Poetry Contests

Quercus Review Poetry Series Annual Book Award, 2007

($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; 4896 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript (as requested)....

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The Marlboro Prize in Poetry

www.marlbororeview.com/mrcont.html (go to site above for entry form) Judge: Richard Jackson Mail entries to: the Marlboro Review, Inc. P.O. Box 243 Marlboro, Vermont 05344 The postmark deadline has been extended to May 30, 2007 Submit up to five poems (any length) and a $15.00 reading fee by May 30, 2007 (postmark date). Make checks payable to the Marlboro Review, Inc. No electronic submissions. No simultaneous submissions accepted for the...

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The New Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

Deadline: July 31, 2007 The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to everyone whether experienced or not. This competition welcomes anyone who loves to arrange words into beautiful art or to write a short story that is worth telling. And to all who have the ability to dream. Write your best short story or poem for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. (www.dreamquestone.com) Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty...

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MORTON MARR POETRY PRIZE

Thanks to Marilyn Klepak of Dallas, the Southwest Review gives an annual award of $1000 to a poem by a writer who has not yet published a first book of poetry. Owing to a generous supplemental donation by Mr. and Mrs. David T. Searls, Jr., we offer a second prize of $500. Contestants may submit no more than six poems in a “traditional” form (e.g., sonnet, sestina, villanelle, rhymed stanzas, blank verse, et al.). A cover letter with...

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Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes for 2007

www.dorothyprizes.org These prizes have been established by Marvin Rosenberg in memory of his late wife, Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg. The intent is to encourage the work of new, young poets. Several prizes varying from $1,000 up to as much as $25,000 will be awarded for the finest lyric poems celebrating the spirit of life. The competition is open to any writer under the age of 40 on November 6, 2007. All poets, published or unpublished, are...

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Donald Justice Poetry Award

www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/poetry/justiceaward.htm The distinguished American poet Donald Justice is recognized as one of the finest poets of the late twentieth century. The recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Bolingen Award, and numerous honors for his verse, Justice was a masterful and exacting craftsman, traits that define the award named in his honor. The award is made possible through the generosity of the Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards....

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