Thursday, November 27, 2008

Chapbook Contest Deadline: Jan. 15, 2009

The Annual Del Sol Press Poetry Disease


Eligible Entry: 50-100 pages of poetry

Open to: Employees, volunteers, and board members of Web del Sol, their partners, spouses, and immediate families, and immediate family, friends, and former students of the judge are not eligible.

Entry Fee: $24, includes copy of the winning book

Prize: $1200 & publication

Chapbook Contest Deadline: Feb. 29, 2009

The American Poetry Journal Book Prize
Dream Horse Press

Eligible Entry: 50-65 pages of poetry

Open to: Everyone except students and relatives of the editor

Entry Fee: $25

Prize: 1st Prize: $1000, publication, & 20 copies of the book

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Acrostic Contest - Deadline February 14, 2009

Fanstory.com

Eligible Entry: original acrostic love poem

Open to: members of Fanstory.com

Entry Fee: none

Prize: 1st Prize: $100 pre-paid Visa

Friday, November 21, 2008

Single Poem Contest- Deadline: Dec. 31, 2008

Blue Mountain Arts

Eligible Entry: original poem about a special person or occassion in English

Open to: Employees of SPS Studios and their families are not eligible.

Entry Fee: none

Prize: 1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $150
3rd Prize: $50

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Single Poem Contest- Deadline: Nov. 30, 2008

Five Points James Dickey Prize for Poetry

Eligible Entry: up to 3 unpublished poems, each no more than 50 lines

Open to: No restrictions indicated

Entry Fee: $20, includes subscription to Five Points, a literature & art journal

Prize: $1,000 plus publication in Five Points

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Chapbook Contest Deadline: Dec. 15, 2008

Gival Press Poetry Award

Eligible Entry: at least 45 pages of original poetry

Open to: No restrictions indicated.

Entry Fee: $20

Prizes: $1,000 plus publication. The poet receives 20 copies of the published chapbook.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Chapbook Deadline: Jan. 15, 2009

The John Ciardi Prize for Poetry
BkMk Press

Eligible Entry: 50-110 pages of original poems

Open to: No restrictions indicated

Entry Fee: $25

Prizes: 1st Prize: $1,000 plus publication

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Single Poem Contest- Deadline: Dec. 31, 2008

Merton Prize For Poetry of the Sacred

Eligible Entry: one original, unpublished poem in English, 100 lines or less

Open to: No restrictions indicated

Entry Fee: No entry fee

Prizes: 1st Prize: $500 plus publication in The Merton Seasonal;
$100 for 3 honorable mentions

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Sonnet Contest- Deadline November 15, 2008

Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award

Eligible Entry: original, unpublished sonnet in English
Open to: No restrictions indicated
Entry Fee: $3/ sonnet
Prizes: 1st Prize: $1,000 plus publication in Measure
poems of the 11 finalists will also be published

Monday, July 28, 2008

Sow's Ear Poetry Prize- Deadline Nov. 01, 2008

The Sow's Ear Poetry Competitions

Eligible Entry: unpublished poem postmarked from Sept. 01, 2008-Nov. 01, 2008

Open to: No restrictions indicated online. Guidelines available via email: errol@kitenet.net Contact name: Errol Hess, managing editor

Entry Fee: $20/ 5 poems

Prizes: 1st Prize: $1,000

All contestants receive a year's subscription to Sow's Ear Poetry Review.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

White Lotus Haiku Contest Deadline December 31, 2008

White Lotus Haiku Contest

Eligible Entry: original, unpublished haiku in 3-line traditional or contemporary form

Open to: poets over the age of 13

Entry Fee: $5/ 3 haiku; $2/ 1 haiku

Prizes: 1st Place- $100.00
2nd Place- $50.00
3rd Place- $25.00

Winners will also receive a poetry certificate, copy of his/her winning poem, and a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place ribbon. The top ten placing haiku will be published in Shadow Poetry's White Lotus Magazine in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue.

Poetry Contest Deadline: December 31, 2008

Shadows Ink Poetry Contest

Eligible Entry: unpublished poem, 24-line maximum, any subject, 10 poem limit per poet

Open to: no restrictions mentioned

Entry Fee: $5/ poem

Prizes: 1st Place- $100.00, Chapbook Publication Deal, and a Shadows Ink Chapbook
2nd Place- $75.00 and a Shadows Ink Chapbook
3rd Place- $35.00 and a Shadows Ink Chapbook

Unpublished Poetry Collection Deadline: October 31, 2008

T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry

Eligible Entry: 60-100 original, unpublished poems

Open to: no restrictions mentioned

Entry Fee: $25

Prizes: $2,000 and publication

Monday, July 21, 2008

Chapbook Up to 40 Pages Deadline: December 1, 2008

Slipstream Poetry Contest

Eligible Entry: up to 40 pages of unpublished poetry

Open to: no restrictions mentioned

Entry Fee: $20

Prizes: $1,000 prize plus 50 professionally-printed copies of your book

Everyone who enters the poetry contest receives a copy of the winning chapbook plus one complimentary issue of Slipstream magazine.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

50-100 Page Chapbook Deadline: September 30,2008

May Swenson Poetry Prize/ Utah State University

Eligible Entry: unpulished manuscript of 50-100 pages of poetry

Open to: no restriction on form or subject, poems must be in English

Entry Fee: $25

Prizes: $1,000, publication and royalties