February Poetry Contests

FEBRUARY Poetry Contests

Arranged by deadline, then alphabetically; deadlines in red denote "received by" rather than "postmarked by." Not responsible for out-of-date or incorrect information; write, call, e-mail or check websites for current guidelines.

February 1 Deadlines

2/1/09	Devil’s Kitchen Reading Awards	Prize: $1,000 and reading	Fee: $15 to SIUC—Dept. of English
Devil’s Kitchen Reading Awards/GRASSROOTS Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1000 Faner Drive Carbondale, IL 629010		grassrootsmag@gmail.com 618-453-6833	Judge: MFA faculty
			Notify: May
Published book: One book of poetry and one book of prose (novel, short fiction, or literary nonfiction) will be selected from submissions of titles published in the preceding year, and the winning authors will receive an honorarium of $1000 and will present a public reading and participate in panels at the Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Travel and accommodations will be provided for the two winners. Entries may be submitted by either author or publisher, and must include a copy of the book, a cover letter, a brief biography of the author including previous publications, and a $15 entry fee made out to “SIUC—Dept. of English.” Entries must be postmarked January 1–February 1. Materials postmarked after February 1 will be returned unopened. All entries will become the property of the SIUC Department of English. Entrants wishing acknowledgment of receipt must include SASP. Judges will come from the faculty of SIUC’s MFA Program in Creative Writing and the award winners will be selected by the staff of GRASSROOTS. The winners will be notified in May. All entrants will be notified of the results in September. The awards are open to single-author, full-length titles published by independent, university, or commercial publishers. The winners must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must agree to attend and participate in the Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival to receive the award. Entries from vanity presses and self-published books are not eligible. Current students and employees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and authors published by Southern Illinois University Press are not eligible.
http://www.siu.edu/~groots/dkawards.html

2/1/09	William R. Espy Literary Foundation Residency	Prizes: residency	Fee: $20 to The Espy Foundation
Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation PO Box 614 Oysterville, WA 98641			Judge:
			Notify: 3–4 weeks
Poems: Residencies are available for the months of February, June, and October from the 1st through the end of the month inclusive. Writers will share accommodations in bay-view cottages in the serenely beautiful village of Oysterville and will receive a weekly stipend for food. Our goal is to provide writers with an environment in which they can pursue their work without interruption. A suitable applicant is a writer who has demonstrated talent and commitment to his or her career. Both emerging and established poets, fiction writers, creative non-fiction writers, playwrights, and screen writers are eligible for the residencies. People of some self-sufficiency are our ideal. Applicants may not be current board members, advisory board members, staff or consultants for the Espy Foundation, or their immediate family members. Residents are expected to provide their own transportation to and from Oysterville, which is 180 miles from Seattle and 120 miles from Portland, and they are encouraged to keep a car with them for the duration of the residency. Deadline for application: November 1 for the FEBRUARY Residency, March 1 for the JUNE Residency, July 1 for the OCTOBER Residency. Applications must include the enclosed application form and all required materials specified in the form. Applications and Sponsors' Letters must be postmarked on or before the deadlines. (Sponsors' Letters are acceptable by fax to (360) 665-5224 if received by the deadline. A non-refundable fee of $20, made payable to The Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation, must be included with your application form, project description, and work samples. The two sponsors’ letters should be sent directly to the Foundation at the above address by the sponsor writing the letter. You will be notified by mail of the panel’s decision approx. three to four weeks after the deadline.
http://www.espyfoundation.org/residents/index.html

2/1/09	Gannon University High School Poetry Contest	Prize: $100, $75, $50, reading	Fee: none
Berwyn Moore Poetry Contest Department of English Gannon University University Square Erie, PA 16541			Judge:
			Notify: April 16
Poems: High school students in grades 9 through 12 are invited to participate in the English Department's 31st Annual High School Poetry Contest. Your original poetry. Type each entry separately on plain white paper. Include your name, home address, and phone numbers in upper left corner. Include high school name, address of high school, your grade, and teacher's name in upper right corner. Send 1 to 3 poems (Do not send your only copies). Poems will not be returned.
http://www.gannon.edu/departmental/english/poetry.asp

2/1/09	Muse Prize for Excellence in Poetry	Prizes: $200, $100, $75	Fee: $6 to WFOP Literary Fund
WFOP/Rafal P.O. Box 340 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202			Judges:
			Notify: April 22
Poems: Wisconsin poets. First Prize $200 and trophy; Second Prize $100; Third Prize $75. Contest opens December 1. For rules and entry form see site or send an SASE.
http://wfop.org/muserule.html

2/1/09	Paterson Poetry Prize	Prize: $1,000 and publication	Fee: none
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director Poetry Center Passaic County Community College One College Boulevard Paterson, NJ 07505-1179			Judge:
			Notify:
Published book: For a book of poems, 48 pages or more in length, selected by our judges as the strongest collection of poems published in the previous year. The poet will be asked to participate in an awards ceremony and to give a reading at the Poetry Center. Minimum press run: 500 copies. Each book submitted must be accompanied by an application form. Publisher may submit more than one book for prize consideration. Three copies of each book should be submitted. Books entered in the competition will be donated to the Poetry Center Library at Passaic County Community College. Books must be received in the Poetry Center by February 1 to be considered for the prize. Books cannot be returned. For a list of winners, include an SASE labeled: "Paterson Poetry Prize". Winners will be announced in Poets & Writers and on the website.
http://old.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/index.html

2/1/09	Yeats Society Poetry Competition	Prize: $250, $100	Fee: $8 to Yeats Society of NY
National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South New York NY 10003			Judge:
			Notify: March 31
Poems: Poems in English up to 60 lines, not previously published, on any subject may be submitted. Each poem (judged separately) typed on an 81⁄2 x 11-inch sheet without author's name; attach 3x5-inch card with name, address, telephone, e-mail. Entry fee is $8 for the first poem and $7 for each additional. Include self-addressed stamped envelope to receive a copy of the report, like this one. A list of winners is posted on our website around March 31. First prize $250, second prize $100. Winners and honorable mentions receive one-year memberships in the Society and are honored at a literary tea in New York, a Saturday in April or May. Authors retain rights, but grant us the right to publish/broadcast winning entries. These are the complete guidelines; no entry form is necessary.
http://www.yeatssociety.org/contest.html

2/1/09	Phyllis Smart Young Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $10 to The Madison Review
Phyllis Smart Young Prize in Poetry c/o The Madison Review UW—Madison Department of English 600 N. Park Street 6193 Helen C. White Hall Madison, Wisconsin 53706		General questions: madisonreview@yahoo.com ( submissions sent by email will not be considered.)	Judge:
			Notify: March 15
Poems: Submit 1-3 poems (4 pages each max), include a SASE #10 envelope with all correspondence and submissions. Format: Typed, single-spaced; include a cover page with author's name, address, phone number, and poem titles.
http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~MadRev/

February 2 Deadlines

2/2/09	Rita Dove Poetry Award	Prize: $1,200, (2)$150, reading	Fee: $15 to Salem College International Literary Awards
National Literary Awards Center for Women Writers Salem College PO Box 10548 Winston-Salem, NC 27108			Judge: Molly Peacock
			Notify: May 12
Poems: for a poem up to 100 lines (up to 2 poems per submission, any style). The winner in each genre will receive $1,000 plus round trip travel and lodging for a reading of his/her work at Salem College. The two honorable mentions named in each genre will receive $100. Competitions are open to anyone living in the U.S. and writing in English except Salem Academy & College employees and students. All submissions must be unpublished. The author's name and address must not appear on the manuscript. Entrants must satisfy all of the following requirements when entering the competition: three clean typed copies of your manuscript, a SASE for notification of winners, one cover sheet with your name, address, telephone, e-mail, the genre you are submitting (fiction, nonfiction or poetry), word count (for nonfiction and fiction) / line count (for poetry), and the title of the work (s), and a check for the $15 reading fee, per submission, made out to the Salem College CWW National Literary Awards.
http://www.salem.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1475&Itemid=1172

2/2/09	WFOP Student Poetry Contest	Prize: $50, $30, $20, and publication	Fee: *none*
Nancy Jesse 109 N. Prospect Ave. Madison, WI 53726		Phone (608) 233-2606 or e-mail nancy.jesse@gmail.com with questions.	Judge: Angela Rydell
			Notify:
1 poem: annual poetry contest for students attending public, private or parochial schools or being home-schooled in Wisconsin: JUNIOR DIVISION (grades 6-8) and SENIOR DIVISION (grades 9-12). PRIZES: 1st $50, 2nd $30, 3rd $20; Honorable Mention in each division. Winners from each division will be published in the 2010 Wisconsin Poets' Calendar. A student may enter one original poem. Maximum length: 32 lines , not including the title. Longer poems will be eliminated. E-mail poem attached as a Word .doc to nancy.jesse@gmail.com, or submit via postal mail. Se site for rules and sample format.
http://wfop.org/studrule.html

February 9 Deadlines

2/9/09	Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Contest	Prize: $100 and publication	Fee: none
Dr. Gary Ciuba Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Contest ICON, c/o Kent State University—Trumbull 4314 Mahoning Ave., N.W. Warren, OH 44484		mflynch@kent.edu	Judge:
			Notify:
2 poems: We accept all forms, themes, styles, and genres of 750 words or less. Submissions must be typed (no handwritten submissions will be considered). Enclose a SASE (disposable submissions preferred).
http://www.trumbull.kent.edu/Arts/icon.cfm

February 14 Deadlines

2/14/09	Pinewood Annual Haiku Contest	Prize: $100, $50, $25, and publication	Fee: $5 to T.A. Thompson
Wisteria Attn: Pinewood Haiku Contest P.O. Box 150932 Lufkin, Texas 75915			Judge: TBA
			Notify:
Haiku: Contemporary English-language haiku with no rules as to syllable or line count. ENTRY FEE: $ 2 PER POEM/3 POEMS FOR $5. MAXIMUM OF 3 POEMS. CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY; NO CHECKS ACCEPTED! Money Orders should be made payable to: T.A. Thompson. TOPIC: Any. DEADLINE: February 14th—received. Accepting entries from November 1st to February 14th. The judge will remain anonymous until the results are posted. A contest coordinator (non-judge) has been Assigned to receive and log the entries. All Judges decisions are final. Submit two (2) copies of each haiku on a 3x5 index card. Entries should be typed. One copy must have the entrant's name, address, and e-mail. The other card with only the haiku. Please; only (1) one haiku per card. NO PRIOR PUBLISHED WORK ACCEPTED! Entries must be mailed. NO E-Mail Entries. Winners only will be notified by e-mail and postal mail. No SASE required. Winners will be published in Wisteria.
http://pinewoodhaiku.blogspot.com/

February 15 Deadlines

2/15/09	The Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition	Prize: $, and publication	Fee: none
e-mail only		e-mail your submission to ummbinnacle@maine.edu	Judge:
			Notify: May 15
Poems: We are looking for poetry of sixteen lines or less and prose works of 150 words or less. All submissions should be made via email to ummbinnacle@maine.edu. Please include the work in the body of the email message, if possible. If you would like to send it via attachment, we prefer, .doc, .txt, or .rtf files. A minimum of $300 in cash prizes will be awarded, with a minumum prize of $50. At least one of the prizes will go to a UMM student. Please submit no more than two works total, prose and/or poetry. When you submit your work, please be sure to include your postal address as well as a thirty-five- to fifty-word self-description. There is no submission fee. Awards will be made at the time of publication. Because of the volume of submissions, we are not always able to send notifications to all works that have not made the cut. For the winners and those who will be included in the edition, please keep checking our website. Look especially on the Updates page. The fact that you may not receive a rejection notification is no reflection on the quality of your work. The large majority of what we receive is well worth publishing, and we are thankful for you sharing it with us. N.B. These are published as a really cool little box of cards with the poems on one side and bios on the other.
http://www.umm.maine.edu/ultra-short-competition.html

2/15/09	Gertrude Chapbook Contest	Prizes: $50 and 50 copies	Fee: $15 to Gertrude Press
Gertrude Press PO Box 83948 Portland, OR 97283			Judges:
			Notify: May 1
Chapbook Manuscript: Submit 16-20 pages of poetry via surface mail only. Indicate which poems have been previously published and by whom. Unpublished poems are welcome. Poetry may be of any subject matter and writers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit. Include a cover letter and SASE for notification. For manuscript returns, please include exact postage. Indicate how you learned of the contest in your cover letter. Include a $15 submission fee payable to Gertrude Press. Submission fee includes a copy of the winning chapbook. Submissions accepted beginning September 1, until February 15 (postmark deadline). Gertrude Press is a nonprofit organization showcasing and developing the creative talents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer-identified, and allied individuals.
http://www.gertrudepress.org/guidelines/chapbook.html

2/15/09	Kathryn Morton Prize in Poetry	Prize: $2,000 and publication	Fee: $25 to Sarabande Books, Inc.
The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry Sarabande Books, Inc. PO Box 4456 Louisville KY 40204			Judge:
			Notify: early July
Book manuscript: Includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a full-length collection of poetry, and a standard royalty contract. Contest is open to any writer of English who is a U.S. citizen. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines, chapbooks of less than 48 pages, or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Please submit one copy of the manuscript and our required entry form at www.sarabandebooks.org/contest/contest_entry.html. Manuscripts must be: anonymous—the author's name or address cannot appear anywhere on the manuscript (your title page should contain the title only), a minimum of 48 pages of poetry, typed on standard white paper, one side of the page only, paginated consecutively with a table of contents and acknowledgments, machine-copied—no dot-matrix please unless letter quality, bound with a spring clip or placed in a plain file folder. No paper clips please. All manuscripts must be accompanied by our entry form which contains all the necessary identifying information. Do not send your manuscript without this form. Please retain a copy of your manuscript. We cannot return manuscripts. Submission of more that one manuscript is permissible if each manuscript is accompanied by an entry form and handling fee. Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be altered. Winner will be given the opportunity to make changes before publication. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Sarabande Books must be notified immediately if manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Sarabande Books will consider all finalists for publication. There is a $20 handling fee, check made payable to Sarabande Books, Inc. Manuscripts must be postmarked between and including January 1 and February 15. Include a SASP for notification that manuscript has been received. Include a #10 SASE for contest results. Please send your manuscript in a plain or padded envelope. No boxes please. No Federal Express, Overnight Mail, or UPS. We strongly advise that you send your manuscript first class.
www.sarabandebooks.org/contest/k_a_morton_prize.html

2/15/09	New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition	Prize: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 to Finishing Line Press
New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition Finishing Line Press P.O. Box 1626 Georgetown, KY 40324		(859) 514-8966. FinishingBooks@aol.com	Judge: Carol Hamilton
			Notify: early July
Chapbook manuscript: A prize of $1,000 and publication will be awarded by Finishing Line Press for a chapbook-length poetry collection written by a woman who has never before published a full-length collection. Previous chapbook publication does not disqualify. All entries will be considered for publication. The top ten finalists will be offered publication. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry, PLUS bio, acknowledgments, SASE, and cover letter.
http://www.finishinglinepress.com/submissionguidelines.htm

2/15/10	Julia Peterkin Award	Prize: $1,000 and reading	Fee: $15 to Converse College English Department
The Julia Peterkin Award Converse College Department of English 580 E. Main Street Spartanburg, SC 29302		For more information, contact Prof. Rick Mulkey at (864) 596-9000 or e-mail at rick.mulkey@converse.edu.	Judge:
			Notify: May
≤10 pages: The Julia Peterkin Award is open to all poets writing original works in English in even-numbered years (fiction in odd). Works previously published in periodicals are eligible for inclusion in the submission. Entries must be typed on quality paper, 8 1/2 by 11. Photocopies or copies from letter-quality printers are acceptable. Each entry should include up to 10 pages of poetry, along with a cover page including the writer’s name, address, daytime phone number, and titles of submission. Also include a one-paragraph biography. Entry Requirements: A handling fee of $15 made payable to: Converse College English Department. Include an SASE for notification of contest results. No manuscripts can be returned. Send one copy of the manuscript prepared according to format guidelines. The winner will receive $1,000 and travel expenses for a reading at Converse College; winner should be willing to read in Fall.
www.converse.edu/Academics/majors/PeterkinJuliaAward.html

2/15/09	Pocataligo Poetry Contest	Prizes: $500 and publication	Fee: $1o to Educational Foundation/ English Literary Magazine Fund
Attn: Poetry Contest Yemassee Department of English University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208			Judge: TBA
			Notify:
3–5 poems: The fee is $10 per each group of three to five poems. All entrants receive a copy of the spring issue. We accept multiple entries. We also accept simultaneous submissions, but you should notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere, and we cannot refund entry fees. Manuscripts should be typed. Include a separate cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and the titles of your poems. Your name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Entries must be unpublished and not currently accepted for publication elsewhere. Aside from that, anything goes—free verse, formal, experimental. Send us three blank pages if your heart desires. All entries will be considered for standard publication in Yemassee.
http://yemasseejournal.org/contests.html

2/15/09	Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Competition	Prize: residencies/fellowships	Fee: $25 to Vermont Studio Center
Vermont Studio Center 80 Pearl Street Box 613 Johnson, VT, 05656		802-635-2727	Judge:
			Notify: within 8 weeks after deadline
10 pages: Full Fellowships, awarded on the basis of merit, enable artists and writers to come to VSC for four weeks at no fee. VSC offers over 50 Full Fellowships a year, which are open to all artists and writers. Applications may be submitted at any time. Applicants who wish to be considered for a Full Fellowship must submit their applications by the Full Fellowship Application Deadlines (2/15, 6/15, 10/1); applications must be received, not postmarked, by the application deadline. The Admissions office suggests that applications be submitted six months prior to the desired Residency start date. To Apply: Fill out the application form and include the following: Portfolio or manuscript, Resume, $25 application fee, Copy of tax form (for need-based award and aid), References: names, addresses and telephone numbers of three people who know your work. Writers: 2 copies of a manuscript without your name on any of the pages; clip a cover sheet with your name, address and the title of the piece (if applicable) to the manuscript. Manuscript length: Poets: up to 10 pages, all others: 10-15 pages. For some Restricted Fellowship Awards, the application fee may be waived. The full fee for a 4 week residency is $3,500. Artists and writers who come as Contributing Residents and can pay the full fee to help support VSC and greatly increase the Studio Center's ability to provide Residencies for artists and writers with limited finances. Full Fellowships, awarded on the basis of merit, enable artists and writers to come to VSC for four weeks at no fee. VSC offers Partial Fellowships in grants and work exchange aid that reduces Residency fees
http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/writers/

February 16 Deadlines

2/16/09	The Florida Review Editors' Awards	Prize: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 to The Florida Review
The Florida Review Editors' Award (indicate genre) Department of English PO Box 161346 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816			Judge: editors
			Notify: June
Poems: Send one story or essay, or 3–5 poems. $15 reading fee includes a year's subscription. Include a cover letter with contact info and titiles; no identification on manuscript. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but please notify immediately if work is accepted elsewhere. Include a SASE for notification only. Manuscripts will not be returned.
http://flreview.com/

2/16/09	National Poetry Series	Prize: $1,000 (x5) and publication	Fee: $30 to The National Poetry Series
The National Poetry Series, 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ, 08540			Judge: five distinguished poets
			Notify: August
Book manuscript: poetry written by American citizens. All manuscripts must be previously unpublished, although some or all of the individual poems may have appeared in periodicals. Translations, chapbooks, small groups of poems, and books previously self- published are not eligible. Manuscript length is not limited. However, a length of 48-64 pages is suggested. Manuscripts, accompanied by an entrance fee of $30 per manuscript, made payable to The National Poetry Series, will be accepted with a postmark of January 1 through (and including) February 16, 2009. Manuscripts must include 2 cover pages: One page should list title of manuscript, author’s name, address, and telephone number. This should be the only page with author’s identification. One page should list title of manuscript only. Manuscripts must be: Typed on standard white paper, on one side of the page only. Paginated (include a table of contents). Bound only by a clip as more permanent bindings are very difficult to handle! DO NOT INCLUDE: Acknowledgments, explanatory statements, resumes, autobiographical statements, photographs, illustrations, or artwork. These will not be considered. We regret that manuscripts cannot be returned. No additions, deletions, or substitutions once a manuscript has been submitted. Finalists will be asked to submit five (5) additional copies of their original submission. Winning authors will be given the opportunity to make final changes prior to publication. Please include SASP for confirmation of receipt. Include a SASE if you would like notification of winners.
http://nationalpoetryseries.org/

February 28 Deadlines

2/28/09	The American Poetry Journal Book Prize	Prizes: $1,000, 20 copies, and publication	Fee: $25 to Dream Horse Press LLC
The American Poetry Journal Book Prize P. O. Box 2080 Aptos, CA 95001-2080			Judge: Editor
			Notify:
3 poems: To enter, submit 50-65 paginated pages of poetry, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, email address for results, No SASE (manuscripts will be recycled), and a $25 reading fee for each manuscript entered. The winner will receive $1000 and 20 copies. All entries will be considered for publication. Both free and formal verse styles are welcome. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere you must notify The American Poetry Journal and/or Dream Horse Press immediately. Fees are non-refundable. Judging will be anonymous; writers' names should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Please include your name and biographical information in a separate cover letter. Please be sure to include your email address. Enter online at website. All selections and winners are made by the editor of The American Poetry Journal, J.P. Dancing Bear. Personal Friends, Relatives, and/or Students of the editor are NOT eligible for the contest and their entry fees will be refunded.
http://www.americanpoetryjournal.com/

2/28/09	Fence Modern Poets Series	Prize: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $25 to Fence Magazine, Inc.
Fence Modern Poets Series 303 East Eighth Street, #B1 New York, NY 10009			Judge: "a poet of renown"
			Notify:
Book manuscript: Manuscripts will remain anonymous until a winner is selected. Entry form must accompany each submission. Entry fee of $25 must accompany each submission; make check payable to Fence Magazine, Inc. Fee entitles entrant to a choice of one-year subscription to Fence or a copy of the winning book. Send self-addressed 8 x 10 envelope with $2.87 postage if you choose the book. Multiple submissions are acceptable, entered under separate cover, with entry form and entry fee. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration. No revisions to submitted manuscripts will be considered; the winning manuscript may be revised before publication. Translations ineligible. Manuscript Requirements: between 48 and 60 pages, typed, paginated, bound with a removable clip and nothing more, one cover page with title of manuscript only; entry form(on site) will be used for identification. No other cover letter necessary. No acknowledgements page. Enclose SASP for confirmation of receipt of manuscript. Enclose an SASE for notification of winner. Do not enclose SASE for return of manuscript; all manuscripts will be recycled at end of contest term. Foreign submissions: include U.S. postage; IRCs will not be honored. Envelope must be postmarked on or between February 1st and February 28th. No Federal Express or UPS.
http://fence.fenceportal.org/contest/fmps.html

2/28/09	Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry	Prize: $500 and publication	Fee: $13 to CutBank Literary Magazine
The Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry CutBank English Dept, LA 133 University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812			Judge: Noah Eli Gordon
			Notify: May 15
Poems: Submissions postmarked earlier than December 1 or later than February 29 will be returned unread (along with payment). Submissions are accepted via postal mail only. Please include SASE for reply and prepare your manuscript according to CutBank's conventional submission guidelines. The contest entry must be noted on the envelope and cover letter. A $13 contest entry fee includes a one-year subscription to CutBank. The entry fee covers the reading of a single submission in a single genre. Prose writers, please send only a single work of no greater than 40 printed pages. Poets my submit up to five poems. Submissions that exceed these guidelines will be returned unread, along with payment. Please submit only once within in a genre, although writers are permitted to submit in multiple genres. Please include a short cover letter that mentions your address, phone number, and email address, as well as the title of your work. Please include the author's name on the manuscript—names will be removed from the pool of submissions that goes before our contest judges. Please submit entry fee by personal or cashier's check. One winner in each genre, as chosen by our guest judges, will receive a $500 award and publication in CutBank. Winners will be required to complete a W-9 form to receive payment. All manuscripts are considered for publication in CutBank. All rights to selected manuscripts revert to the author upon publication. The author grants their permission to have their work electronically archived. Current University of Montana students and faculty and former CutBank staff are not eligible for the awards.
http://www.cutbankonline.org/cutbank_test/contests/

2/28/09	Donald Hall Prize in Poetry	Prize: $4,000 and publication	Fee: $25 to AWP
AWP Award Series in Poetry The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Carty House, Mail Stop 1E3 George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030-4444		awp@gmu.edu	Poetry Judge: Jean Valentine
			Notify: September
Book manuscript: poetry—48 pages minimum text. Original works in English. No mixed-genre manuscripts can be accepted. Manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced on good quality paper, 81/2 x 11 inches. Poetry manuscripts may be single-spaced. Photocopies or copies from letter-quality printers are acceptable, but dot matrix is not acceptable. Manuscripts should not be bound or in a folder; they must be binder-clipped or rubber-banded together. Each manuscript must Each manuscript must include: 1. The official AWP Award Series entry form, which includes spaces for your name, manuscript title, contact information, and an agreement to the terms of the Award Series. Please download this form from our website, enter all the information, and attach it to the manuscript as the cover page. 2. A title page with the manuscript title only. The entry form will be removed so that each submission can be read anonymously. If the author's name appears anywhere except the entry form, the manuscript will be disqualified. Do not send acknowledgement of previous publications or a biographical note.
www.awpwriter.org/contests/series.htm

2/28/09	Snowbound Series Competition	Prize: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $20 to Tupelo Press, Inc.
Tupelo Press Snowbound Series P.O. Box 1767 North Adams, MA 01247		802-366-8185 Fax: 802-362-1883 publisher@tupelopress.org	Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
			Notify:
Chapbook manuscript: Manuscripts are judged anonymously. All finalists will be considered for publication. Open to anyone writing in the English language. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgement are acceptable. Postmarked December 1 through February 15. Manuscript: 20 to 30 pages (no more than one poem per page). Printed on good quality white paper, paginated consecutively. Include a table of contents and an acknowledgments page, if appropriate. Bound with a clip. Two cover pages: one with title of the manuscript only, the other with title of manuscript, name, address, telephone number and email address. Your name must not appear elsewhere on the manuscript. Retain a copy for your records. A reading fee of $20 must accompany each submission, payable to Tupelo Press, Inc. Also PayPal; see site. An SASP may be included to confirm receipt. Multiple submissions are permitted when accompanied by separate entry fees. All submissions must be sent through the U.S. Postal Service; do not send submissions using UPS or FedEx. If submitting a manuscript to multiple publishers, you must notify Tupelo Press if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. The work as a whole must be unpublished. Individual poems, chapters or excerpts may have been published in magazines, journals or anthologies. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Do not attach your manuscript to any unsolicited email. No attachments will be read; they will be deleted automatically. Enclose a SASE for competition winner notification; please do not call Tupelo Press. A list of all finalists will be published on the Tupelo Press website. Do not enclose a SASE for return of manuscript; all manuscripts will be recycled at the conclusion of the competition, except for those under consideration for future publication.
https://www.tupelopress.org/snow.shtml

2/28/09	Summer Literary Seminars Contests	Prizes: scholarships	Fee: $15 to Summer Literary Seminars, Inc.
Summer Literary Seminars Literary Contest PO Box 16 Brooklyn, NY 11222			Judge: Ann Lauterbach
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Poems: held in affiliation with Fence magazine. The authors of the winning poem and prose entries will receive airfare, accommodations, and a full tuition waiver to the Summer Literary Seminars program in Kenya, Russioa, or Italy, AND publication of the winning entry in Fence. Second place receives a full tuition waiver, and third place receives a 50% tuition scholarship. Other hand-picked finalists will be offered tuition scholarships as well. The complete guidelines are as follows: One essay, story or novel/memoir excerpt, maximum 25 pages per entry. No more than three poems per entry. Only previously unpublished work can be submitted. Include a $15 reading fee for each entry. This fee should be in US Dollars. Multiple entries are permissible as long as separate reading fees are included. Checks should be made out to Summer Literary Seminars, Inc. Include your complete contact information (address, telephone, email address) on the manuscript. Entries are not judged blind. All entrants will be notified of the winners in the fall by email. Do NOT include a SASE. Cover letters are not required. Previous First Place winners may not re-enter. Entries can be submitted electronically.
http://www.sumlitsem.org/

2/28/09	Tiger's Eye Poetry Contest	Prize: $500, $100, $50, and publication	Fee: $10 to Tiger' Eye
Tiger's Eye P.O. Box 2935 Eugene, OR 97402		tigerseyepoet@yahoo.com	Judge: Carol Aronoff
			Notify: mid-spring
Poems: Send up to three poems, no limit on length, subject, or form, along with a short bio, SASE and $10. We accept simultaneous submissions, but insist on original, unpublished works. Please note contest deadline as February 28th, 2008. To work well with Poet's Market's publication date and our own deadlines, we chose this later date. Anything mailed now will be held until then. We always use independent judges.
http://www.tigerseyejournal.com/Tiger%20Musings.htm

2/28/09	Utmost Christian Poetry Contest	Prize: $500, $100, $50, and publication	Fee: $20 per poem
Utmost Christian Writers Poetry Contest 121 Morin Maze, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6K 1V1			Judge: committee
			Notify: April 12
Poems: This contest is open only to Christians. Poems may be rhymed or free verse, up to sixty (60) lines, but must not have been published previously or have won any prize in any previous competition of any kind. Poems must not be simultaneously entered in any other contest, nor simultaneously offered elsewhere for publication of any kind. Poems will be judged by an independent committee of poets under the administration of Utmost Christian Writers Foundation director, Barbara Mitchell. Use entry form. No e-mail entries.
http://www.utmostchristianwriters.com/poetry-contests.php

2/28/09	Robert E. Lee Wilson & Ruth I. Wilson Poetry Book Award Contest	Prizes: $1,000, 100 copies, and publication	Fee: $25 to MARGIE, Inc.
Margie PO Box 250 Chesterfield, MO, 63006-0250		314-863-1499 margiereview@aol.com	Judge: Robert Nazarene
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Book manuscript: Submit an unpublished book manuscript of between 48 - 64 pages of poetry. If applicable, include an "Acknowledgements Page" where poems first appeared. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Only submit copies as manuscripts will not be returned. Include a $25 entry fee payable to MARGIE, Inc. Include 2 title pages; one with only the title of the manuscript--and the 2nd title page with manuscript title, author's name, address, phone, & email (if possible). Multiple manuscripts may be sent at $25 for each additional manuscript. All manuscripts will be considered for publication. End pages, meaning: Table of Contents, Acknowledgements, Dedication and Notes do NOT count in 48-64 page poetry content. Mail manuscript(s) and entry fee POSTMARKED no later than February 28th, 2009. Include a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope to receive notification of contest results . Include an SASE for contest results.
http://www.margiereview.com/CONTESTS/book08.html

2/28/09	Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships	Prize: $25,000 and an academic year in residence	Fee: $45 to the Department of English
Ron Kuka The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Department of English 6195B Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St. University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706			Judge:
			Notify: May 1
10 pages: The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing provides $25,000 fellowships for writers who have completed an MFA degree in creative writing but have not yet published a book. The Institute provides time, space, and an intellectual community for three fiction writers and three poets annually who are invited to spend one academic year in residence (August 15—May 15), teaching one creative writing course each semester, and giving one public reading from work in progress. Fiction writers and poets who will have completed their graduate degrees prior to residency may submit up to 10 pages of poetry or one story of up to 30 pages directly to the program in the month of February. An applicant's name must not appear on the writing sample, but rather on a separate sheet along with address, social security number, phone number, e-mail address, and title(s) of submission(s). Candidates should also supply the names and phone numbers of two recommenders. There is no application fee, but please enclose an SASE for notification. Do not have your application arrive before February 1st. (We will accept applications postmarked by the last day of February even if they arrive later.) Fellows will be notified of their selection by May 1. Applications must include a résumé or vita, the names and phone numbers of two recommenders, a writing sample consisting of either ten pages of poetry (single-spaced, stapled) or one story or novel excerpt of up to thirty pages in length (double-spaced, and stapled- no tearsheets or off-prints), and a manuscript cover sheet including the applicant's name, address, e-mail, telephone, social security number, and titles of work submitted. The applicant's name must not appear on any page of the manuscript except the cover sheet. Letters of recommendation may arrive under a separate cover, but must be received in February. Materials will not be returned. Please include a business sized SASE for results.
http://creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowships/poetryfiction.html

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