Poetrybook Contests (In Every Case, Winning Book Is Published)

PoetryBook Contests (In every case, winning book is published)

Publication / Details / Deadline
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Coloradoprize.colostate.edu / Winner receives $2,000; all entrants receive subscription to Colorado Review; $25 fee ($28 online). / Jan 14
Main Street Rag
mainstreetrag.com / Winner gets $1,200 & 50 free copies of book; $27 fee. / Jan 31
PSV Book Award
psvbookaward.webs.com / Winner receives $300, a plaque, & a reading at May Festival; $25 fee for PSV members, $40 for non-members / Feb 1
AWP Award Series
awpwriter.org / Prize is $5,500 & publication by U. of Pittsburgh Press. $20 fee for AWP members, $30 for non-members. / Feb 28
Tusculum Review Chapbook Contest
web.tusculum.edu / Chapbooks up to 30 pages; winner receives $1,000; $20 fee includes an issue of The Tusculum Review. / March15
New Southern Voices Poetry Prize
hubcity.org/prize / For Southern poets w/ 0 or 1 published books; winner gets $1,000; $25 fee / April 15
Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry
sarabandebooks.org / Winner receives $2,000 & royalty contract from SaraBande Books; $28 fee. / April 30
Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
lynxhousepress.org / Winner receives $2,000; $28 fee. / May 15
Autumn House Literary Prize
autumnhouse.org / Winner gets $1,000 + $1,500 for travel & publicity; $30 fee / June 30
Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Chapbook Award (Google for link) / Chapbooks up to 15 pages; winner receives $1,000; $20 fee. / July 15
Press 53 Award for Poetry
press53.com/Submissions.html / Winner receives $1,000, book launch party, & reading in Winston-Salem / July 31
Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
redhen.org / Winner receives $3,000; $25 fee / Aug 31
Dogfish Head Poetry Prize
For more information contact Linda Blaskey, prize coordinator, at / Open only to Mid-Atlantic poets; winner receives $500 & 2 cases of Dogfish Head beer; NO ENTRY FEE / Labor Day
Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry
english.nd.edu/creative-writing/
publications/sandeen-sullivan-prizes / Winner receives $1,000; all entrants receive 1-year subscription to Notre Dame Review; $15 fee. / Sept 1
Ohio State Univ. Press
ohiostatepress.org / Winner receives $2,500; all entrants receive 1-year subscription to The Journal; $28 fee. / Sept 30
Finishing Line Press
finishinglinepress.com / For chapbooks up to 30 pages; winner receives $1,000; $15 fee. / Oct 31
Elixir Press
elixirpress.com / $2,000 for 1st; $1,000 for 2nd; both published. $30 fee. / Oct 31
Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize
perseabooks.com / Women only. Winner receives $1,000. $30 fee. Winner can also receive free residency in Italy. / Oct 31
Alice James Books
alicejamesbooks.org / Winner receives $2,000; $30 fee. / Nov 1
Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize
pleiadespress.org / Winner receives $2,000 & distribution by LSU Press; all entrants can choose 1 book from their catalogue; $25 fee / Nov 15
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
craborchardreview.siu.edu/conpo.html / Two winners each receive $4,000; all entrants receive 1 issue of Crab Orchard Review; $20 fee / Nov 18
Georgia Poetry Prize
ugapress.org/index.php/series/gpp / Winner receives $4,000 & gives readings at three Georgia universities; $25 fee / Nov 30
Poetry Chapbook Competition
slipstreampress.org / For chapbooks up to 40 pages; winner receives $1,000 & 50 author copies; all entrants rcv. copy of winning bk. $20 fee. / Dec 1
Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
/ Winner receives $2,000; all entrants receive subscription to Tampa Review; $25 fee / Dec 31
Open Poetry Book Contest
omnidawn.com / Winner receives $3,000 & 100 author copies; $27 fee (for $3 more, entrants can choose 1 book from their catalogue) / Dec 31