Genre: Poetry

Neraki International Writers Workshops

January/February 2026

The 2026 Neraki International Writers Workshops will be held from June 5 to June 14 at a seaside private home and seminar space in Katigiorgis, Greece. The workshop features craft classes, generative writing sessions, small-group workshops, individual meetings with mentors, unstructured time for writing, and various wellness activities for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Paula Closson Buck and fiction and creative nonfiction writer Jim Buck.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
June 5, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 15, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Neraki International Writers Workshops, c/o Paula Closson Buck, 145 Jean Boulevard, Lewisburg, PA 17837. (570) 412-2366. Paula Closson Buck, Cofounder.

Paula Closson Buck
Contact City: 
Katigiorgis
Country: 
GR
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Writeaway in Italy

January/February 2026

Writeaways offers a weeklong retreat from April 10 to April 17 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers (including creative nonfiction writers) at the 17th century Villa Cinci and Villa Casanova located in the Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy. Residents are provided with time and space to write, writing workshops, private writing consultations, and a cooking class. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Mimi Herman and fiction and nonfiction writer John Yewell.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 10, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Writeaways, Writeaway in Italy, P.O. Box 62012, Durham, NC 27715. Mimi Herman and John Yewell, Codirectors.

Mimi Herman and John Yewell
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Tuscany
Country: 
IT
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network: Legacies Reading

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In this Green Apple Books event, the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents a night of readings featuring writers François Luong, Aimee Phan, Minnie Phan, and Thien Pham, sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library and San Francisco Arts Commission.

Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
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Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
François Luong
Aimee Phan
Minnie Phan
Thien Pham
San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco Arts Commission
reading
graphic novel
illustration
2025

Poetry and Comics

The Time Is Now
12.9.25

“It was happily free of theoretical ambitions, such as being avant-garde or radical or even funny,” writes Ron Padgett in the foreword to The Complete C Comics (New York Review Books, 2025), which collects the two issues of comic books created by Joe Brainard in collaboration with New York School poets in the 1960s. Brainard created the drawings and poets, such as Padgett, John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Frank O’Hara, and Peter Schjeldahl, provided text for speech balloons and captions. This week experiment with the energy and humor of this illustrative format. Take inspiration from classic comic book icons and characters and write a poem that channels the childlike playfulness of comics, giving them your own “adult” spin, perhaps incorporating elements of surrealism or parody, or even accompanying your own doodles and sketches.

Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award

Broadside Lotus Press
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 15, 2026

A prize of $500 and publication by Broadside Lotus Press is given annually for a poetry collection by an African American poet. Submit two copies of a manuscript of approximately 60 to 90 pages by March 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Pegasus Poetry Book Prize

Poetry Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
February 2, 2026

An award of $10,000 and publication by Graywolf Press will be given triennially for a poetry collection by a U.S. poet who is 40 years old or older. Poets who have published no more than one poetry collection are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages and an application by February 2. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required application form, which can be accessed via Poetry Foundation’s online portal (applicants must register for portal access by January 26), and complete guidelines.

Yeats Poetry Prize

WB Yeats Society of NY
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
February 1, 2026

A prize of $1,000 and publication on the WB Yeats Society of NY website is given annually for a single poem. The winner also receives a two-year membership to the organization and is invited to a ceremony in New York City. Joseph O. Legaspi will judge. Submit a poem of up to 60 lines with a $15 entry fee ($12 for each additional poem) by February 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Open Chapbook Competition

Finishing Line Press
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
February 15, 2026

A prize of $1,500 and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Leah Huete de Maines will judge. Submit a manuscript of 16 to 34 pages, a brief bio, and a cover letter with a $20 entry fee by February 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets

Poetry Northwest
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
February 15, 2026

Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Poetry Northwest are given annually for a single poem by an Indigenous poet. The winners also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to read with the judge at Poets House in New York City in the fall. Writers who have published no more than one full-length book and who are community-recognized members of tribal nations within the United States and its territories are eligible. A Native poet of national prominence will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each, a cover letter specifying any tribal affiliations and ties, and a brief bio by February 15. All entries are considered for publication. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Cardinal Poetry Prize

Wesleyan University Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
February 28, 2026

An award of $1,000 and publication by Wesleyan University Press will be given biennially for a poetry collection by a writer 40 years or older. The award will be given for a poet who has “taken their time and decided not to rush publication.” Poets who have yet to publish a collection or have not published a collection within the last ten years will be eligible. Robert Pinsky will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $25 entry fee by February 28. Financial assistance is available on request based on financial need. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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