Poetry Contests

Karen Fredericks and Frances Willitts Poetry Prize The 3rd Annual Hotmetalpress Chapbook Contest

Our prize is $350 and 20 free copies. We also want to send every entrant a copy of the winning collection. Page Limit: 32 pages. Fee: $20.00. Deadline: July 15. If you are looking for clues as to what we look for a winner, we wish you luck because our selections are unpredictable and eclectic. We like to take risks if the poems interest us. We do not know what poems will interest us either until we see the poems. Please make out a check for $20...

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BibleDude.net Compassion Writing Contest

bibledude.net/2009/06/now-accepting-creative-writing-submissions-compassion/ Use any of the listed forms of creative writing (or photo journaling) to share what you want to on this topic, and email your submissions to dan@bibledude.net. Submissions on the topic of compassion will be accepted through the end of July, and will be posted on bibledude.net. Please include a short (2-3 sentence) bio that includes links to your website/blog (if you...

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2009 SPC Poetry Contest

Entry fee: $3 per poem Prizes: First, second and third prizes will be awarded — $100, $50, $25. 10 honorable mentions will receive $10 gift certificates. Poem Requirements: Please send two copies of each poem, one with your name and contact info, another without any identifying information on it. No restrictions on length, subject or style. Judges: to be announced Deadline: July 15th, 2009 Send poems to: Sacramento Poetry Center Poetry...

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Narrative Magazine Poetry Contest

Deadline: July 15, 2009 Entry Fee:$15 Web site: www.narrativemagazine.com A prize of $1,500 and publication in Narrative Magazine will be given annually for a poem or group of poems. All entries will be considered for publication. The poetry editors will judge. Submit up to five poems with a $15 entry fee by July 15. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Narrative Magazine, Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 29272, San Francisco, CA 94129. Tom...

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Bright Lights Big Verse Contest

Four Winners will receive $750 each, plus a trip to New York City to read their winning poems at an event in Times Square on September 17th, 2009. Submission period: June 15 – July 15, 2009 The Poetry Society of America and the Times Square Alliance Help celebrate Times Square, and the qualities that Times Square represents—diversity, desire, dynamism and the marriage of commerce and culture—through poetry. For rules and entry...

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GRANDMOTHER EARTH XVI NATIONAL WRITING AWARDS

DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2009 (POSTMARK) GRANDMOTHER EARTH XVI NATIONAL WRITING AWARDS PO Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088 PHONE: 901-309-3692; E-mail: gmoearth@aol.com www.grandmotherearth.org Work can be unpublished or published. Money award entries (and selected finalists if permission is given) will be published in Grandmother Earth XIV. Rights to previously published work must belong to the author. No profanity or new age material will be accepted....

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