Tebot Bach announces The Patricia Bibby First Book Award $1,000 and Book Publication Patricia Bibby was a beginning poet whose poems expressed her love of life while living with cancer. Her kindness, humor, and optimism inspired the love of many new friends in the poetry community. She died in 2004, at 43, without having been published. In naming the First Book Award after Patricia Bibby, Tebot Bach honors the aspirations and spirit of all...

The Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award in Poetry www.ohiostatepress.org The Ohio State University Press and The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, invite submissions for the 2007 Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award. Each year, a readers’ committee of OSU poets and a final judge select one full-length poetry manuscript for publication by The Ohio State University Press. The winner also...

2007 Judge: Patty Seyburn 2007 Deadline: October 1 The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books’ annual competition for a first full-length collection of poems by a woman writing in English between the ages of 18 and 39. It is named after Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. Guidelines for the Gatewood Prize Switchback Books editors will select at least 10 finalists and a judge will select the prizewinner, who will...

Judge: Harryette Mullen A prize of $1,000 plus book publication by Kore Press will be given for a book-length poetry manuscript. www.korepress.org/firstbook/firstbook2007.htm Deadline: July 31st, 2007 Ethics Statement We endorse and agree to comply with the following statement released by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses: CLMP’s community of independent literary publishers believes that ethical contests serve our shared goal:...

www.perseabooks.com/LexiRudnitskyPrize.html The Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize is a collaboration between Persea Books and The Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Project. It sponsors the annual publication of a poetry collection by an American woman poet who has yet to publish a book of poems. The winner receives $1000.00 and publication of her collection by Persea. Submitted manuscripts should include a title page, containing the author’s name, the...