee (check or money order payable in U.S. dollars to Poetry Society of America). This fee is not waived for PSA members. e. Self-addressed stamped post card for confirmation of receipt and a self-addressed stamped envelope for announcement of the winners. Ineligible Submissions: Manuscripts by more than one author or Translations. Manuscripts will not be returned. Electronic and faxed submissions will not be accepted. If your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, you must notify PSA.
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/chapbook_fellowship/guidelines/

12/22/11	PSA Robert H. Winner Memorial Award	Prizes: $2,500	Fee: $15 to Poetry Society of America
Poetry Society of America Annual Award Submission 15 Gramercy Park New York, NY 10003			Judges:
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Short Manuscript: $2,500 award acknowledges original work being done in midcareer by a poet who has not had substantial recognition, and is open to poets over forty who have published no more than one book. Send a brief but cohesive manuscript of 10 poems (up to 20 pages). Please include year of birth on cover page. Previously published work may be included in your submission; include acknowledgement of publications on your cover page. Poems entered as part of a Winner manuscript may be entered individually in other PSA contests, but not if they are previously published. A completed submission includes: TWO copies of your each submission, with a cover sheet attached to one of the copies. A SASP if you would like acknowledgement of receipt of submission. A SASE if you would like to be notified of the winners. A check for $15 from Non-Members. Membership status clearly marked on cover sheet of each entry.
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/guidelines/

December 30 Deadlines

12/30/11	Meridian Editor's Prize Contest	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $8 online
online only			Judge:
			Notify: March
Poems: Poets may submit up to 4 poems. $8 fee includes 1-year e-subscription. Enter ManuscriptHub.com. All submissions will be considered for publication. Current UVA students, staff, and faculty are NOT eligible. Former Meridian staff are not eligible. (If you've been on our masthead, don't enter.) Friends, relatives, and former teachers and students of current Meridian staff or its advisor are not eligible.
http://readmeridian.org/?page_id=47

December 31 Deadlines

12/31/10	The 46er Poetry Prize	Prizes: $400, $30, and publication	Fee: $5 via PayPal
enter online		angela@blacklawrencepress.com	Judge: editors
			Notify: summer
Poems: The Adirondack Review is pleased to announce the second annual 46er Poetry Prize. (Please note that the 46er Prize stands in place of the Fiddlehead Poetry Prize, which was established last year.) The winner will receive $400 and publication in the Summer Issue. Entrants whose poems receive honorable mention will also have their poems published, and they will be awarded an honorarium of $30. Guidelines: Entrants may submit up to three original, unpublished poems. (Poems must not have been previously published in either print or online publications). Poems must be sent pasted into the body of an e-mail. Entry fee is $5.00 for one poem, $8.00 for two poems, and $10.00 for three poems. Simultaneous submissions are accepted if we are notified immediately should they be accepted for publication elsewhere. Entrants may pay on-line with PayPal. Submissions will be judged by The Adirondack Review editors. Submissions should be sent to angela@blacklawrencepress.com with name, address, phone number, and e-mail address included. Be sure to title your email "46er PRIZE SUBMISSION". All submissions must be sent electronically. Absolutely no exceptions. Contest entries will not be read until the entry fee is received and stories have been received at angela@blacklawrencepress.com. Contest deadline: December 31, 2010. Winners will be announced during the summer. Prize(s) will be awarded in conjunction with the publication of the Summer 2011 issue of The Adirondack Review.
http://theadirondackreview.com/46erPrize.html

12/31/11	Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards	Prize: $20,000	Fee: none
Laura S. Scharf c/o Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 700 West St. Clair Avenue, #414 Cleveland, OH 44113		216-861-3810	Judge:
			Notify: spring
Published book: For books in English published in the previous year that expose racism or explore the richness of human diversity. To submit a book for consideration, send five copies with a copy of the entry form. Upon receipt the books will be forwarded to the jury. All submitted materials become the property of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and will not be returned. Awards are announced in the spring. Only books written in English and published in the preceding calendar year are eligible. Plays and screenplays are not eligible, nor are works in progress. Manuscripts and self-published works are not eligible, and no grants are made for completing or publishing manuscripts. Books of poetry are eligible for the fiction prize.
http://anisfield-wolf.org/Submissions/

12/31/11	Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize	Prizes: €2,000, €1,000, €500	Fee: €6/€7.50
The Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize The Moth The Bog Road Press Cavan County Cavan Ireland			Judge: Matthew Sweeney
			Notify: by March
Poems: The three winners will be invited to read at a special award ceremony at Ballymaloe House in Co. Cork, Ireland, in March 2012, and their poems will feature in the spring issue of The Moth. Darina Allen’s Ballymaloe Cookery School, a creative haven for lovers of food and fresh produce in Co. Cork, is the proud sponsor of this Prize, launched in association with The Moth and open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. Please read the RULES before sending your poem(s) (you can enter as many poems as you like) along with an ENTRY FORM to: You can also ENTER ONLINE. The entry fee is €6 (or €7.50 if you’re paying by money or postal order).
http://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=2763&page=14

12/31/11	Beau Boudreaux Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,o00 and publication	Fee: $15 to Cream City Review
Beau Boudreaux Poetry Prize Cream City Review Dept. of English University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201			Judge:
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Poems: 3-5 poems. Submissions must be typed, double-spaced, and include the author's name and address plus an SASE (for results only). Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as cream city review is notified in the event the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. The reading fee, however, is non-refundable.
http://www.creamcityreview.org/submit/#contests

12/31/11	The Dorset Prize	Prize: $3,000 and publication	Fee: $28 to Tupelo Press, Inc.
Tupelo Press Dorset Prize P.O. Box 1767 North Adams, VT 01247		802-366-8185 editors@tupelopress.org	Judge: Tom Sleigh
			Notify: late April
Book manuscript: Submit a previously unpublished, full-length poetry manuscript of 48–88 pages, enclosed in a folder. Include two cover pages: one with title of the manuscript only, the other with title of manuscript, name, address, telephone number and email address. Cover letter or bio optional. Include a table of contents and an acknowledgments page. This competition is open to anyone writing in the English language, regardless of prior publication history. Entry fee of $28 (US) must accompany each submission, made payable to Tupelo Press, Inc. Multiple submissions are permitted so long as each manuscript is accompanied by separate entry fee. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, so long as you notify Tupelo Press promptly if manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Individual poems may have been published previously in magazines, journals or anthologies, but the work as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Enclose SASE for notification of winner. All manuscripts will be recycled at the conclusion of the competition except those under consideration for future publication. Or enter online at site.
https://www.tupelopress.org/dorset.shtml

12/31/11	Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest	Prizes: $250, $125, $50, and publication	Fee: $5 to Dreamquestone.com
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest P.O. Box 3141 Chicago, IL 60654		alwest56@hotmail.com	Judge: Andre West
			Notify: January 31
Poems: Open to anyone. Current and former employees of Dreamquestone.com or their relatives are not eligible. Poems must be 30 lines or fewer, can be neatly handwritten or typed, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme. Short stories may be on any subject or theme; any fiction, non-fiction, essays, diary or journal entries are accepted. Neatly handwritten or typed, single or double line spacing, with a maximum of (5) pages or less. All entries must be original works. Entry form online. Fees: $5 per poem; $10 per short story, paid by mail or PayPal ($2.00 extra).
http://www.dreamquestone.com/

12/31/11	Flash 500 Humour Verse Competition	Prizes: £150 and publication, £100, £50	Fee: £3/£2.50
enter online			Judge:
			Notify: mid-February
Poems: Any form of humour will be accepted, in any style, but the content must be original and it has to make us smile. Anything from a limerick to a poem of 30 lines in length is accepted. The competition will be run quarterly with closing dates matching the Flash 500 competition: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December. The results will be announced within six weeks of each closing date and the three winning entries each quarter will be published on this website. Entry fee: £3 for the first poem, then £2.50 for each poem thereafter
http://www.flash500.com/index_files/humourverse.html

12/31/11	Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest	Prizes: $1,000, (10x) $150 pens, and publication	Fee: none
e-mail only		fcpoetrycontest@gmail.com	Judge: local college staff
			Notify: February 13
2 poems: We will award $2500 in total prizes, including the $1000 cash grand prize. 10 Merit Award Winners will receive $150 writing instruments. Original, unpublished poem of any theme. Limit of 2 entries per contestant. Entries should not exceed 100 lines each. There will be no fee or other obligation for entering this contest. Please make your entry easy to read—no illustrations, fancy fonts or decorative borders. Email to fcpoetrycontest@gmail.com. Please include your poetry and name and address within the body of the email. Attachments will no longer be accepted. Contact name is Lauren Taylor. Please include your name, address and contact number at the top of your email. We will hold original copies at our headquarters, and submit anonymous copies to our panel of judges. Your entries must be original, written by you, unpublished (either in print or in an online journal), and not have received a monetary award from any other contest. Self-published work is not eligible. Exceptions: Poems posted to the web outside of online journals, such as to a bulletin board, email list, personal web page, critique site or public forums are eligible for entry. You may submit your poems simultaneously to this contest and to other contests and publishers. Please notify us if one of your entries wins an award in another contest or is published elsewhere. Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible.
http://www.franklin-christoph.com/Writing/PoetryContest.html

12/31/11	Greg Grummer Poetry Award	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $10 to Gemini Magazine
enter online			Judge: Matthea Harvey
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Poems: Up to 4 poems per submission, totaling no more than 10 pages. All entries should include a cover letter with the submission’s title and author’s contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address). Your name and contact information must not appear anywhere else on the manuscript. You may submit multiple entries, but the entry fee must be paid for each new submission.
http://www.phoebejournal.com/?p=1522

12/31/10	Heart Poetry Award	Prizes: $500 and publication	Fee: $10
Nostalgia Press 2003 Broughton St. Orangeburg, SC 29115		Connie Martin, Editor heart@sc.rr.com	Judge:
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Poems: $10 covers 3 unpublished poems, reserves issue of HEART in which winners appear. Each page of poem include name, address, phone, E-mail. SASE or Website announces winners, poems discarded. Deadline: Postmark December 31, 2010
http://www.nostalgiapress.com/guidelines.htm

12/31/10	Ellen LaForge Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $10 to The Ellen LaForge Memorial Poetry Foundation
William Joiner Center Healey Library, 10th Floor University of Massachusetts, Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125-3393		For more information please email Joinercenter@umb.edu	Judge:
			Notify: March 31
6 poems: Open to all poets who have not yet published a book of poetry, including small press, chapbook, or trade book. The winner receives $1000 and two copies of the poetry prize Annual. Up to six poems b the winner and four by each of three runners-up are chosen for publication in the Annual. Submit, in duplicate, a manuscript of up to six previously unpublished poems and no more than twelve double-spaced pages. Your name must not appear on the manuscript. Include a separate cover sheet with your name and contact information, including email address and poem titles. Entry fee: $10, payable to The Ellen LaForge Memorial Poetry Foundation. Please mail your entry by December 31.
http://www.joinercenter.umb.edu/writers_workshop/ep_guidelines.html

12/31/11	Little Red Tree Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,000, $250, (6)$50 and publication	Fee: $5 per poem
Little Red Tree Publishing, LLC 635 Ocean Avenue New London, CT 06320		michael.linnard@littleredtree.com	Judge:
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Poems: All subjects and styles are accepted and can be of any length. However, we are of the opinion that it is the exception not the rule that a poem sustains interest over two pages or more. Poets can pay online at www.littleredtree.com on the contacts page, or via online PayPal invoice if e-mail provided, or a mailed check with submission. The competition is international, but the submission must be in English. Postmarked (or e-mailed) no later than December 31. Poems can be e-mailed as .doc attachment. Each poem should be typed on a separate page, in 12 point Times Roman or Arial, with a cover page containing name, contact information, poem title and its precise form (if traditional). Mailed poem(s) may include SASP for acknowledgement of receipt. Manuscripts will be returned if a suitable SASE is supplied. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; notify immediately if a poem is accepted elsewhere.
http://littleredtree.com/

12/31/10	Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Contest	Prizes: $500, (3x) $100, and publication	Fee: $15 to Merton Institute
Merton Institute 2117 Payne Street Louisville, KY 40206			Judge: Dana Gioia
			Notify: April 1
1 poem: Winning poems will be published in The Merton Seasonal, a publication of scholarly articles about noted spiritual leader Thomas Merton and will be posted on the Merton Foundation web site. Only ONE unpublished poem written in English may be submitted; no more than 100 lines. Type the poem on a separate page. DO NOT put your name on the page with the poem. Enclose a separate cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and the title of your poem. No faxed entries will be accepted. No reading fee will be charged. No poems will be returned. Poems will be judged on literary excellence, spiritual tenor, and human authenticity. Please visit the Foundation website for contest results. To be notified of the contest winners include e-mail address, or see website.
http://www.mertoninstitute.org/retreatsandprograms/MertonPrizeforthePoetryoftheSacred/tabid/92/Default.aspx

12/31/11	Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry	Prizes: $500 and publication	Fee: $10 to Uno Foundation
Bayou Magazine Department of English University of New Orleans 2000 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA 70148			Judge: Kay Murphy
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Poems: Up to three original unpublished poems. Cover sheet should have name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and titles. All entries should be in 12pt Times New Roman, double-spaced, with 1" margins. Entry fee includes one-year subscription. Enter online at site.
http://cola.uno.edu/bayou/BayouHome/Contests

12/31/11	New American Press Full-length Poetry Contest	Prizes: $1,000, 25 copies, and publication	Fee: $20 to New American Press
New American Press Poetry Contest Attn: Okla Elliott 1830 Orchard Place, Ste. C Urbana, IL 61801		newamericanpress@gmail.com	Judge: Andrew Hudgins
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Book manuscript: Please submit 40-100 pages of your best poetry. We read manuscripts blind, so please include a separate cover sheet with your name, address, email, and phone number, being sure to exclude any identifying information from the manuscript itself. Please include a check or money order payable to "NEW AMERICAN PRESS" in the amount of $20 for each submission and a SASE for contest results. Multiple and simultaneous submissions encouraged. $2.50 additional to submit online.
http://www.newamericanpress.com/contests/current.php

12/31/11	Pavement Saw Chapbook Contest	Prizes: $500, 50 copies, and publication	Fee: $15 to Pavement Saw Press
Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Contest 321 Empire Street Montpelier, OH 43543			Judge: editor
			Notify: March
Chapbook manuscript: $500 and 50 copies of the winning chapbook will be awarded for the finest collection of poetry received. In addition to the prize winner, at least one other manuscript will be published under a standard royalty contract (author paid 10% of press run). Everyone is allowed to submit regardless of previous publication history. Every entrant will receive the equivalent cost of the entry fee in Pavement Saw Press titles. The chapbooks are published in an edition of 400 copies. Submit up to 32 pages of poetry. Include a signed cover letter with your name, address, phone number, e-mail, publication credits, a brief biography and the title of the chapbook. Include a cover page with your contact information and the chapbook title. Include a second page with the chapbook title only. Do not include your name on any pages inside the manuscript except for the first title page. No need for a contents page. All chapbooks are selected anonymously. Do not include an SASE. All manuscripts will be recycled. See site for online entry ($21 entry fee).
http://www.pavementsaw.org/pages/chapcontest.htm

12/31/11	Vernice Quebodeaux “Pathways” Poetry Prize for Women	Prizes: $1,000, royalties, and publication	Fee: $20 to Little Red Tree Publishing, LLC
Little Red Tree Publishing, LLC 635 Ocean Avenue New London, CT 06320		michael.linnard@littleredtree.com	Judge: Richard Harteis
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Book manuscript: Open to women from any country but must be in English. Submissions must be postmarked (or e-mailed) no later than December 31. Approximately 80 to 100 letter-size pages of poetry, each poem starting on a separate page. The majority of the manuscript should be previously unpublished; between 10 and 15 pages of poetry may have appeared in print or online, but the poet must hold the exclusive rights to publish. Manuscripts should be typed in 12 point Times Roman or Arial, one poem per page. A contents page and pagination are necessary. Two copies of the title page; the first should include the title, and all contact information. The second should only list the working title of the manuscript. Mailed manuscripts may include SASP for acknowledgement of receipt. Manuscripts returned if a suitable SASE is supplied. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; however, Little Red Tree Publishing should be notified immediately if a manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Enter online at website.
http://littleredtree.com/

12/31/11	River Styx Schlafly Beer Micro-Fiction Contest	Prizes: $1,500, a case of Schlafly beer, and publication	Fee: $20 to River Styx
River Styx Micro-Fiction Contest 3547 Olive Street, Suite 107 St. Louis, MO 63103			Judges: River Styx Staff
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Micro-fiction: Deadline extended to 1/9/12! A prize of $1500, a case of Schlafly beer, and publication in River Styx is given annually for the best micro-fiction story. The editors of River Styx will judge. 500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry. $20 entry fee. Include SASE for results. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to River Styx. Include name and address on cover letter only.
http://www.riverstyx.org/contests/index.php

12/31/11	Tampa Review Prize for Poetry	Prizes: $2,000 and hardback publication	Fee: $25 to University of Tampa Press
The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry University of Tampa Press 401 West Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606-1490			Judges:
			Notify: May 15
Book manuscript: Manuscripts must be previously unpublished. Some or all of the poems in the collection may have appeared in periodicals, chapbooks, or anthologies, but these must be identified. Manuscripts should be typed, with pages consecutively numbered. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Manuscripts must be at least 48 typed pages; we prefer a length of 60-100 pages but will also consider submissions falling outside this range. Please submit your manuscript as loose pages held only by a removable clip or rubber band and enclosed in a standard manila file folder. Do not staple or bind your manuscript. Entries should include two title pages, one with author's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if available), and one with no author information. Author's name should not appear within the manuscript. Entries must include a table of contents and a separate acknowledgments page (or pages) identifying prior publication credits. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but the University of Tampa Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Publication scheduled for fall. Enclose SASP for notification of receipt, and SASE for results. No manuscripts will be returned; those not chosen will be recycled. All contestants enclosing SASE will be notified following the final selection. Or enter online for small additional fee.
http://www.ut.edu/TampaReview/TRDetail.aspx?id=12510

12/31/10	Whitebird Chapbook Contest	Prizes: 100 copies and publication	Fee: $15 to Wings Press
Whitebird Chapbook Series Wings Press 627 E. Guenther San Antonio, TX 78210			Judge:
			Notify: April
Chapbook manuscript: Biennial. Submit 20 to 30 pages of poetry, preferably with a thematic orientation rather than a miscellany. Poems may have been published previously in journals, e-zines, etc. Do not include your name on any page other than on a separate title page and your cover letter. Your cover letter should include a short biographical statement, including prior publications. Include a letter-sized SASE for notification. Mss are not returned. Submission fee: $15 (check or money order made out to Wings Press). NB: The 2006 chapbook sells for $14, giving the prize a $1,400 value.
http://www.wingspress.com/chap.cfm