National Poetry Series Ups the Ante
With help from the Lannan Foundation, one of America’s most prestigious poetry prizes has survived the threat of shutting its doors, instead increasing its monetary award tenfold.
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Flannery O’Connor Archive Sold to Emory, Nobel Judge Condemns Western “Professionalization” of Literature, and More
A growing market for children’s nonfiction; a hefty new compilation of Bob Dylan’s lyrics; J. K. Rowling’s Twitter riddle solved; and other news.
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Yale Receives Grant for Poetry Chair, Contest Judge on Poetry's "Irrelevance," and More
Illinois legislature revives “Amazon tax”; an open letter to Librarian of Congress James Billington; the state of Washington’s new poet laureate; and other news.
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96 Free Contests: Big Prizes, Zero Cost
More than 475 awards worth over $4,544,505 are available with no entry fees to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers this year.
Opportunities Overseas: Considering Contests in Other Countries
A poet seeks out the plentiful—and often profitable—foreign prizes open to American writers.
Winners on Winning (and Losing)
Six winners of recent writing contests in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction share the ways that winning has changed their lives and work, and how previous losses have paved the way to success.
The Aha! Moment: Carl Phillips, Judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize
The current judge for America’s oldest and most prestigious first-book prize for poets discusses his encounter with the poems from Blue Yodel, Ansel Elkins’s 2014 prize-winning collection, which will be published next year by Yale University Press.
Anatomy of Awards
An in-depth look at the numbers behind the grants and awards given to writers in 2013.
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Jack Handy Tackles Humor and Hawaii, Backwards Poetry, Roger Ebert’s London, and More
Deep Thoughts humorist pens novel about Hawaii; the art of reading poetry backwards; Roger Ebert lives on in London; the pitfalls of marrying a writer; and other news.
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The Smart Approach to Contest Submissions
Here are seven strategies for a more efficient (and hopefully more effective) process of submitting your work to contests.
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