Poetry Contests

Call for Entries! Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or...

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MAG Poetry Prize 2011

MAG Poetry Prize 2011 Online Submission Deadline: 30 April 2011    The winner will take away a 1st Prize of a least £2,000. The total prize fund accumulates at the rate of £2 per entry up to £10,000.   The competition is judged anonymously by the entrants themselves. The judging takes place over three rounds. In the first two rounds, groups of 12 poems are randomly allocated out to the participants. In the third round all participants can read...

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On the Same Page FESTIVAL announces Writers Competition

West Jefferson, NC – Ashe County’s Literary Festival, On the Same Page, now in its fourth year, has for the first time announced a writing competition as part of the Festival.  In association with the 2011 Festival, which will take place September 14-17 in Ashe County, NC, the Page Crafter’s Prize will recognize writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with cash awards.  Winning writers will have the opportunity to read their work during the...

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2011 New Letters Literary Awards Now Open

The $1,500 Dorothy Churchill Cappon Prize for the Essay (for the 2011 best essay) The $1,500 Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction (for the best 2011 short story) The $1,500 New Letters Prize for Poetry (for the best 2011 group of three to six poems) http://www.newletters.org/awards.asp Deadline:  May 18, 2011.   New Letters magazine invites you to submit fiction, essays, or poetry to the 2011 New Letters Literary Awards.   Winners...

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Rescue Press Poetry Contest

Rescue Press Presents: THE BLACK BOX POETRY PRIZE June, 2011 Judge: Sabrina Orah Mark http://www.rescue-press.org   Rescue Press presents The Black Box Poetry Prize, a contest for full-length collections of poetry, open to poets at any stage in their writing careers. This year’s submissions will be accepted during the month of June, 2011; Sabrina Orah Mark will judge. Submit a $15 (per entry) reading fee via the Paypal link on our website...

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6th Annual St. Paul JCC Spring Poetry Contest

Please share our 6th Annual St. Paul JCC Spring Poetry Contest. National Poetry Month at the St. Paul JCC Throw caution and self-consciousness to the wind and enter the 6th Annual St. Paul JCC Spring Poetry Contest. This is especially important to do if you have never written a poem before. Spring demands some stretching and a new approach. Hence, our contest theme (totally optional) is RENEW, be it an overdue library book, your marriage vows,...

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