$500/$300/$100 prize awards. academics.sru.edu/SlabLitMag/contestinfo.htm Judge: Lance Larsen, 2007 NEA Literature Fellow, and author of Erasable Walls and In All Their Animal Brilliance . Rules: All winners/finalists will be published in SLAB . All poems considered for publication. All manuscripts are submitted to the readers and judge anonymously. Current and former students of the judge are ineligible to enter. Postmark deadline is November...

home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/dhpcontests.html Guidelines & Information for 2007 The postmark deadline for entries to the 2007 Orphic Prize for Poetry is extended to December 1, 2007. To enter, submit 48-80 paginated pages of poetry, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, email address for results (No SASE; manuscripts will be recycled), and a $25.00 non-refundable fee for each manuscript entered. The winner is awarded $1000 and...

($1000 Stipend, Book Publication, & 50 Author Copies) www.quercusreview.com/QR%20POETRY%20BOOK%20AWARD.htm GUIDELINES MANUSCRIPTS should include a brief cover letter that includes author’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address, book title, and brief biography; an acknowledgments page listing previously published poems; table of contents; 48–96 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript (as...

Nightboat Books invites submissions to the 2007 Nightboat Books Poetry Prize, judged by Terrance Hayes. The winning poet receives $1,000 and a standard royalty contract, including 10 complimentary copies of the book. Previous winners include Jonathan Weinert (author of In the Mode of Disappearance, chosen by Brenda Hillman), Joshua Kryah (author of Glean, chosen by Donald Revell), and Juliet Patterson (author of The Truant Lover, chosen by Jean...

reading period begins Sept. 15, 2007 OPEN TO ALL POETS Winner receives $500 and copies of the winning chapbook. Manuscripts will be read anonymously by staff of BATEAU. Please, no submissions from students or close friends of the editors. Age and previous book publication are not considerations for eligibility. Poems published in periodicals may be included in the manuscript, but 50% of the work and, of course, the manuscript itself must be...

www.gmu.edu/pubs/phoebe/poetry_contest.htm Judge: Peter Gizzi Phoebe is sponsoring its annual Greg Grummer Poetry Award Contest. The author of the winning poem will receive $1000 and publication in the Fall issue of Phoebe. Past judges have included Carl Phillips, Brenda Hillman, Charles Wright, Claudia Keela, and Robert Creeley. Contest entries may include up to four poems (not to exceed a total of 10 pages). Please include a cover letter with...