PALETTES & QUILLS BIENNIAL POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION $20 ENTRY FEE. $200 cash award plus 50 copies of the published book. Additional copies will be available at an author’s discount. All finalists will receive one free copy of the published book. Deadline September 30, 2014. Visit the website:  http://www.palettesnquills.com/palettes__quills_2nd_biennial_p.htm  

“Liam Rector First Book Prize for Poetry.  Briery Creek Press will be reading for the 2015 contest. Deadline:  May 31, 2014.  No late mss.  Winner receives publication, 50 copies, $1,000.  Entry fee: $20.00. All entries receive a copy of the winning book. Guidelines for SASE to: DPR/Briery Creek Department of English Longwood University 201 High Street Farmville, VA 23909  or visit: ...

TWO SYLVIAS PRIZE  — $15 ENTRY FEE. Winner receives his or her chapbook published as both print and ebook; 20 copies of the print version for the winner; $250 prize; and an amethyst depression-glass trophy cup (circa 1930’s). Submit 17-24 pages of poetry. Deadline June 16, 2014. Visit the website:  http://twosylviaspress.com/chapbook-prize.html  

$1000 prize plus publication of the winning manuscript by Able Muse Press. Finalists will also be considered for publication. Entry deadline: March 31, 2014 Final Judge: Molly Peacock Guidelines: Blind Judging by the Final Judge Molly Peacock. Initial screening by the Able Muse Editors. Entries may not be previously published, but individual poems and chapbook-length sections may have been if the previous publisher gives reprint permission....

 — $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/

Deadline
: March 31 2014 Award
: Publication, $1000 cash prize, and 25 contributor copies. 

 Eligibility
: This CutBank Chapbook competition is open to original English language manuscripts in the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. While previously published stand-alone pieces or excerpts may be included in a manuscript, the manuscript as a whole must be an unpublished work. Translations and previously self-published...