Poetry Contests

Yale Younger Poets

yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/youngerpoets.asp#rules Submissions for the 2009 Competition must be postmarked no earlier than October 1, 2008 and no later than November 15, 2008. See Guidelines for Submission below for precise information regarding your entry. Rules Governing the Competition Each year, Yale University Press seeks one book-length poetry manuscript to be published in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The competition is open to any...

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Cervena Barva Poetry and Fiction Chapbooks Contests

www.cervenabarvapress.com/submissions.htm Accepting manuscripts November 1, 2008-January 31, 2009 Manuscripts postmarked after January 31st, will be returned. No manuscripts will be returned. For Poetry: 24 pages of poetry. 8 pages will be added automatically to the winning chapbook which will make the total 32 pages. Include the following: Title page with contact info Title page with just the title SASE for the announcement of the winning...

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The Crazyhorse Fiction Prize / The Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize

$2000 each and publication in Crazyhorse Online entry & postmark deadline: December 15, 2008 Enter your manuscript online at crazyhorse.cofc.edu or mail in How to enter prizes: enter your manuscript online at crazyhorse.cofc.edu (click “Fiction and Poetry Prize” link for full instructions), or enter by mailing in your paper manuscript of up to twenty-five pages fiction or up to three poems (10 pp. poetry max). More than one manuscript may...

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THE RHODE ISLAND WRITERS’ CIRCLE NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST

www.riwriterscircle.com POETRY COMPETITION Contest open to residents of the United States and Canada. DEADLINE: December 29, 2008. Accepting submissions now. RULES: Poems must be unpublished. LENGTH: 5 pages of poetry STYLE: Open: free or formal verse JUDGES: Poems are judged by an independent group of writers and poets. Final judge: Patricia Fargnoli, New Hampshire Poet Laureate. AWARDS: First, second, and artistic merit awards. First Place:...

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2008 Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest

www.franklin-christoph.com/Writing/PoetryContest.html We will award $2500 in total prizes, including the $1000 cash grand prize. 10 Merit Award Winners will receive $150 writing instruments. Submission Period Entries accepted June 1-Nov 30 (postmark dates), 2008. What to Submit Original, unpublished poem of any theme. Limit of 2 entries per contestant. Entries should not exceed 100 lines each. Prizes First Prize, $1,000 cash and publication on...

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Columbia Contests

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is now accepting submissions for our 2009 Contests in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction. Winning entries in each category will be awarded $500 and will be published in Issue 47, due out in the spring of 2009. All entrants will receive a copy of Columbia. http://www.columbiajournal.org/contests.htm Judges: Diane Williams, fiction Philip Lopate, nonfiction Henri Cole, poetry Deadline: Dec. 1, 2008 Entry...

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