Genre: Poetry

John Updike Tucson Casitas Fellowship

John Updike Society
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
November 1, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and a two-week residency at the Mission Hill Casitas that John Updike owned and worked out of in Tucson is given annually for a group of poems or a work of fiction or nonfiction. The fellowship selection committee will judge. Submit five pages of poetry or prose (excerpts from a longer work are accepted), a brief bio, and a project description in a single PDF by November 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize

Saturnalia Books
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
November 1, 2025
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Saturnalia Books is given annually for a poetry collection in translation. Translators who identify as female (including those who are assigned-female-at-birth [AFAB] nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and intersex) and who are translating the work of a woman poet (including those who are AFAB nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and intersex) are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 120 pages with a $30 entry fee by November 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes

University of Wisconsin Press
Entry Fee: 
$28
Deadline: 
September 15, 2025
Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication by University of Wisconsin Press are given annually for poetry collections. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 50 to 90 pages with a $28 entry fee by September 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Honickman First Book Prize

American Poetry Review
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
October 1, 2025
A prize of $3,000 and publication by American Poetry Review is given annually for a debut poetry collection. The winning book is distributed by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium. Dorothea Lasky will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $25 entry fee by October 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Jake Adam York Prize

Copper Nickel
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
October 15, 2025
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Copper Nickel, by October 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Gerald Cable Book Award

Silverfish Review Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
October 15, 2025
A prize of $1,000, publication by Silverfish Review Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a debut poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes a copy of the winning book, by October 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Wisconsin Prize for Poetry in Translation

University of Wisconsin Press
Entry Fee: 
$28
Deadline: 
November 10, 2025
A prize of $1,500 and publication by University of Wisconsin Press is given annually for a poetry collection in translation. Daniel Borzutzky will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 75 to 250 pages of poetry including the matching selection in the original language, brief bios of the author and translator, a project description, and proof of permission to translate the work with a $28 entry fee by November 10. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship

Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
October 15, 2025
An award of approximately $76,000 is given annually to a U.S. poet for a year of travel and study outside of North America. Submit two copies of up to 40 pages of published or unpublished poetry, or two copies of a published poetry collection along with two copies of up to 20 pages of additional poetry by October 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Poetry Prize

Lightscatter Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
September 17, 2025
A prize of $1,000, multimodal publication by Lightscatter Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection or hybrid work by an emerging writer. Heid E. Erdrich will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $30 entry fee (waivers are available upon request and given based on financial need) by September 17. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Stegner Fellowships

Stanford University
Entry Fee: 
$55
Deadline: 
November 1, 2025
Ten fellowships, five in poetry and five in fiction, of $75,000 each per year to attend Stanford University’s two-year creative writing program are given annually for manuscripts of poetry and fiction. The creative writing faculty at Stanford University will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 15 pages of poetry or up to 9,000 words of prose, a statement of purpose, a statement on your participation as a workshop member, and contact information for two references with a $55 entry fee (waivers are available based on financial need) by November 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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