Genre: Poetry

Prime Number Magazine Awards

Press 53
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
March 31, 2025
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Prime Number Magazine are given annually for a poem and a short story. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of up to three pages or a short story of up to 5,300 words with a $15 entry fee by March 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poetry Prize

Indiana Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
March 15, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Indiana Review is given annually for a single poem. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Indiana Review, by March 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poetry Prize

Saturnalia Books
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
April 1, 2025
A prize of $1,500, publication by Saturnalia Books, and 20 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Hadara Bar-Nadav will judge. All entries are also considered for the Alma Book Awards, which offer two prizes of $1,000 each and publication. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $30 entry fee by April 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Hillary Gravendyk Prizes

Inlandia Institute
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
April 30, 2025
Two prizes of $1,000 each, publication by the Inlandia Institute, and 20 author copies are given annually for a poetry collection by a U.S. resident and a poetry collection by a poet residing or working in Inland Southern California, including Riverside and San Bernardino Counties as well as any non-coastal area of Southern California, from Death Valley to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $20 entry fee by April 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

100-Word Writing Contest

Tadpole Press
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
April 30, 2025
A prize of $2,000 is given biannually for a work of flash poetry or prose. Submit a work of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction of up to 100 words with a $15 entry fee by April 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Berkshire Prize

Tupelo Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
May 31, 2025
A prize of $3,000, publication by Tupelo Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 88 pages with a $30 entry fee by April 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

James Laughlin Award

Academy of American Poets
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
May 15, 2025
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a second book of poetry by a living poet to be published in the next calendar year. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid weeklong residency at the Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Copies of the winning book are distributed to approximately 1,200 members of the Academy of American Poets. Using only the online submission system, U.S. publishers may submit a PDF of a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages that has come under contract for publication in 2026 by May 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Paul Engle Prize

Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 31, 2025
A prize of $25,000 is given annually to a writer “who, like Paul Engle, represents a pioneering spirit in the world of literature through writing, editing, publishing, or teaching, and whose active participation in the larger issues of the day has contributed to the betterment of the world through the literary arts.” Poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers are eligible. Submit a nomination, including the writer’s curriculum vitae and a statement about how the writer embodies the spirit of the prize, by March 31. Self-nominations are not accepted. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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