Poetry Contests

The ‘High Prairie Poets New Mexico State Poetry Society Bi-Monthly Contests’

Next Contest is: MAY 20, 2010 ELIGIBILITY: All Poets; U.S. and Worldwide. Poems must be in English, aligned on left margin of paper, (Do Not Center Poem on Page). 12 point font is a must. Titles of Poems Should Look like this: “Life as a Jelly Bean”; Not Like: “LIFE AS A JELLY BEAN”. DEADLINE: Postmarked by the 20th of the month. LINE LIMIT: At this time there is a 25 line limit. ENTRY FEE: $2.00 entry fee for the first poem and $1.00 for each...

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2010 Codhill Press Poetry Chapbook Award

Contest Deadline: November 30, 2010 This year’s prize: $1000 cash and 50 copies of the winning submission. This year’s judge: Pauline Uchmanowicz Manuscripts are judged anonymously. Codhill Press will consider all finalists for publication. Please visit http://www.codhill.com/award2009.html for a list of last year’s winner and finalists. Here are the contest guidelines: The competition is open to any poet who writes in...

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Get your poem published by Frontenac House in *Extravaganza*!

CALGARY, CANADA –(PR.com)– Do you have a poem pacing about in the confines of your computer or your mind? Is it wild? Gentle? Hilarious? Tragic? Insane? Serious? Abstract? Concrete? All of the above? Or is it something completely different? Submit it to Wattpad and you may get published! Be sure to include the tag poetrycontest. The winners will be determined by Frontenac House. Submissions must be original, in English, and may not...

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Room Magazine’s Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-fiction Contest – 2010

Calling all women writers! Room invites you to participate in our 2010 Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Deadline: Entries must be postmarked no later than June 15, 2010. Entry Fee – Canada: $27 Canadian dollars per entry Entry Fee – International: $39 Canadian dollars per entry Entry fee includes a complimentary one-year subscription to Room. Prizes: 1st prize in each category – $500, 2nd prize – $250....

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Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Writing

We’re running our first ever Poetry Contest here at the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans! Here are the details: Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Writing Contest. Judge: Louisiana Poet Laureate Darrell Bourque. 2-4 unpublished poems of any theme with combined length of up to 400 lines. Prize: $1000, public reading and VIP Festival pass($500 value) at 25th anniversary Festival (March 23-27, 2011),...

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INGLIS HOUSE POETRY CONTEST

DEADLINE: June 1, 2010 GENRE: Poetry DETAILS: Poems by disabled authors or on the theme of disability, from a Philadelphia center for wheelchair-bound adults. Prefers unpublished but accepts published work also. Category 1): Open contest: Poems must relate to disabilities Category 2): Disabled authors contest: Any style or theme. Maximum 75 lines per poem; 1-2 poems per author for open contest, 1-3 poems for disabled contest PRIZES: $50, $30,...

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