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...

www.lotuspress.org/poetryaward.html This competition is open to African American poets only. If you have already had a book published by Lotus Press, you are ineligible. However, inclusion in a Lotus Press anthology does not disqualify you. Any other serious African American poet, whether previously published or not, may submit a book length manuscript for consideration. Poems submitted by another person, anthologies, or collaborations by more...

www.springgardenpress.com/spg/contests.html Spring Garden Press and The Greensboro Review invite submissions for the Robert Watson Poetry Award chapbook competition. Submission must be received between 1 October and 2 April. The winning manuscript will be announced in October 2009 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook. The edition is limited to 500 copies, fifty of...

mmminc.org/html/2009contests.htm Eligibility: * Open to all poets and writers whose work is in English. * Entries may not be previously or simultaneously published. * All MMM staff members and family of staff members areineligible. Prizes: * $250 cash prize for the best poem & $250 cash prize for the best flash fiction. * Publication in the 2009-2010 MMM print annual. * Finalists in each genre will also be considered for publication....

Elixir Press is sponsoring a contest for a first or second book of poetry. The winner will receive a prize of $1,000. The winning manuscript will be published by Elixir Press. All entries will be considered for publication. www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html Manuscripts should be typed on one side of the page only and on standard paper. No dot matrix unless letter quality. Send a business size SASE for reply only; manuscripts cannot be...

$2,500 awarded annually by Shenandoah and Washington and Lee University The Prize includes publication of new work in Shenandoah. Eligibility for 2009 Prize: all writers of POETRY with only one published book in that genre. To apply, send first book,* five unpublished poems and biographical information along with an s.a.s.e. and a check for $25 (from either author or publisher), which brings a year’s subscription to Shenandoah, between...