Poets! Are you snowbound? Have you been woodshedding over the winter, poring over your poems, trying to get them published in a magazine or put together a book manuscript? Then maybe now that spring approaches, it’s time to think about sending your poems off to be judged in a publication contest. Here’s a sampling of upcoming competition deadlines:
- Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prizes, First Book competition and Open competition (postmark deadline February 16)
- Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry from Sarabande Books (postmark deadline February 16)
- National Poetry Series, five book publication awards with HarperCollins Publishers, Coffee House Press, University of Georgia Press, Penguin Books, and Fence Books (postmark deadline February 16)
- New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition from Finishing Line Press (postmark deadline February 28)
- The American Poetry Journal Book Prize from Dream Horse Press (postmark deadline February 28)
- Fence Modern Poets Series (postmark deadline February 28)
- Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Award (postmark deadline February 28)
- Sawtooth Poetry Prize from Ahsahta Press (postmark deadline March 1)
- The Washington Prize from The Word Works (postmark deadline March 1)
- Del Sol Press Poetry Prize from webdelsol (postmark deadline March 15)
- Grub Street Book Prize in Poetry for books published in 2009 or 2010 (postmark deadline March 15)
- The Shenandoah/Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers (with one published book, postmark deadline March 31)
- Four Way Books Intro Poetry Prize (postmark or online submission deadline March 31)
- Passager Poetry Contest for Writers Over 50 (postmark deadline April 1)
- Robert Watson Poetry Award from Spring Garden Press and storySouth (postmark or online entry deadline April 2)
- Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse First Book Competition (postmark deadline April 15)
- Richard Peterson Poetry Prize from Crab Orchard Review (postmark deadline April 30)
- Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize (postmark deadline April 30)
- The Anhinga Prize for Poetry (postmark deadline May 1)
- Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Award (postmark deadline May 15)
- New Letters Prize for Poetry (postmark deadline May 18)
- Main Street Rag Chapbook Contest (email entry deadline May 18, postmark deadline May 31)
- Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize from Calyx (postmark deadline May 31)
- The Bordighera Poetry Prize for Italian American poets (postmark deadline May 31)
- Field Poetry Prize from Oberlin College (postmark deadline May 31)
- “What’s Really Wrong with Poetry Book Contests?,” by David Alpaugh
- How to put together a poetry manuscript for publication
- “A Word To the Wise: On entering your poems in competition,” by Kurt Heintz
- “You Do It Because You Love It,” by S.A. Griffin
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More contest links
A Roundup of Poetry Contest Deadlines originally appeared on About.com Poetry on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 23:39:10.
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