Genre: Poetry

Book Prize

Center for African American Poetry and Poetics/Autumn House Press
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
February 15, 2025
A prize of $3,000 and publication by Autumn House Press is given annually for a first or second poetry collection (or a work that intersects with poetry, including hybrid text, speculative prose, and/or translation) by a writer of African descent. Cameron Awkward-Rich will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit 48 to 168 pages of poetry or poetry-adjacent work by February 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Morse Code Poetry Contest

High Frequency Press
Entry Fee: 
$35
Deadline: 
February 3, 2025
A prize of $1,500, publication by High Frequency Press, and 25 author copies will be given annually for a poetry collection. The winner will also have 15 poems published for digital download through the press’s website. Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of up to 90 pages with a $35 entry fee by February 3. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Prize for Poetry and Medicine

Hippocrates Prize
Entry Fee: 
$8
Deadline: 
February 14, 2025
A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,271) and publication in the Hippocrates Prize anthology is given annually for a single poem on a medical theme. A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,271) and publication in the Hippocrates Prize anthology and on the website is also given for a single poem on a medical theme written by a health professional. Submit a poem of up to 50 lines with a £6 entry fee (approximately $8) by February 14. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Creative Writing Fellowships

National Endowment for the Arts
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 12, 2025
Approximately 35 grants of $25,000 each are given annually in alternating years to poets and prose writers to “enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.” This year fellowships will be given in fiction and creative nonfiction. Writers who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States and who have published at least five short stories, essays, or novel or memoir excerpts in two or more literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or other publications that regularly feature literature; a novel or novella; a short story collection or volume of short fiction; or a volume of creative nonfiction between January 1, 2015, and March 12, 2025, are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of 20 to 25 pages of prose, a brief project description, and a list of publications by March 12. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Translation Projects Fellowship

National Endowment for the Arts
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 16, 2025
Approximately 20 grants of up to $25,000 each are given annually to translators of poetry and prose. Writers who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States and who have published, alone or in collaboration, at least 20 pages of literary translation in digital or print publications, or at least one book or other volume of translation of at least 20 pages between January 1, 2010, and January 16, 2025, are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit 10 to 15 pages of translation along with the corresponding pages from the original work, a project description, a bio, a résumé for the original author, a justification of retranslation (if applicable), a list of published translations into English, and proof of the right to translate the specified work by January 16. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

First/Second Poetry Book Contest

Omnidawn Publishing
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
February 16, 2025
A prize of $3,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Daniela Naomi Molnar will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 40 to 90 pages with a $30 entry fee by February 16. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Pages

Subscribe to Poetry