Poetry Contests

Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize

www.saturnaliabooks.com/html/poetry_contest.html $1500 and publication by Saturnalia Books 2009 Judge = Carl Phillips Manuscript must be an original work of poetry written in English. Manuscript must be at least 48 pages in length (not including foreword material). Author’s name and contact information must not appear on manuscript. Manuscript must be single-sided, and securely bound with a binder clip only. Please include a separate cover...

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ASPS 2009 SPRING POETRY COMPETITION

www.alabamapoets.org/poetry_contests.php?contest_id=39 Paid members: $1 per entry Non-members: $3 per entry “Members” must be paid prior to CONTEST DEADLINE OF MARCH 21: see Rules 1. The Alabama State Poetry Society Spring Contest (sponsor ASPS) THIS CATEGORY IS OPEN TO PAID MEMBERS ONLY $100, $50, $25, $10, and 3 HM’s in order of merit any form, any subject, 60 line limit 2. Jonathan Smith Memorial Award (sponsors Joe &...

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The Howard Nemerov Creative Writing Awards (High School Juniors and Seniors only)

artsci.wustl.edu/~english/writingprogram/nemerovaward.php Sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis. This competition is open to juniors and seniors currently enrolled in high school. Three prizes of $250 each will be awarded both in fiction and in poetry. Students may send a single entry in each genre (one poem and/or one short story or novel chapter). All entries must be typed, with the student’s name, home address, telephone...

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One-page Poem Contest

www.saturdaywriters.org/contest.htm In honor of April being poetry month, Saturday Writers is announcing our 7th annual poetry contest! Submission Guidelines: 1) Any style, any subject, any form. Wow us in one page. (One poem per single-spaced page.) 2) No identification should appear on the entry. Attach a separate coversheet with title, name, address, e-mail, and phone number. 3) Two copies of each entry! (Each judge needs a copy.) 4) Entry...

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Words of Love Contest

www.twwoa.org/contests.html FIRST PRIZE: $300 SECOND PRIZE: $200 THIRD PRIZE: $100 Ten Honorable Mentions Deadline: postmarked by March 20, 2009. Send in a creative letter, poem or story of 3,500 words or less. Your name, address, email and title of work should appear on a separate cover sheet. The entry fee per submission is $20 ($15 for Workshop members). Multiple entries are accepted. Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and...

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Bellevue Literary Review’s 2010 contest

http://www.blreview.org/Contest/Contest%20index.htm The Bellevue Literary Review Prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 and publication in the Spring 2010 issue of the Bellevue Literary Review. $1000 Bellevue Literary Review Goldenberg Prize for Fiction — Judged by Gail Godwin $1000 Bellevue Literary Review Carter V. Cooper Memorial Prize for Nonfiction —...

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