Deadline for the St. Lawrence Book Award is August 31 About the St. Lawrence Book Award www.blacklawrence.com Each year Black Lawrence Press awards The St. Lawrence Book Award for an unpublished collection of poems or short stories. The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of short stories or poems. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten...

To read the rules and to enter go to www.writersdigest.com/poetryawards Enter the only WD competition exclusively for poets, the Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards! Regardless of style—rhyming, free verse, haiku and more—if your poems are 32 lines or fewer, we want them all. Submit your entries by the December 15, 2009 deadline … and your words could be worth cold hard cash! First Place: $500 Second Place: $250 Third Place: $100 Fourth...

First Prize – $50.00 Second Prize – $30.00 Third Prize – 20.00 Fourth Prize – 1 year subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE Fifth Prize – 6 month subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE Sixth Prize – 3 month subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE $5.00 entry fee up to 3 poems “ALL” writers welcomed DEADLINE: November 30, 2009 Email entries and queries to: Conceitmagazine2007@yahoo.com PayPal users go to the CONCEIT MAGAZINE Website...

www.consequencemagazine.org The prize will be awarded for the best poem addressing current war or armed conflict. It will be presented at a poetry event sponsored by CONSEQUENCE magazine at the 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival on October 17, 2009. The winner will receive $100, have the selected poem published in both print and online editions of Consequence, be invited to read at the launch of Consequence Magazine’s next print edition,...

www.irishfest.com/festival/atthefest/contests/poetrycontest.php Milwaukee Irish Fest is now accepting submissions for the Donn Goodwin and Joseph Gahagen Poetry Prizes. The Donn Goodwin prize is named after a Wisconsin poet, linguist, and educator who was active in supporting Irish and Irish-American writing and poetry. An award of $100 will be given to the winning poem. This contest is open to all. The Joseph Gahagan prize of $100 will be...

www.converse.edu/academics/majors/peterkinjuliaaward.html Eligibility The 2010 Julia Peterkin Award is open to all poets writing original works in English. Previously published works are eligible for inclusion in the submission. Manuscript Format Guidelines Entries must be typed on quality paper, 8 1/2 by 11. Photocopies or copies from letter-quality printers are acceptable. To enter send up to 10 pages of poetry. In addition, include a cover...