Genre: Poetry

Common Words

The Time Is Now
2.25.25

According to the Oxford English Corpus, a text corpus of twenty-first-century English with over two billion words collected from online and print sources produced by Anglophone countries, time, person, year, way, and day are the top five most common nouns in the English language. Browse through lists of the most common words, whether nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, or articles. Instead of making use of unusual language, write a poem that revolves around playing with the most common ones. Experiment with how you might be able to manipulate unconventional repetition, syntax, spacing, or grammar to express fresh and unexpected meanings.

Evie Shockley at Smith College

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In this event hosted by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College, Evie Shockley reads a selection of new poems, as well as some from her latest poetry collection, suddenly we (Wesleyan University Press, 2023), and discusses her vision for solidarity in these times in a conversation with Yona Harvey.

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2025

Patrycja Humienik

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In this episode of Tightwires with host Hiba Tahir, poet Patrycja Humienik talks about navigating grad school and writing, identity, and her debut collection, We Contain Landscapes (Tin House, 2025), which is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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March/April 2025

Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize

American Literary Translators Association
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 17, 2025
A prize of $6,000 is given annually for a book of poetry or a text from Zen Buddhism translated from an Asian language into English and published in the previous year. Publishers or translators may submit a book translated from Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, or Vietnamese into English and published in 2024 by March 17. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Lascaux Prize in Poetry

Lascaux Review
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
March 31, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Lascaux Review is given annually for a single poem. Previously published and unpublished poems are accepted. Using only the online submission system, submit up to five poems of any length with a $15 entry fee by March 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Trio Award for First or Second Book

Trio House Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
March 31, 2025
A prize of $1,000, publication by Trio House Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a poet living in the United States. Sierra DeMulder will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 120 pages and a brief bio with a $25 entry fee by March 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

National Translation Awards

American Literary Translators Association
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
March 17, 2025
Two prizes of $4,000 each are given annually for a book of poetry and a book of prose translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. For the poetry prize, poetry collections in translation are accepted; for the prose prize, short story collections, essay collections, novels, memoirs, and hybrid prose works in translation are accepted. Publishers may submit a book published in 2024 by March 17. The entry fee is $30 for presses that publish 10 or fewer titles each year and $50 for presses that publish more than 10 titles each year. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Poetry Prize

Marsh Hawk Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
April 30, 2025
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Marsh Hawk Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Elaine Equi will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 84 pages with a $30 entry fee by April 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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