Poetry Contests

Contest for Emerging Poets: Boulevard

www.richardburgin.net/boulevard/id16.html $1,000 and publication in Boulevard awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press RULES 1. The poems may be a sequence or unrelated. All entries must be postmarked by May 15, 2007. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously accepted or published work is ineligible. Entries will be judged by the editors of...

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2007 PEARL POETRY PRIZE

$1,000 & BOOK PUBLICATION Judge: David Hernandez www.pearlmag.com/contests.html GUIDELINES MANUSCRIPTS should include a title page with the author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address; an acknowledgment page listing previously published poems; a table of contents, 48­64 pages of original poetrry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. Manuscripts should be unbound, typed, pages numbered, and name should appear on...

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The Annual Dream Horse Press Poetry Chapbook Prize

Guidelines & Information for 2007 The postmark deadline for entries to the 2007 Dream Horse Press National Poetry Chapbook Prize is May 31, 2007. To enter, submit 16-24 paginated pages of poetry, double spaced* in a readable font, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, email for results (No SASE), and a $15.00 non-refundable fee for each manuscript entered. All manuscripts will be recycled. The winner will receive $500 and 25 copies of a...

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FOURTH ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE

Submission Deadline: April 30, 2007 CONTEST JUDGE: David Shapiro www.marshhawkpress.org David Shapiro has published nine books of poetry, most recently A BURNING INTERIOR (2003), several books of art criticism, a study of John Ashbery’s poetry. His SELECTED POEMS will appear in 2007. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of the Humanities. In 1971, he was nominated for the National...

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Bellevue Literary Review Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry

www.BLReview.org Now accepting entries for the 2008 Bellevue Literary Review Prizes in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Seeking exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. Deadline 8/1/07. $1000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Rick Moody) $1000 Poetry Prize (Judge: Marie Howe) $1000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Richard Selzer) Entry fee $15 ($20 includes subscription). Visit www.BLReview.org for details and to submit....

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The 2007 Happy Hour Poetry Awards

www.alehousepress.com/ $1500, Best Poem $125: Four Runners Up Postmark Deadline:nbsp July 1st, 2007 Contest Rules: Contest open to all poets across the country and around the world. Maximum length: 40 lines per poem. Any topic. Any form. All entries considered for publication in the Spring 2008 issue of Alehouse. All entries must be typed. Please include an SASE for notification. All manuscripts will be recycled. Please do not send your only...

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