Poetry Contests

32nd Annual SouthWest Writers International Competition

Visit swwcontest.com for complete rules and entry form. Entries are open from February 1 to May 1, 2014 and may be submitted after May 1 until May 15 with payment of a late fee. Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2014 Categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Poetry Entry Fees: Poetry: $10 for SouthWest Writers members, $20 for all other entrants. All entries except poetry: $20 for SouthWest Writers members, $30 for all other entrants....

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William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition

Deadline Thursday, May 1, 2014  Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Entry Fees: Between $10 and $200 depending on category and manuscript length. Prizes: Between $750 and $7,500 depending on category Description: Accepting entries in eight categories: novel, novella, book-length narrative nonfiction, novel-in-progress, short story, essay, poetry and short story by a high school student. Only unpublished work accepted. No self-published or...

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The New Guard IV contests in fiction and poetry are open

THE NEW GUARD VOLUME IV contest submission period runs from February 10 to July 14, 2014. The entry fee is $15. Guidelines are below. Click the link below to submit via Submittable’s online submission manager. We are looking forward to reading your work! MACHIGONNE FICTION CONTEST: $1,000 for an exceptional fiction in any genre. Submit up to 5,000 words: anything from flash to the long story. Novel excerpts are welcome if the excerpt...

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KEEP THE RODEO ALIVE! SUBMIT TO THE ROUND UP!

Howdy Partners! The Round Up Writer’s Zine is currently courting fresh, new and relatively unpublished writers to submit short stories, poetry, or essays/musings for the 3rd installment. The Round Up Writer’s Zine is an online literary magazine devoted to transgressive pieces, dark humor and works laced in sarcasm. In fact we are partisan to works that are edgy and/or possibly offensive. If this sounds like the type of literature...

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Dreaming Poetry Competition

Deadline Thursday, April 3, 2014 Category: Poetry Entry Fees £5.00 per poem or free to Creative Competitor Premier Members Prizes 1st Prize: £300.00 2nd Prize: £200.00 3rd Prize: £150.00 4th Prize: £75.00 Description Create a poem about dreaming. You can interpret the theme in any way that you like but do make sure that your entry adheres to the rules. Maximum 20 lines. Poems must be written in English. Multiple submissions are acceptable...

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THE IDAHO POETRY PRIZE

 — $25 ENTRY FEE. $1,000 plus publication by Lost Horse Press for a book-length poetry manuscript. Submit a manuscript of 48 or more pages of poetry. Deadline May 15, 2014. Mail manuscripts of 48 or more pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page. Visit the website for details:  http://www.losthorsepress.org/the-idaho-prize/

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