www.angelfire.com/il/yww/contest.html A nationwide competition for creative writers aged 15-18. Entries accepted during the month of April in the genres of poetry and prose. Prize in each category: $250 and a full tuition scholarship to the 2009 Young Writers Workshop at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. To enter in poetry: send no more than 2 poems (limit of 25 lines each) per entrant, along with an entry fee of $5. To enter in prose...

bostonreview.net/about/contest/ Deadline: June 1, 2009 Judge: Rae Armantrout First Prize: $1,500 Complete guidelines: The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2009 issue of 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 Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total.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....

poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/Prize.htm A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a single poem. Sandra Alcosser will judge. Submit up to three poems with a $10 entry fee by April 15, 2009. (Entrants may submit additional poems for a charge of $3 per poem.) The winner will be announced on our website in the fall of 2009. Guidelines Provide your contact information & titles of all poems submitted, on the...

The Akron Series in Poetry was founded to bring to the public writers who speak in original and compelling voices. Each year, The University of Akron Press offers the Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives $1,000 and publication of his or her book. The final selection will be made by a nationally prominent poet. The final judge for 2009 is Martín Espada. Other manuscripts may also be...

abzpress.com/2009contest.aspx ABZ will continue the ABZ Poetry Prize for a first full-length book of poems. We are looking for original poetry manuscripts between 48-80 pages. ABZ will publish the winning manuscript and award the author one thousand dollars and copies of the winning book. The winning manuscript will be chosen by Mark Halliday. Each manuscript must be bound only with a binder clip and bear a May or June 2009 postmark with a...

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