Genre: Poetry

Prayer by January Gill O’Neil

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“Tonight I pray to the god / of small children and broken toys,” reads January Gill O’Neil from her poem “Prayer” in this installment of the P.O.P. series, shot and edited by Rachel Eliza Griffiths in partnership with the Academy of American Poets. O’Neil’s fourth collection, Glitter Road (CavanKerry Press, 2024), is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Disability Poetics: Cyrée Jarelle Johnson

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In this video for the Disability Poetics series, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson speaks about the intersection between disability and enslavement, and reads his poem “Eating the Other,” which appears in his second poetry collection, Watchnight (Nightboat Books, 2024). Watchnight is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Southampton Writers Conference

The 49th annual Southampton Writers Conference was held from July 10 to July 14 at the Stony Brook Southampton campus in Southampton, New York, located on the Atlantic coast 90 miles east of New York City. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings and an agent panel. The faculty included poets Billy Collins and Diana Khoi Nguyen, fiction writer Julia Phillips, fiction and nonfiction writers Matthew Klam and Frederic Tuten, and memoirist Nadia Owusu.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
August 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Southampton Writers Conference, Stony Brook Southampton, Chancellors Hall, 239 Montauk Highway, Southampton, NY 11968. (631) 632-5007. Christian McLean, Conference Director. 

Christian McLean
Conference Director
Contact City: 
Southampton
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
11968
Country: 
US

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

The 34th annual Sewanee Writers’ Conference was held from July 16 to July 28 on the campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. The conference featured workshops, special topics classes, lectures, one-on-one meetings with faculty, and readings for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Marianne Chan, Eduardo C.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
August 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sewanee Writers’ Conference, University of the South, 735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37383. 

Contact City: 
Sewanee
Contact State: 
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
37383
Country: 
US

National Black Writers Conference

The 17th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) was held from March 20 to March 23 at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
August 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

National Black Writers Conference, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225. Charlotte Hunter, Chief of Staff. 

Charlotte Hunter
Chief of Staff
Contact City: 
New York
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
11225
Country: 
US

Nimrod Literary Awards

Nimrod International Journal
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
April 1, 2024

Two prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Nimrod International Journal are given annually for a poem or a group of poems and a work of fiction.

Ou-telier Residency

The Ou Gallery’s Ou-telier program offers two- and four-week residencies starting on the 1st and 17th of every month year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in a historic boatbuilding workshop in the Cowichan Valley/unceded Quw’utsun territory on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Residents are provided with a studio and a private bedroom in shared suites each equipped with a kitchen and bathroom.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
August 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Ou-telier Residency, The Ou Gallery, 3091 Agira Road, Duncan, BC V9L 3Y3, Canada. Barclay Rose, Cofounder. 

Barclay Rose
Cofounder
Contact City: 
Vancouver Island
Contact State: 
BC
Country: 
CA

Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize

Ashland Poetry Press
Entry Fee: 
$27
Deadline: 
May 1, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by Ashland Poetry Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Matthew Rohrer will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 96 pages with a $27 entry fee by May 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Antivenom Poetry Award

Elixir Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
March 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Elixir Press is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Kathleen Winter will judge. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $30 entry fee by March 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Prizes

Indiana Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
March 15, 2024
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Indiana Review are given annually for a single poem and an essay. Submit up to three poems of any length or a work of prose of up to 6,000 words with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Indiana Review, by March 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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