Poetry Contests

2009 Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award

www.usi.edu/RopeWalk/Wilhelmus%20Award.asp Guidelines RopeWalk Press will award a prize of $1000 for a poetry chapbook written in English submitted under the following guidelines. Each submission must: Be available for exclusive book-length publication by RopeWalk Press. Poems published individually in journals or magazines may be included. Previously self-published chapbooks and translations are not eligible. Simultaneous submissions are...

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The First Annual Robert & Adele Schiff Prose and Poetry Prizes

www.cincinnatireview.com The Cincinnati Review will award a single poem and a prose piece (fiction or creative nonfiction) with publication and a prize of $300 each. Writers may submit up to 8 pages of poetry or 6,000 words of prose, per entry. Previously published manuscripts, including works that have appeared online (in any form), will not be considered. There are no restrictions as to form, style, or content; all entries will be Entry fee...

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Elixir Press Tenth Annual Poetry Contest

www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html#poetrycontest Elixir Press is sponsoring a poetry contest open to all poets writing in English. There will be a Judge’s Prize of $2,000 and an Editors’ Prize of $1,000. Both winning manuscripts will be published by Elixir Press. All entries will be considered for publication. An outside judge, to be announced later, will make the final decision for the first prize. The editors will make the final decision for...

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Two Review 2009 POETRY CONTEST

tworeview.googlepages.com/TwoReviewPoetryContest2009Color.pdf JUDGE: SHOLEH WOLPÉ 1ST PRIZE: $100 2ND PRIZE: $50 3RD PRIZE: $25 Prizes include publication in the 2010 issue of Two Review. All submissions considered for publication. Sholeh Wolpé is a poet, visual artist and playwright. She is the author of Sin – Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad (University of Arkansas Press), The Scar Saloon (Red Hen Press), Rooftops of Tehran (Red Hen...

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Writers Alliance of Gainesville Bacopa Annual Literary Journal Contest

www.bacopaonline.com Contest Submission Period: July 1 through October 31, 2009 Prizes (Each Genre) First Place–$350.00 Second Place–$75.00 Honorable Mention–Authors and Titles listed in Bacopa. First and Second Place winners and selected Honorable Mention winners will be published. All authors whose work is published in Bacopa will receive one free copy. Notification First, Second and Honorable Mention winners will be notified via email. All...

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Fourth River Award for Poetry and Creative Nonfiction

http://fourthriver.chatham.edu/submit.cfm We are looking for poetry and creative nonfiction that capture the places—natural, built and imagined, urban, rural or wild—where humans and nature converge and collide. First place winner in each category will be published in the Fourth River and will receive a $500 cash prize upon publication. Contest judges to be announced. Contest Guidelines Submissions should be postmarked no later than October 15,...

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