In this Poets & Writers event, 2026 Jackson Poetry Prize winner Marianne Boruch reads a selection of poems from her books Bestiary Dark (Copper Canyon Press, 2021); The Anti-Grief (Copper Canyon Press, 2019); and Cadaver, Speak (Copper Canyon Press, 2014); and joins Pádraig Ó Tuama for a conversation about the themes in her work.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.