Genre: Poetry

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.

Terry J. Cox Poetry Award

Regal House Publishing
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
January 31, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Regal House Publishing is given annually for a poetry collection. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee by January 31. Visit the website for the required entry form and 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.

Poetry Prize

Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$10
Deadline: 
March 15, 2025
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a single poem. Alicia Ostriker will judge. Submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each with a $10 entry fee by March 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Iowa Review Awards

Iowa Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
January 31, 2025
Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in Iowa Review are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 10 pages of poetry or up to 25 pages of prose with a $20 entry fee between January 1 and January 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Claire Keyes Poetry Award

Salem State University
Entry Fee: 
$10
Deadline: 
February 1, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Soundings East, the annual literary journal of Salem State University, is given annually for a group of poems. Shangyang Fang will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit 8 to 10 pages of poetry (no more than one poem per page) with a $10 entry fee (or $15, which includes a copy of the latest issue of Soundings East) by February 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Literary Artist Fellowships

Mississippi Arts Commission
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 1, 2025
Grants of up to $5,000 each are given in alternating years to Mississippi poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. This year the fellowships will be offered in creative nonfiction. Applicants must be permanent residents of Mississippi. Students enrolled full-time in a degree-granting program are ineligible. Using only the online submission system, submit 15 to 20 pages of prose written in the past five years, a résumé, a brief bio, a writer’s statement, and a fellowship impact statement by March 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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