June Poetry Contests

June 1 Deadlines

6/1/11	Boston Review Poetry Contest	Prizes: $1,500 and publication	Fee: $20 to Boston Review
Poetry Contest Boston Review PO Box 425786 Cambridge, MA 02142		(617) 258-0805 review@mit.edu Please note: e-mailed submissions will not be accepted.	Judge: Tomaž Šalamun
			Notify: November 1
5 poems: The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total. Any poet writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, or close personal friend of the judge. Manuscripts must be submitted in duplicate, with a cover note listing the author's name, address, and phone number; names should not be on the poems themselves. Simultaneous submissions are allowed if we are notified of acceptance elsewhere. Submissions will not be returned. A $20 entry fee ($30 for international submissions), payable to Boston Review, must accompany all submissions. All entrants will receive a one-year subscription. The winner will be announced on the Boston Review site. All poems submitted to the contest will be considered for publication. Submit by mail or submit online using our contest entry manager and payment using a credit card or Paypal.
www.bostonreview.net/contests.html

6/1/11	Boulevard Emerging Poets Contest	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 to Boulevard
Boulevard Emerging Poets Contest PMB 325 6614 Clayton Road Richmond Heights, MO 63117		(314) 862-2643	Judge: editors of Boulevard magazine
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Poems: $1,000 and publication in Boulevard awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press. The poems may be a sequence or unrelated. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously accepted or published work is ineligible. No one editorially or financially affiliated with Boulevard can enter the contest. Send typed manuscript(s) and SASP for acknowledgment of receipt. No manuscripts will be returned. Entry fee is $15 per group of three poems, and $15 for each additional group of three poems. Entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Boulevard (one per author). Author's name, address, and telephone number, in addition to the titles of the three poems, should appear on page one of your first poem. Please also include a 3 x 5 inch index card with your name, address, telephone number and the titles of your poems. The winning poems will be published. All entries will be considered for publication and for payment at our regular rates. No response from 2008 contest or to inquiries except issue with winning poems received in April.
http://www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest.html

6/1/10	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. ?No updates since 2009.
http://www.espyfoundation.org/residents/index.html

6/1/11	Fineline Competition	Prizes: $1,000, pen, and publication	Fee: $10 to Mid-American Review
Mid-American Review attn: Fineline Competition Department of English, Box W Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403			Judge: Alan Michael Parker
			Notify: mid-September
3 Prose poems/short-shorts: Deadline extended to July 1. Contest is for previously unpublished work only. There is a 500-word limit for each poem or short. A $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) is required for each set of three prose poems/short short stories. Entry fees are non-refundable. All participants will receive issue where the winners will be published. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results. Manuscripts need not be left anonymous. Contest is open to all writers, except those associated with the judge or Mid-American Review, past or present. Our judge's decision is final. Note: All pieces submitted in verse form--i.e., poetry with line breaks--will be automatically disqualified, as will previously published work or pieces over 500 words.
http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/fineline.html

6/1/11	The Gatewood Prize	Prizes: $500 and publication contract	Fee: $15 to Switchback Books
online only		Please email becca [at] switchbackbooks [dot] com with any questions.	Judge: TBA
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Book manuscript: for a first or second full-length collection of poems by a woman writing in English. Poet must be a woman; our definition of "woman" is broad and includes transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and female-identified individuals. Entry fee of $15 must accompany each submission; PayPal only. Multiple submissions are acceptable, but each manuscript must be entered under separate cover and fee. You must 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. Manuscripts by close friends and former students of the judge are ineligible. Co-written collections are eligible provided both poets meet all eligibility requirements. Submissions will be read by Switchback editors and staff members. We will select ten manuscripts to send on to the judge, who will choose the final winner. Manuscripts remain anonymous until a winner is selected. Please remove any identifying references from your manuscript (including those in the body of the manuscript). Manuscripts should be between 48 and 80 pages, paginated. Please include a cover page with ONLY the title of the manuscript. No acknowledgments page. You will be notified of the winner and finalists of the contest via email.
www.switchbackbooks.com/contest.html

6/1/11	Indiana Review '1/2 K' Prize	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 online
'1/2 K' Prize/Indiana Review Ballantine Hall 465 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405-7103			Judge: Ander Monson
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3 short-short stories or prose poems: What exactly is a short-short or prose poem? A loose definition: any piece under 500 words that does not contain line breaks. All entries considered for publication. All entries considered anonymously. Send no more than 3 pieces, 500 words maximum per piece. (That's 3 short-shorts max per entry fee.) No previously published works, or works forthcoming elsewhere. Cover letter must include name, address, phone number, and titles. Simultaneous submissions acceptable, but fee is non-refundable. Entrant's name should appear ONLY in the cover letter. Entries must be accompanied by SASE for notification. Manuscripts will not be returned. Make checks payable to Indiana Review. Entry entitles entrant to one-year subscription, an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice and enclose complete address information for subscriptions. Online entry at site.
http://indianareview.org/general/prize.html

6/1/11	Main Street Rag Chapbook Contest	Prizes: $500 and 50 copies of chapbook	Fee: $17 to Main Street Rag
Main Street Rag PO Box 690100 Charlotte, NC 28227		editor@mainstreetrag.com	Judge:
			Notify: Summer
Chapbook manuscript: Winner receives $500 and 50 copies of chapbook. All entries receive a copy of the winning manuscript and are considered for publication. Runners-up will also be offered publication and every manuscript entered will be considered for publication. Send 24–32 pages of poetry, any style/form Elaborate instructions on site. Online submission is $19.
www.mainstreetrag.com/ChapCont.html

6/1/11	Midwest Poetry Chapbook Series Award	Prizes: $250, 100 copies, and publication	Fee: $10 to GreenTower Press
GreenTower Press Department of English Northwest Missouri State University 800 University Drive Maryville, MO 64468		TLR@nwmissouri.edu	Judge:
			Notify: August
Chapbook manuscript: The Midwest Chapbook Series is a competition open to anyone who is living in, from, or closely associated with the Midwest. All entrants to the contest will receive a one-year subscription to The Laurel Review. 20-30 pages (typed, single-sided, one poem per page). Individual poems may have been previously published. You may include an acknowledgements page if you wish, though one is not required. Include two cover pages: one with title only, the other with name, address, email address, manuscript title, and a short note establishing your connection to the Midwest. Your name should ONLY appear on the cover page, which the staff will keep on file. Manuscripts will be read blind. Entries will be judged by the editors of The Laurel Review along with the outside judge. The winning chapbook will be published in an edition of 300 copies. Winner will receive one hundred copies. Additional copies offered at 40% off the list price. Winner also will also be invited to give a reading as part of Northwest Missouri State University's Visiting Writers series, which includestravel expenses paid and an honorarium of $250. All entries will be considered for publication in The Laurel Review. Winner will be notified by email or telephone, and will be announced on our website.
http://catpages.nwmissouri.edu/m/tlr/

June 3 Deadlines

6/3/11	The MacGuffin National Poet Hunt Contest	Prizes: $500 and publication	Fee: $15 to Schoolcraft College
The MacGuffin/Poet Hunt Contest Schoolcraft College 18600 Haggerty Road Livonia, MI 48152			Judge:
			Notify: September
5 poems: Each entrant will receive one FREE issue of The MacGuffin. Staff members and their families are not eligible. An entry consists of five poems. Poems must be typed on sheets of 8½ × 11 paper. Clean photocopies are acceptable. DO NOT place name and address on submissions. Each entrant must include a 3 × 5 index card with poem titles and the contestant’s name, address, and daytime telephone number. There is a $15 entry fee. Please send check or money order payable to Schoolcraft College. Please do not send cash. Poems must not be previously published and must be the original work of the contestant. Poems may be under consideration elsewhere. The MacGuffin reserves the right to disqualify a work that is accepted elsewhere. No entries will be returned. Entrants wishing to receive a list of winners should send SASE.
http://www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/

June 10 Deadlines

6/10/11	Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition	Prizes: £5000, £1000, £500 and (2x)£50	Fee: £5 per poem
enter online from U.S.			Judge: Robert Crawford and Kathleen Jamie
			Notify: July 24
Poems: Closing date is 9 am on Friday 10th June 2011. Maximum of 60 lines per poem The Prize is open to anyone, including non-UK applicants, over 18 years Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self-published, published on any website or broadcast (this includes publication on social networking sites, e.g. Facebook). Entries must be in English. Entries must be anonymous with no identifying marks other than the title Alterations cannot be made to poems once they have been submitted Entrants can submit up to 3 (three) poems, provided entry fee of £5 per poem is included. Copyright of each poem remains with author. Authors of the winning poems must grant the University of Strathclyde the right to use the poems for one year from date of award. The list of prizewinners will be on the website in August. The judge's decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into. Competition entries cannot be returned. Entry implies acceptance of all the rules. Failure to comply will result in disqualification.
http://edwinmorganpoetrycompetition.co.uk/

June 14 Deadlines

6/14/11	The Eyes of Babylon national writing contest	Prizes: $1,000, $500, $200,more, and publication	Fee: $15
Babylon to Broadway c/o Jennilyn Merten 107 N 1st ST 4C Brooklyn, NY 11211			Judge: Timothy Donnelly
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3 poems: The producers of The Eyes of Babylon have launched a national writing contest to promote the play's Off-Broadway run, June 14th–July 3rd, 2011 in NYC. The Eyes of Babylon presents the true story of playwright and performer Jeff Key, who joined the Marines in 2001 as a 34-year-old gay man. Key transforms the pages of his Iraq journal into a stunning, raw, funny and indelible solo performance about going to battle, being gay in the military, and finding peace when you are at war with yourself. CONTEST THEMES: We hope to to further explore the play's themes of war, the memory of war, and our individual and collective forgetfulness about being at war. We hope to start a broad social dialogue about how art is both a celebration and a critique of our citizenship, patriotism, love of country, and allegiance to values. The play is as much about the process of searching for answers as finding answers themselves, and contest entries should consider the battles we wage both internally and externally, and the role of writing, creativity, and art in the fight for peace, change, and self-examination. POETRY: 1—3 poems (up to 8 pages); DRAMA: Play or Screenplay (up to 15 pages); PROSE: Fiction/Nonfiction (up to 15 pages). All submissions must be previously unpublished. GRAND PRIZE $1000 (one overall winner) PLUS—Publication on The Eyes of Babylon website—Trip to New York City to meet Jeff Key—Read for a New York audience of the play—Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play; 1st PRIZE: $500 (1 per genre) & 2nd PRIZE: $200 (1 per genre) plus—Publication on The Eyes of Babylon website—Two tickets to the play—Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play; Honorable Mention (2 per genre)—Two tickets to the play—Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play. Online entry at site.
http://www.theeyesofbabylon.com/writing-contest/

June 15 Deadlines

6/15/11	Akron Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,500 and publication	Fee: $25 to The University of Akron Press
The Akron Poetry Prize The University of Akron Press 120 E. Mill Street, Suite 415 Akron, OH 44308			Judge: Natasha Sajé
			Notify: September 30
Book manuscript: Manuscripts must be typed and consecutively numbered, for a total length of at least 48 pages. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Please, do not send manuscripts bound or enclosed in covers. Must include a cover page (with author's name, address, phone number, and manuscript title), a title page (with no biographical information), and an acknowledgements page listing poems previously published in periodicals (if applicable). Please do not submit manuscripts that have the author's name on each page. Manuscripts go to the final judge blind. Postmarked between May 1 and June 15 of each year. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but The University of Akron Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. An entry fee of $25 is required for each manuscript submission. Make check or money order payable to The University of Akron Press. The canceled check will serve as notification of receipt. Contest results will be posted on our website by September 30. No manuscripts can be returned. Books accepted for the Akron Series in Poetry must exhibit three essential qualities: mastery of language, maturity of feeling, and complexity of thought. The University of Akron Press is committed to publishing poetry that, as Robert Frost said, “begins in delight and ends in wisdom.” Intimate friends, relatives, current and former students of the final judge (students in an academic, degree-conferring program or its equivalent) are not eligible to enter the Akron Poetry Prize competition.
http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize/

6/15/11	Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $10 to The Bitter Oleander Press
Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award The Bitter Oleander Press 4983 Tall Oaks Drive Fayetteville, New York 13066-9776		info@bitteroleander.com	Judge:
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5 poems: Reading fee of $10 for up to 5 poems of no more than 2 pages in length each. Any additional poems are $2 each. All work should be typed or computer generated and legible. Include a short biography with your submission. Put your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address on each poem. No e-mail submissions will be allowed. Include a SASE for notification of winning poem. No poems will be returned. Please do not send originals. No previously published poems or simultaneous submissions. Send us only your most imaginative work. Serious work that allows the language of your imagination to reveal for you a new perception of your individual life.
http://www.bitteroleander.com/contest.html

6/15/11	Guy Owen Prize	Prizes: $1,000 plus publication	Fee: $15 to Southern Poetry Review
Southern Poetry Review Guy Owen Prize Dept. of Languages, Literature & Philosophy Armstrong Atlantic State University 11935 Abercorn St. Savannah, GA 31419-1997		912-927-5289	Judge:
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3–5 poems: Publication in Southern Poetry Review and $1,000 will be awarded to the poem selected by a nationally-ranking poet. Send a SASE along with 3-5 previously unpublished poems (10 pp. max). Include an SASE for reply only, and a check for $15 payable to Southern Poetry Review. We consider poems published online or posted there to be "previously published" work. Please indicate simultaneous submissions. All entries will be considered for publication. We cannot accept electronic mail submissions; nor can we accept them on disk. Manuscripts will not be returned. The entry fee includes a one-year subscription to the journal.
http://www.spr.armstrong.edu/guyowen.html

6/15/10	William Stafford Award for Poetry	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $10 to Rosebud/Stafford Prize
R. Virgil Ellis c/o Stafford Poetry Award P.O. Box 614 Cambridge, WI 53523			Judge: R. Virgil Ellis
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Poems: Biennial contest. The winning poem will be awarded $1,000, publication of the poem in Rosebud, and three copies of the contest issue. Poems judged to be "runners-up" will be awarded publication and three copies of the issue. To enter, send 3-5 original unpublished poems, any style or theme, (one copy of each poem, each no longer than one page, may not be handwritten) and the required entry fee of $10 (check payable to Rosebud/Stafford Prize; cash also accepted). The poet's name and address should be on the upper right-hand corner of each page. Each entry should have a cover letter with a brief bio included. Enclose SASE.
http://rsbd.net/

6/15/11	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
10 pages: Applications must be received, not postmarked, by the application deadline. 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. To apply for a VSC Fellowship, based on merit, for 4 weeks at no fee, submit your application for the jury reviews VSC holds 3 times a year. The 3 Full Fellowship application deadlines are February 15, June 15, and October 1. 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/apply/

6/15/11	Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award	Prizes: $1,000 and 25 copies	Fee: $20 to RopeWalk Press
Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award RopeWalk Press University of Southern Indiana 8600 University Boulevard Evansville, IN, 47712		ropewalkpress@usi.edu 812/461-5202	Judge:
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Chapbook manuscript: Fiction in 2011; 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 $20 ($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.
http://www.usi.edu/ropewalk/RopeWalk_Press.asp

June 17 Deadlines

6/17/11	New Millennium Writing Awards	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $17 to New Millennium Writings
enter online			Judge:
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3 poems: No restrictions as to style, content or number of submissions. Enter as often as you like. Send between now and midnight of June 17 (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.
www.NewMillenniumWritings.com/awards.html

June 30 Deadlines

6/30/12	ABZ Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,000, 5o copies, and publication	Fee: $30 to ABZ Press
ABZ Poetry Prize ABZ Press PO Box 2746 Huntington WV 25727-2746			Judge: Charles Simic.
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Book manuscript: For a first full-length book of poems. We are looking for original poetry manuscripts between 48-76 pages. ABZ will publish the winning manuscript and award the author one thousand dollars and copies of the winning book. Each manuscript must be bound only with a binder clip and bear a May or June 2009 postmark with a reading fee of $30 as a check or money order payable to ABZ PRESS. Include a table of contents, acknowledgements, and two title pages. One title page should have only the title. The second title page should have the author’s name, address, phone number with area code, and e-mail address. Please indicate any poetry books or chapbooks (with fewer than 48 pages) you may have published. Simultaneous submissions are OK. Let us know if you win another prize. Manuscripts will not be returned. Please keep a copy of your manuscript. To receive notice of manuscript arrival, include SASP. For contest results, include SASE. The reading fee entitles entrant to one copy of the winning book. Copies of the book will be sent in May 2013 when the book is published.
http://abzpress.com/2010contest.aspx

6/30/11	Ahsahta Chapbook Prize	Prizes: $1,000, 100 copies, and publication	Fee: $15 to Ahsahta Press
enter online			Judge: Cathy Wagner
			Notify: August
Chapbook manuscript: The Ahsahta Chapbook Prize honors a book of original poetry in English by a single author; translations are not eligible for this award. The winning poet receives a $1,000 honorarium upon publication plus 100 copies of the published book. In addition to announcements in national publications, the winning book and author will be featured on the Ahsahta website. Entries must be filed between 12:01 a.m. May 1 and 11:59 p.m. June 30. All entries should be made on our Submission Manager system. Manuscripts should be 25 to 40 pages of poetry, submitted in PDF, RTF, or MSWord formats only. The author’s name should not appear in the manuscript. The title page should contain the title only. Author information is collected separately in Submission Manager. Do not include author name, acknowledgments, author bio, or any other identifying information in the manuscript file. Manuscripts will be read anonymously. Work must not have been previously published as part of a book or as a self-published chapbook. Manuscript revisions are not permitted during the contest. You may add acknowledgments and make revisions after the contest is judged. The entry fee of $15.00 is payable during entry with Mastercard, Visa, or Discover cards. All entries are eligible for publication by Ahsahta Press; separate submission of a Sawtooth entry during our open reading period is unnecessary. Poets writing in English are eligible. Previous book publication is not a consideration. Students and former students of Boise State University and of this year’s judge may not enter; close friends of the judge are also not considered eligible. Simultaneous submissions are permissable, but entrants are asked to notify Ahsahta Press immediately if a manuscript becomes committed elsewhere.
http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/chapcontest.htm

6/30/11	Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest	Prizes: $100, 75 copies, and publication	Fee: $12 to The Anabiosis Press
Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest 2 South New Street Bradford, MA 01835			Judge:
			Notify: September 30
Chapbook manuscript: Submit manuscript of 16-20 pages of poetry, any subject. Include only one poem per page. If a poem continues to a second page, indicate whether or not there is a stanza break. Thirty-five lines equals one page. Divider pages or section titles should be included in the total page count. When determining total line length for each poem, include spaces between stanzas (example: a poem of 5 couplets would equal 14 lines). Numbers or section breaks (often indicated by a * symbol) should also be included as lines when calculating total line length. Count an epigraph as three extra lines. A line that has more than 60 characters (including spaces and punctuation) should be counted as two lines of your total line count. If lines are staggered like a Ferlinghetti poem, estimate the width of the line and remember that the final chapbook will be printed in 10 point Times New Roman font on pages that are 5 1/2 inches wide. Include the following as separate pages: a biography (this can be included in the cover letter), a cover page with contact information, table of contents, dedication, acknowledgments for any previous publications, and an inside title page (with no name). These pages should not be included in the manuscript's total page count. The cover page should include the manuscript title and all contact information (mailing address, email address, home phone, and cell phone if available). Name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript.Submit manuscript in a 9 X 12 (or 10 X 13) inch non-padded envelope or USPS priority mail envelope. Please do not use paper clips, binder clips, staples, or report folders. Please enclose a 9 X 12 (or 10 X 13) inch SASE with correct postage if you want your whole manuscript returned. For notification of results only, include a #10 inch business SASE. If there is no SASE, notification will be sent via e-mail. If there is no SASE and no e-mail address, there will be no notification. Please notify us of any change of address, as a copy of the winning chapbook will be mailed six to nine months after the announcement. All who enter will receive a copy of the winning chapbook.
http://www.anabiosispress.org/chapguides.html

6/30/11	Autumn House Poetry Prize	Prizes: $2,500 and publication	Fee: $25 to Autumn House Press
Autumn House Press P.O. Box 60100 Pittsburgh PA 15211			Judge: Denise Duhamel
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Book manuscript: The winners will receive book publication, $1,000 advance against royalties, and a $1,500 travel grant to participate in the 2012 Autumn House Master Authors Series in Pittsburgh. All finalists will be considered for publication. All full-length collections of poetry 50-80 pages in length are eligible. To be informed of the results of the competition, please include SASE. Autumn House Press assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts. All entries must be clearly marked “Poetry Prize” on the outside envelope. $25 fee (check or money order) must be enclosed. MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
http://www.autumnhouse.org/

6/30/11	Barrow Street Press Book Contest	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $25 to Barrow Street
Barrow Street P.O. Box 1558 Kingston, RI 02881			Judge: D.A. Powell
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Book manuscript: Submit a 50–70 page manuscript of original, previously unpublished poetry in English. The manuscript should be typed, single-spaced, on one side of the page only, on white 8.5" x 11" paper. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Please do not send your only copy, as manuscripts cannot be returned. Include 2 title pages for the collection. The author's name, address, and daytime telephone number should appear on the first title page only, and should not appear elsewhere in the manuscript. Following the title pages, include an acknowledgments page listing any poems previously published in journals or anthologies. Include SASE for notification of contest results.To receive a copy of the winning book, include a book mailer with $2.75 postage.
http://www.barrowstreet.org/

6/30/11	Blue Light Chapbook Contest	Prizes: $100 and 50 copies (@ $10)	Fee: $10 to Blue Light Press
Blue Light Press Poetry Prize 1563 45th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122		Bluelightpress@aol.com	Judge:
			Notify: November
Chapbook manuscript: Send 10 to 24 pages, typed or printed with a laser or inkjet printer. Winner will receive $100 and 50 copies of his or her book, which can be sold for $10 each, for a total of $500. $10 reading fee. Make your check payable to Blue Light Press. No manuscript will be returned without a SASE. The book will be published in the spring. If you win the contest, you will need to give us your manuscript on disk. Acceptable formats: Word, or RTF. Do not submit by e-mail. Please do not send manuscripts by registered or certified mail, as this requires a trip to the post office. Include SASP for confirmation of receipt. If your manuscript comes a few days late, we will read it. Vision Statement: We like poems that are imagistic, emotionally honest, and contain a vision where the writer pushes through the imagery to a deeper level of insight. Our books are artistically designed.
http://www.bluelightpress.com/

6/30/11	Dream Horse Press Chapbook Prize	Prizes: $500, 25 copies, and publication	Fee: $15 to Dream Horse Press
Dream Horse Press P. O. Box 2080 Aptos, California 95001-2080		dreamhorsepress@yahoo.com	Judge: C.J. Sage
			Notify:
Chapbook manuscript: Submit 20-28 paginated pages of poetry, in a readable font, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, e-mail for results (No SASE), and a $15.00 non-refundable fee for each manuscript entered. All manuscripts will be recycled. The winner will receive $500 and 25 copies of a handsomely printed chapbook. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere you must notify Dream Horse Press immediately. Entry 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 e-mail address. Close friends, students (former or present), and relatives of the judge or the press owner are NOT eligible for the contest; the judge reads all entries and will immediately alert DHP if a close friend, student, or relative has entered. DHP will then disqualify that entry and return the entry fee.
http://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/dhpcontests.html

6/30/11	Finishing Line Press Chapbook Competition	Prizes: $1,000 and publication	Fee: $15 to Finishing Line Press
Open Chapbook Competition Finishing Line Press P.O. Box 1626 Georgetown, KY 40324		(859) 514-8966 finishingbooks@aol.com	Judge:
			Notify: fall
Chapbook manuscript: The competition is open to all poets, regardless of publication history. All entries will be considered for publication. The top ten finalists will be offered publication. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry, SASE, bio, acknowledgments, two title pages--one with no name, and cover letter with a $15 entry fee.
http://finishinglinepress.com/submissionguidelines.htm

6/30/11	Flash 500 Humour Verse Competition	Prizes: £150 and publication, £100, £50	Fee: £3/£2.50
online entry			Judge: Lorraine Mace
			Notify: mid-August
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

6/30/11	Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest	Prizes: $600, $400, $200, and publication	Fee: $30 to The Antigonish Review
The Antigonish Review Box 5000 St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5 CANADA		(902) 867-3962 tar@stfx.ca	Judges: Peter Sanger and Michael deBeyer
			Notify: September 1 on site
Poems: Previously published works, works accepted for publication or simultaneous submissions are not eligible. No electronic submissions, please. Poetry may be single-spaced. Please include a separate cover sheet containing your identifying information as well as the titles of all entries. Your name must appear ONLY on the cover page. Poems on any subject. Total entry not to exceed 4 pages. Maximum 150 lines. Entries might be one longer poem, or several shorter poems. Entries will not be returned. You may enter both poetry and fiction contests for an additional $10. This includes a one-year subscription to TAR which will begin with the fall issue. Make cheques or money orders payable to The Antigonish Review. US entrants: note that Canadian postal regulations require addresses to be in ALL CAPS.
http://www.antigonishreview.com/contest.html

6/30/10	Heart Poetry Award	Prizes: $500 and publication	Fee: $10 to Nostalgia Press
Nostalgia Press 2003 Broughton St., Orangeburg, SC 29115			Judge: Benjamin W. Farley
			Notify:
3 poems:# Winner & All Honorable Mentions published in Fall issue of HEART. $10 covers 3 poems, reserves your copy of Fall issue. Insightful, immersing, pictorial moments, unpublished modern free verse or prose poem. Include name, address, phone, E-mail optional, on each page. SASE or Web site announces winners, poems discarded.
http://www.nostalgiapress.com/guidelines.htm

6/30/11	Lightship Flash Fiction Competition	Prizes: £500 and publication	Fee: £10
online entry			Judge: Kachi Ozumba
			Notify: September 8
Flash fiction: Stories should not exceed 600 words. The competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English. There is no restriction on theme or style. Entrants must be 16 years of age or over. No entry form is required. You can enter as many times as you like. One unpublished story per entry. Please do not put your name on your stories. All judging is done anonymously. Stories with names on them will be disqualified. Stories cannot be altered after entry. If you enter another competition and you win, please notify us and withdraw your submission. Where work is withdrawn, entry fees will not be refunded. Copyright returns to the author one year after publication. No correspondence will be entered into once you have submitted your work. The judges' verdict is final. We reserve the right to not award the first prize, and to cancel the publication of the anthology, where circumstances are beyond our control, or if the judges’ overall verdict is that the level of entries is not up to the required standard for publication. In the unlikely event of the competition being cancelled, entry fees will be refunded. Online entry costs £10.00 A Critique (optional) costs £15.00. Enter through our website. Please do not send as email attachments. Conversion to your local currency will be done automatically by your credit card company, according to the exchange rate at that time.
http://www.lightshippublishing.co.uk/competition/poetry_competition

6/30/11	Lightship Poetry Competition	Prizes: £1,000 and publication	Fee: £8
online entry			Judge: Jackie Kay
			Notify: September 8
Poems: Poems should not exceed 200 words. The poetry competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English. There is no restriction on theme or style. Entrants must be 16 years of age or over. No entry form is required. You can enter as many times as you like. One unpublished poem per entry. Please do not put your name on your poems. All judging is done anonymously. Poems with names on them will be disqualified. Poems cannot be altered after entry. If you enter your poem into another competition and you win, please notify us and withdraw your submission. Where work is withdrawn, entry fees will not be refunded. Copyright returns to the author one year after publication. No correspondence will be entered into once you have submitted your work. The judges' verdict is final. We reserve the right to not award the first prize, and to cancel the publication of the anthology, where circumstances are beyond our control, or if the judges’ overall verdict is that the level of entries is not up to the required standard for publication. In the unlikely event of the competition being cancelled, entry fees will be refunded. Online entry costs £8.00 A Critique (optional) costs £15.00. Enter through our website. Please do not send your poems as email attachments. Conversion to your local currency will be done automatically by your credit card company, according to the exchange rate at that time.
http://www.lightshippublishing.co.uk/competition/poetry_competition

6/30/11	Literal Latté Short Shorts Awards	Prizes: $500 and publication	Fee: $10 to Literal Latté
Literal Latté Short Shorts Awards 200 East 10th Street, Suite 240 New York, NY 10003		(212) 260-5532 LitLatte@aol.com	Judges:
			Notify:
Short-short stories: Send unpublished stories 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 per 3 stories OR $15 for 6 stories. All Entries Considered For Publication. Include Check or Money Orders made out to Literal Latte or include Visa/MC/American Express Number & Expiration Date.
http://www.literal-latte.com/contest_new.html

6/30/11	Omnidawn First/Second Book Contest	Prizes: $3,000, 100 copies, and publication	Fee: $25 to Omnidawn Publishing
Omnidawn First/Second Book Contest Omnidawn Publishing 311 Monterey St Vallejo, CA 94590		submissions@omnidawn.com	Judge: C. D. Wright
			Notify:
Book manuscript: Electronic and postal submissions will be accepted from April 1 to June 30. Open to any poet writing in English who has not published a second book of poetry, not counting chapbooks. The prize includes Display Advertising for the winning author and the book in American Poetry Review, Poets & Writers, Rain Taxi, and other publications. All entrants with a U.S. mailing address who pay an extra $3 to cover shipping costs will be mailed a copy of any Omnidawn book of their choice, or a copy of the winning book when it is published in the fall of 2012. Note that if we find any significant problem with your manuscript (your manuscript file won’t open, important information is missing, or whatever) we will contact you so that you have every opportunity to correct the issue. A deficiency in your manuscript will not disqualify you from the competition. The only really critical requirements are to make sure we do have a way of contacting you and to get your submission in by the deadline.
http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/1st-2nd_Book.htm

6/30/11	Pearl Poetry Prize	Prizes: $1,000, 25 copies, and publication	Fee: $20 to Pearl Editions
Pearl Poetry Prize 3030 E. Second Street Long Beach, CA 90803		252-441-6584	Judge: Andrea Carter Brown
			Notify: after January 1
Book manuscript: Include a title page with the author's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address; an acknowledgments page listing previously published poems; 48–64 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. Manuscripts should be unbound, typed, pages numbered, and name should appear on title page only. Clear photocopies and computer print-outs are acceptable. We will consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. In addition to publication and the $1,000 cash prize, the winner also receives 25 copies and a foreword by the finalist judge. Open to all poets, with or without previous book publication. Students and friends of the judge are not eligible for this year's competition.
www.pearlmag.com/contests.html

6/30/11	Margaret Reid Poetry Contest	Prizes: $3,000, $1,000, $400, $250, (6x)$150, and publication	Fee: $7 for every 25 lines
Winning Writers Attn: Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222 Northampton, MA 01060-3961			Judge: John H. Reid
			Notify: December 15
Poems: This contest seeks poems in traditional verse forms. Winning entries will be published. Writers of all nations may enter. Entries should be submitted online or postmarked by June 30. Online submission and payment by credit card, or submission by mail and payment by check or money order; see site. What are traditional verse forms? By traditional verse, we mean poems that use a metrical or formal structure, such as sonnets, ballads, odes, blank verse and haiku. All prize winners will be published in an anthology, and all winners will receive a free copy of the anthology. The reading fee is $7 for every 25 lines you submit, payable to Winning Writers. Exclude your poem titles and any blank lines from your line count. There is no limit on the number of lines or number of poems you may submit. There are no limits on theme. All submissions must be in English. If your entry wins a prize, you agree to its being published in print and online by John H. Reid. You retain all other rights.Your entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem simultaneously to this contest and to others, and you may submit poems that have been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the anthology and online publication rights.
http://winningwriters.com/contests/margaret/ma_guidelines.php

6/30/11	Senior Poets Laureate Contest	Prizes: $500, certificates, and publication	Fee: $3 per poem to SP
SENIOR POETS c/o Wanda Sue Parrott, Administrator P. O. Box 1821 Monterey, CA 93942-1821			Judges: ?
			Notify: August 31
Poems: open to all American poets age 50 and older who are U.S. citizens regardless of where they live or are temporarily staying throughout the world. $3 per poem; 40 lines max. See site for tedious submission guidelines. NB: Most states, and the United States, have official Poet Laureate appointments. This low-level competition has no connection with that process.
http://amykitchenerfdn.org/2011_rules.html