JULY 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 Not responsible for out-of-date or incorrect information; write, call, e-mail or check websites for current guidelines.
July 1 Deadlines
| 7/1/10 | Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award | Prizes: $1,000, $250, $100, and publication | Fee: $5 to Comstock Review |
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CWG
Poetry Contest |
Judge: Charles Martin | ||
| Notify: October 1 | |||
| Poems: Entry fee: $5/poem, no limit on number of entries; name, address, phone, e-mail, on reverse of each page; no simultaneous submissions; 40 lines of poetry maximum, Poems must be original, unpublished in any media including electronic, typed single-spaced. All winners/finalists published in Fall/Winter issue. SASE for results. No entries returned. If you receive no notification from us, by e-mail or snail mail, by OCTOBER 1, feel free to submit your poetry elsewhere. E-mail queries will be accepted after September 1st if you are especially anxious to resubmit your poem. We don't read biographical statements that accompany entries but we will collect them if you send them. We do not want decorations, pictures, photos, attachments that have nothing to do with the entry. We prefer not to have footnotes, although we understand they are sometimes necessary. We prefer all poems folded together rather than separately. | |||
| www.comstockreview.org/ | |||
| 7/1/10 | Bellevue Literary Review Prizes | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $15 |
Bellevue Literary Review |
By phone: 212-263-3973 |
Judge: Marie Ponsot | |
| Notify: December 31 | |||
Poems: Submit online. Up to 3 poems (maximum 5 pages). Submissions that exceed these limits will be disqualified. Entry fee is $15 per submission. For an additional $5, you will receive a 1 year subscription to the BLR. (There is a limit of two submissions per person). Manuscripts are submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document. (Save with a *.doc extension. Please combine all poems into one document and use first poem as title. ) Do not put your name on the manuscript document. (This will be entered separately on our website.) No cover letter needed. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. (This will avoid potentially awkward situations.) We regret that there can be no refunds or substitutions for withdrawn work. Work previously published* in print or electronically will not be considered. (Please see site for specific definition of “published.”) Students/friends/colleagues/relations of any of the judges are not permitted to enter submissions to that judge's genre. All entries will also be considered for regular publication. |
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| http://blr.med.nyu.edu/submissions/prize-guidelines | |||
| 7/1/10 | Crab Orchard Award Series First Book Prize in Poetry | Prizes: $2,500 and publication | Fee: $25 to Crab Orchard Series in Poetry |
Jon
Tribble, Series Editor |
Judge: Jake Adam York | ||
| Notify: | |||
| Book manuscript: A first book of poems will be selected for publication from an open competition of manuscripts. First Class or Priority Mail are preferred. Manuscripts should be 50-75 pages of original poetry, in English, by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who has neither published, nor committed to publish, a volume of poetry 40 pages or more in length (individual poems may have been previously published). The winner will receive a publication contract with Southern Illinois University Press, and will be awarded a $1000 prize. The winner will also receive $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at SIU. Manuscripts should be typewritten, single-spaced. No more than one poem per page. Printing that is not letter-quality is not acceptable. A clean photocopy is recommended. Please do not send your only copy of the manuscript since manuscripts will not be returned, and please do not include illustrations. CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW and Southern Illinois University Press assume no responsibility for damaged or lost manuscripts. All entrants will receive a one-year subscription to CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW. Submit two title pages for the collection. The author's name, address, and daytime phone number should appear on the first title page only. The author's name should appear nowhere else in the manuscript. An acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies should be placed after the second title page. Include an SASE for notification of contest results. For confirmation of receipt, include an SASP. Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but the series editor must be informed immediately if a collection is accepted for publication. | |||
| www.siu.edu/~crborchd/firstpo.html | |||
| 7/1/10 | Emergency Press International Book Contest | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $20 via PayPal |
online only |
contest@emergencypress.org |
Judge: Jayson Iwen | |
| Notify: | |||
| Book manuscript: (at least 80 pages) of an interdisciplinary, cross-genre, and/or multimedia nature. To be considered, manuscripts should be written in English, but may be submitted by writers from any nation or tribe. The winner will receive a prize of $1,000, and publication of their book by Emergency Press. The first 50 writers to submit a manuscript to the contest will also receive a published copy of the winning book. Contestants may submit multiple manuscripts, but a $20 entry fee will be charged per manuscript. The deadline for the 2010 contest is July 1st. Submit to the contest via email at: contest@emergencypress.org. Submit payment via credit card using PayPal. If you have any questions about the contest please send us an email at contest@emergencypress.org. | |||
| www.siu.edu/~crborchd/firstpo.html | |||
| 7/1/10 | Happy Hour Poetry Awards | Prizes: $1,000, 4 x $100, publication | Fee: $15 to Alehouse Press |
Alehouse
Press |
Judge: | ||
| Notify: August 15 | |||
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Poems: Maximum length 40 lines. Any topic. Any form. Only unpublished poems and not accepted for publication elsewhere. Simultaneous submissions OK if notified. All entries considered for publication. All entries must be typed. All manuscripts will be recycled. no information on poems; include name, contact information, and poem titles in cover letter. No FedEx or UPS. Entry fee $15 per 3 poems. All entrants receive a copy of Alehouse. |
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| http://www.alehousepress.com/ | |||
| 7/1/10 | Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards | Prizes: $1,000, $200 and publication | Fee: $15 to Nuclear Age Peace Foundation |
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Nuclear
Age Peace Foundation |
805-965-3443 |
Judge: a committee of poets selected by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation | |
| Notify: October 1 on website | |||
| 3 poems: An Annual Series of Awards to Encourage Poets to Explore and Illuminate Positive Visions of Peace and the Human Spirit. Awards: $1,000 Adult Contestants, $200 Youth (13 to 18), $ 200 Youth (12 and under); Honorable Mentions in each category. Send 2 copies of up to 3 typed unpublished poems. Maximum of 40 lines per poem. Put name, address, telephone number, and age (if youth) in upper right hand corner on one copy of each poem. Fee: $15 for up to three poems. No fee for youth entries. Judging will be done by a committee of poets chosen by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. The contest is open to people worldwide. All poems must be the original work of the poet, unpublished, and in English. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation reserves the right to publish and distribute the award-winning poems. | |||
| www.wagingpeace.org/menu/programs/awards-&-contests/bmk-contest/ | |||
| 7/1/09 | Sense of Place Chapbook Competition | Prizes: $1,000, publication, reading | Fee: $15 to Kulupi Press |
Kulupi
Press |
Judges: Arthur Dawson and Rebecca Lawton | ||
| Notify: September 1 | |||
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Chapbook manuscript: Biennial contest. Submit a manuscript of 16 to 24 pages of poetry with a strong sense of place, focusing on the natural world, culture, history, or personal experiences of a region. The theme will be broadly interpreted. This will be a blind judging: Do not include your name on the poems. Submit one cover page clipped to the manuscript with title only and a separate title page with name, address, and e-mail. Manuscript should be paginated, secured with a clip, and include contents and acknowledgements for previously published work (these and title page not included in 16 to 24 page count). Simultaneous submissions accepted, but you must notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. Include a reading fee of $15 with your submission. Checks only, payable to “Kulupi Press.” Include a SASE for results only. No manuscripts will be returned. The winner will be invited to hold a poetry reading during the Sonoma Valley Watershed Walk in October 2006, or at a local venue of their choice. An honorarium for this reading will be given in addition to the above prize. |
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| http://www.kulupi.com/ | |||
| 7/1/10 | Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award | Prizes: $1,000 and 25 opies | Fee: $15 to RopeWalk Press |
Thomas
A. Wilhelmus Award |
ropewalkpress@usi.edu |
Judge: | |
| Notify: | |||
Chapbook manuscript: Fiction in 2010; poetry in alternate years. Each submission must: Be available for exclusive book-length publication by RopeWalk Press. Poems published individually in journals or magazines may be included. Previously self-published chapbooks and translations are not eligible. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the manuscript is published/accepted by another press while under consideration, the author must promptly notify RWP in writing to withdraw the entry. * Include an entry fee of $15 ($5 for each additional manuscript submitted). This non-refundable fee includes a copy of the winning chapbook. Make check or money order payable to RopeWalk Press. * List the author’s name, street address, phone number, email address (if applicable), title of manuscript(s), and individual poem titles (table of contents) on a cover page. Acknowledgements are not required (but will, of course, be addressed once the winning chapbook is selected). * List only the title of manuscript and poem on each page thereafter. * Consist of no more than 35 manuscript pages (no more than one poem per page) per each individual submission. * Include SAS postcard for receipt acknowledgement and/or SASE for contest results. All manuscripts will be recycled. Results will also be posted on the RWP web site. All submissions will be considered for publication. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible. All rights revert to the writer upon publication. |
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| http://www.usi.edu/ropewalk/WilhelmusAward.asp | |||
July 15 Deadlines
| 7/15/10 | Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund | Prize: $10,000, $1,500, and publication | Fee: $5 |
Astraea
Lesbian Foundation for Justice |
For more information, including guidelines and application forms, please contact: grants@astraeafoundation.org. | Judge: | |
| Notify: December | |||
| 5 poems: Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund supports the work of emerging lesbian writers. First place awardees and two runners-up in the poetry and fiction categories will receive cash awards ($10,000 for awardee; $1,500 for runners-up). This year’s deadline for applications is February 15, 2005. To be eligible for an award from the Lesbian Writers Fund, you must satisfy all of the following: You are a lesbian writer of either fiction or poetry. You reside in the United States. Your work includes some lesbian content. You have published at least one piece of your writing (in any genre) in a newspaper, magazine, journal, anthology, or professional web publication (excluding personal or selfproduced homepages). You have not published more than one book. (Published work may be in any discipline. Self-published books are not included in the one book maximum.) Runners-up from previous years are eligible to apply. First place awardees from previous years are not eligible to apply. Board and staff members of the Astraea Foundation are not eligible to apply. If awarded, you agree to be acknowledged publicly as a lesbian writer and agree to have your work publicized as Astraea sees fit. Very complicated instructions; see site. | |||
| http://www.astraeafoundation.org/grants/grant-applications-and-deadlines/#writers_fund | |||
| 7/15/10 | Literal Latté Poetry Awards | Prizes: $1,000, $300, $200 | Fee: $10 to Literal Latté |
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Literal
Latté Poetry Awards |
(212)
260-5532 LitLatte@aol.com |
Judges: | |
| Notify: | |||
| Poems: Send unpublished poems, 2,000 word max. All styles and subjects welcome. Name, address, telephone number on cover page only. Please put poem titles/first lines on cover page as well. Include SASE or e-mail address for reply. Include $10 Reading Fee for up to 6 poems OR $15 for 10 poems. All Entries Considered For Publication. Include Check or Money Orders made out to Literal Latte. | |||
| http://www.literal-latte.com/contest_new.html | |||
July 21 Deadlines
| 7/21/10 | InkSpotter Flash Fiction Contest |
Prizes: $60, $30, and publication | Fee: $2 to InkSpotter Publishing |
BETTY DOBSON |
contests@inkspotter.com | Judge: | |
| Notify: | |||
| Flash fiction: Write a self-contained short story in 500 words or fewer. No predetermined theme this year, so let your imaginations run wild! Be original. Be concise. Be spelled correctly. Send your story in plain text in the body of an e-mail to contests@inkspotter.com (subject line = "Annual Contest Submission") or to the address above. Do not indent paragraphs. Leave one line space between each paragraph. All stories MUST have a title. Be sure to include your full name and e-mail address. If your story wins, we'll contact you for your preferred method of payment. Enter as often as you like, but payment must be received for each entry; pay via PayPal on site, or send check in Canadian funds only. You retain copyright of your story. All entries will be acknowledged if an e-mail address is included. By entering the contest, you agree to have your name and email address added to the subscriber list for InkSpotter News, our monthly ezine. Contest news and winning stories appear in the newsletter. (Our subscriber list will never be shared with or sold to a third party.) | |||
| http://inkspotter.com/contests.htm | |||
July 26 Deadlines
| 7/26/10 | Mslexia Poetry Competition |
Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250, (22x) £25, and publication | Fee: £5 to Mslexia Publications Ltd |
enter online |
poetry@mslexia.co.uk
+44 (0) 191 233 3860 |
Judge: Vicki Feaver | |
| Notify: mid-September | |||
| 3 poems: Poems may be in any style, of any length, on any subject. Sequences will be judged as separate poems.The entry fee of £5 allows you to enter up to three poems. You may enter as many times as you like, provided each set of poems is accompanied by the £5 entry fee. Entry fees are payable in sterling. Entries may be submitted online. Payment of entry and the submission of poems must be done at the same time. There is a £1 processing charge to cover administration. Entries sent by post can be paid for online via our website (you must send a copy of your payment confirmation with your poems) or you can phone +44 (0)191 233 3860 with your credit/debit card details. Overseas entries may be submitted by post or online. We regret FREEPOST is not available for entries from overseas. Entries will not be returned; please retain your own copy. If you require acknowledgement of receipt of your entries please enclose an SASE marked ‘Acknowledgement.’ No alterations may be made to a poem once it has been submitted. Winners will be contacted by post in September 2010 and winning poems will be published in the OCT/NOV/DEC issue of Mslexia. Copyright of each poem remains with the author, but Mslexia has the unrestricted right to publish the winning poems in its magazine and on its website, as well as retaining unrestricted rights to use the winning poems and any related material for PR purposes. Poems should be in English (or English dialect) and should not have been published, self-published or accepted for publication elsewhere, including in online publications. Poems that have won or are under consideration in other poetry competitions are not eligible. Poems should not be a translation of another author’s work. We will accept poems from women of any nationality from any country. You do not have to subscribe to Mslexia to be eligible, but you do have to be a woman. Employees of Mslexia are not eligible. | |||
| http://www.mslexia.co.uk/whatson/msbusiness/pcomp_active.php | |||
July 31 Deadlines
| 7/31/10 | Marie Alexander Poetry Award | Prizes: $500 and publication | Fee: none |
| Marie
Alexander Poetry Series Attention: Nickole Brown, Co-Editor P.O. Box 5686 Louisville, KY 40255-0686 |
editor@mariealexanderseries.com | Judge: editors | |
| Notify: fall | |||
Prose poem book manuscript: Open submission period during the month of July. An award of $500 and publication will be given for a chosen collection of prose poems by an American poet. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages, which can include some lineated pieces, along with a cover letter with complete contact information and an SASE for notification only. Postmark must be between July 1 and 31. Entries should also include a simultaneous electronic submission of the manuscript (MS Word or PDF format) sent to editor@mariealexanderseries.com. There is no entry fee. |
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| http://www.whitepine.org/submission_guidelines.php#malexander | |||
| 7/31/10 | Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award | Prizes: $1,000, 5 copies, and publication | Fee: $20 to Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press |
| Astounding
Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award 2155 Elk Creek Rd. Stuart, VA 24171 |
Judge: editors | ||
| Notify: fall | |||
Chapbook
manuscript: Biennial. Please send: a manuscript of 10–20
of original poetry, by one author. English only, no translations;
one poem per page, typed in 12 pt. plain font; no artwork; include
a table of contents; pagination is not required; one title page with
poet's name, address, telephone number, email, and title of manuscript;
biographical page (ONLY because we are interested in you as a person). |
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| http://home.earthlink.net/~astoundingbeautyruffianpress/ | |||
| 7/31/10 | Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest | Prizes: $250, $125, $50 (poetry; double for fiction) and publication |
Fee: $5 to Dreamquestone.com |
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Dreamquestone.com |
alwest56@hotmail.com | Judge: Andre West | |
| Notify: August 31 | |||
| Poems: Open to all poets and writers whether published or not, regardless of experience. 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. If fee is paid online a $2 transaction fee will be added per entry fee. Each poem/story entry must be paid individually if using the PayPal payment option. All entries will be assigned an Entry Identification Number. This number will be mailed/emailed to you upon receipt of your contest entry and payment. Dreamquestone.com accepts cash, money orders, cashiers checks, and personal checks. All fees paid must be in US dollars. | |||
| http://www.dreamquestone.com/ | |||
| 7/31/10 | The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award | Prizes: course, books | Fee: none |
| enter online |
Phone:
020 7420 9894 e-mail: fyp@poetrysociety.org.uk |
Judges: | |
| Notify: | |||
| Poems: The competition is free to enter, and attracts entries not just from Britain but from around the world. Any writer between the ages of 11 and 17 can enter. Poems can also be sent by e-mail. Poets can enter as many poems as they choose, of any length and on any theme. Competition entries cannot be returned under any circumstances, so please make sure you send copies only. All winners and runners-up will receive book prizes donated by publishers Bloodaxe and Faber & Faber, plus free youth membership of the Poetry Society for one year, and will be invited to an awards party at the Royal Festival Hall on National Poetry Day in October. The 15 overall winners will be invited to attend the prize-winners' writing course at the Arvon Centre. | |||
| www.poetrysociety.org.uk/youngnat/ynindex.htm | |||
| 7/31/10 | Kore Press First Book Award | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $20 to Kore Press |
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online only |
kore@korepress.org | Judge: Bhanu Kapil | |
| Notify: | |||
| Book manuscript: Deadline extended to August 31. Open to any female writer who has not published a full-length collection of poetry. Writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are eligible. Please submit one copy of the manuscript, a $20 reading fee payable to Kore Press, and include an email address for award notification. Manuscripts must be: a minimum of 48 pages and a maximum of 80 pages, anonymous (do not include your name anywhere in the manuscript), original poetry written by applicant (translations are not eligible). | |||
| http://www.korepress.org/firstbook/FirstBook2009.htm | |||
| 7/31/10 | League of Minnesota Poets Contests | Prizes: $125 +many more small $ | Fee: $1 per poem to LOMP Contest |
Contest Chair |
poetsue@aol.com | Judges: | |
| Notify: October | |||
| Poems: Must be original work of the contestant. Not have won a money award in a LOMP contest. A poem entered must be unpublished. A poem can be submitted in one category only. Limit one poem per category, except category #1. Sponsors may enter their own category. Poems should not contain art work of any kind. All poems must be titled, except haiku. Poems typed on one side of 8-1/2 x 11 paper. Make two copies; upper left corner of both copies, indicate the category # and award. On second copy only, on the upper right corner: Your name, address, LOMP affiliation (if applicable) Poems will not be returned, but respectfully shredded. Non-members may enter categories #2 through #17: $1 per poem; Category #1 Grand Prize fee: $2 per poem. One poem per category, except #1: limit 6 poems. Poems judged by qualified, non-Minnesota poets. Winners announced at LOMP convention in October. Winners’ certificates and prize checks will be mailed if not present. Poems will not be published. | |||
| http://www.mnpoets.org/ | |||
| 7/31/10 | New Millennium Writing Awards | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $17 to New Millennium Writings |
| New Millennium Writings Room M2 PO Box 2463 Knoxville, TN 37901 |
Don Williams, editor | Judge: | |
| Notify: | |||
| 3 poems: $1,000 for best Story; best Poem; best Nonfiction; best Short-Short fiction. No restrictions as to style, content or number of submissions. Enter as often as you like. Send between now and midnight of July 31 (postmark OK). Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome. Previously published material welcome if under 5,000-circulation or if previously published online only. Each fiction or nonfiction piece is counted as a separate entry, and should total no more than 6,000 words except Short-Short Fiction (no more than 1,000 words). Each poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages total per entry. All poetry Honorable Mentions will be published. Save cover sheet or letter with the submission you'll be uploading and send as one file. Should you forget to include such covers, however, it's OK, as contact information is automatically forwarded to us when you pay online. Payment is $17 per submission in order to cover our many expenses and reserve your book. To apply online: Each entry must be in a separate file (up to 3 poems in a file for poetry). Many file formats are accepted. Payment will be by credit card or echeck through PayPal. Include cover letter in the same file with each entry. | |||
| http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php | |||
| 7/31/10 | Orlando Prize in Poetry | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $15 via PayPal |
online only |
Judge: | ||
| Notify: April 15 | |||
| Poem: The Orlando Prize is open to women of all nationalities. All applications must be written in English and submitted online. Submit one unpublished poem; maximum 90 lines. | |||
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