Postmark deadline: July 15, 2014. The annual Rattle Poetry Prize offers $5,000 for a single poem to be published in the winter issue of the magazine. Ten finalists will also receive $100 each and publication, and be eligible for the $1,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber and entrant vote. With the winners judged in a blind review by the editors to ensure a fair and consistent selection, an entry fee that is simply a...

2014 Houston Writers Guild Fall Contest is open for submission! Entry fee $35 for fiction/nonfiction. $25 for poetry. Open to all writers, regardless of publishing status. Winners will be announced at our annual Fall Conference. $75 prize awarded to first place in each category. Entering is easy. Deadline is September 1, 2014. For more information visit:  http://houstonwritersguild.org/contests

The 2014 Grayson Books Poetry Prize, open to all poets writing in English, is accepting submissions! Deadline is Aug. 15th, 2014. Use below link to submission manager for electronic submission or visit our website: Submit or send with your fee of $25 to Grayson Books, PO 270549, West Hartford, CT 06127. If sending by mail, include two cover pages (one with complete contact info, one with no contact info) along with your 50-80 page manuscript,...

Vallum Award for Poetry 2014 DEADLINE JULY 15, 2014 (postmark) 1st Prize: $750 2nd Prize: $250 + publication in Vallum   Some of the best poets in the world have graced the pages of Vallum: Contemporary Poetry. Get your word on! Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished poetry submissions for the Vallum Award for Poetry 2014. ENTRY FEE: $25 CDN for Canadian residents, $25 USD for international entrants, which includes a free...

£5 ENTRY FEE. FREE FOR YOUTH. Deadline August 31, 2014. Prizes offered in two categories for a poem on ‘Conflict and Community’. Entries may want to focus on particular conflicts and their effect on a community or write from the perspective of an individual experiencing conflict. OPEN CATEGORY (Over 16s). 1st: £250, 2nd: £150, 3rd: £100. Poems, up to 40 lines, in English. YOUNG CATEGORY (Under 18s). 1st: book tokens, 2nd: book...

SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY COMPETITION Closing Date: 31-August-2014 For original, previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style up to 50 lines long. This competition is open to all poets regardless of nationality, living anywhere in the world. Judge: WILL DAUNT. Prizes: £200 (First), £75 (Second), £50 (Third), £20 x 3 (High Commendation). The winners and commended poems will receive first publication in...