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Poetry Kit Directory of Competitions 
- A listing of worldwide, English-language poetry contests, including those who do not maintain a web site.
- http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm
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Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize - Publication plus $300 award. Postmarked March 1 through May 31. There is a $15 fee per entry. Women writers only. - http://www.proaxis.com/~calyx/lois.html    Georgia Poetry Society Contests - Offers a number of contests throughout the year, international in scope, for short poems. - http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests.htm Brick and Mortar's Biannual Poetry Contest - Contest is open to both experienced and emerging poets. First place: $1,000; Second: $250; Third: $100. Minimum entry fee: $15 (for three poems). Deadlines: January 1 and June 30. - http://www.bmreview.com/contest_submissions.htm Annual Short Grain Contest - Annual contest seeks original, unpublished poems in four categories. Prize money totals $6,000. Deadline: January 31. - http://www.grainmagazine.ca/contest.htm OnceWritten.com - Seeks original, unpublished verse for website publication. No maximum word or line length. Two contests per year with entry fee and cash prizes. - http://www.oncewritten.com/ContestPage.php Revelever Publications Chapbook Contest 2004 - 2nd Annual Chapbook Contest (30-40 pages). First place wins $500 plus 25 free chapbooks. Lesser prizes for 2nd and 3rd place. Deadline: December 15. Entry fee: $10. - http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/REPU2377/ Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes - Poetry prizes from $1,000 to $25,000 will be awarded for heartfelt lyric poems celebrating the spirit of life. Deadline: November 6. Entry fee: $10. Open to any writer under the age of 40. - http://dorothysargentrosenbergmemorialfund.org Lost Horse Press - The Idaho Prize is open to U.S. authors only. It offers $1000 plus publication for a book-length poetry manuscript of 48 pages or more. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: May 15. - http://www.losthorsepress.org Cross Way Publications Poetry Contest - Semi-annual contest is open to all Christian poets. All forms of poetry are accepted. January through June and July through December. - http://www.christianpoetry.org/poetry_contest.htm Swift Satire Poetry Competition - Submissions are invited for a satirical poem, in the spirit and style of Swift, on a topic of social/political interest. First Prize: Euro 1,000. Closing Date: July 24, 2004. - http://www.swiftsociety.com Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse - Annual awards totaling $2,000 (including a $1,000 First Prize) are made for poems in traditional verse forms. Any variations on metrical, rhyming and/or formal poems are eligible. The judge's interpretation of "traditional" is loose rather than - http://www.poetrycontests.exactpages.com Ohio State University Press Poetry Contest - A $2,000 poetry contest for book-length manuscripts (at least 48 pages), sponsored by the Ohio State University's literary magazine, "The Journal". Reading fee: $25. Entries must be postmarked during the month of September. - http://www.ohiostatepress.org Griffin Poetry Prize - Griffin Poetry Prizes, worth C$40,000 each, are annual international and Canadian literary awards for poetry written or translated into English. Publishers only are invited to submit collections of poetry in traditional print format each calendar year. - http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awards - An annual award of $100,000 is offered for a published book of original poetry by a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien. - http://www.cgu.edu/tufts May Swenson Poetry Award - Seeks original manuscripts, 50-100 pages, on any theme. Prize: $1,000, plus publication. Reading fee: $25. Deadline: September 30. - http://www.usu.edu/usupress/poetcomp.htm Hollis Summers Poetry Prize - Seeks manuscript collections of unpublished poems. Prize: $500 cash, plus publication. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 31. - http://www.ohiou.edu/oupress/poetryprize.htm Tom Howard Poetry Contest - Annual contest, closing September 30, 2005, seeks original poems in any style, on any theme, and of any length. Published verse and simultaneous submissions are okay. Prize money totals $2,000, including a First Prize of $1,000. All prizewinners also rece - http://tomhowardpoetry.bravepages.com Comstock Review Annual Poetry Contest - Original, unpublished poems are sought. Maximum length: 40 lines. Entry fee: $3 per poem. Prize pool: $1,350. Deadline: July 1. Selected poems will be published. - http://www.comstockreview.org Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award - Annual contest offers a $1,000 cash award, plus publication, for an imaginative work. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: June 15. - http://www.bitteroleander.com/contest.html First Writer Poetry Competition - Annual contest offers first prize of £500 (over $750), with $150 for the best runner-up from the United States and £100 for the best runner-up from the United Kingdom for a poem in any style and on any subject. Length: under 30 lines. Minimum entry fee: - http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/poetry_competition.shtml Ragged Raven's International Poetry Competition - Annual contest seeks poems of any length and on any subject. Prize money totals 450 pounds. Entry fee: 3 pounds. Closing date: October 31, 2003. - http://www.raggedraven.co.uk/competition.htm The New Writer Poetry and Prose Prizes - Annual contest seeks both single and multiple (six to ten) poems, plus short stories and essays. 2,500 pounds in prize pool. Entry fees vary from 4 pounds to 10 pounds. - http://www.thenewwriter.com/entryform.htm Bridport Prize - An international creative writing competition for poetry (under 42 lines) and short stories (under 5,000 words). Prize money totals ten thousand pounds. Entry fee: Six pounds. Deadline: June 30, each year. - http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/ Poetry Contest Caution - Provides a listing of some on-line poetry websites which sponsor misleading or deceptive "contests", for which no entry fees are usually charged. - http://windpub.com/literary.scams/ The Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prizes - Annual contest, co-sponsored by the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center and The Nation magazine, offered to poets who have not yet published a book of poems. Entry fee: $8. Deadline: January 20. - http://www.92y.org/content/discovery_nation_poetry_contest.asp Haiku Contest Announcements - Provides details of haiku contests around the world. - http://www.haikuworld.org/contests/ People Before Profits Poetry Prize - An annual prize for an original poem on a "people before profits" theme. $10 entry fee. $200 prize. Deadline: March 1. - http://www.bbbooks.com/contests.html Winning Writers - Offers several annual competitions, among them a contest on the specific theme of War and a parody competition. Includes link lists, recommendations for reading and an online guide to poetry contests for subscribers. - http://www.winningwriters.com/ Juniper Prize for Poetry Contest - Original manuscripts of at least fifty pages are sought by The University of Massachusetts Press which will publish the winning collection of original poetry. Entry fee: $20. Submissions accepted August1 through September 30. - http://www.umass.edu/umpress/juniper.html Odes of March Poetry Contest - Annual contest, closing in March, offers a $300 cash prize. - http://snowfaux.com/odes.htm Voices Network - Features quarterly poetry competitions, with no entry fees. Open to all, though entries from children are judged by less strict criteria. Cash prizes total $175. - http://www.voicesnet.com The Poetic Link - An interactive data base, publishing submitted works and critiques and offering monthly prizes for best poet and best critiquer. Includes membership form and contest rules. - http://thepoeticlink.com/ Reuben Rose Annual Poetry Competition - Established to give a voice to writers of English poetry in Israel, this competition seeks poems on general themes, not more than forty lines in length. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: October 7, 2003. - http://www.poetry-voices.8m.com Poetry London - One of Britain's leading poetry magazines, features original poems, and reviews, and sponsors a rewarding annual contest for unpublished poems, less than 80 lines in length. Winners have been announced for 2003 contest. - http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/ Slipstream Press Poetry Contest - An annual poetry chapbook contest, worth $1,000, seeking up to forty pages of poetry in any style, format or theme. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: December 1, each year. - http://www.slipstreampress.org |
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