Genre: Poetry

Chapbook Contest

Comstock Review
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
October 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by Comstock Review, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Abayomi Animashaun will judge. Submit a manuscript of 25 to 34 pages with a $30 entry fee, which includes a copy of the winning chapbook, by October 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize

Persea Books
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
October 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Persea Books is given annually for a debut poetry collection by a writer who identifies as a woman. The winner also receives an optional six-week, all-expenses-paid residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy. Writers who are either U.S. citizens or who currently reside in the United States are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $30 entry fee by October 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Vassar Miller Prize

University of North Texas Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
October 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of North Texas Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee by October 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Portland Book Festival

September/October 2024

The 2024 Portland Book Festival, hosted by Literary Arts, was held on November 2 at six partner venues in Portland’s South Park Blocks. The festival’s third annual Cover to Cover program was held from October 28 to November 3 in multiple locations throughout the Portland area and included programming such as interactive book presentations, literature-inspired comedy shows, and storytelling events. The festival featured writing workshops, pop-up readings with local writers, and author discussions, taking place across ten stages and with over eighty authors, as well as a book fair.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Portland Book Festival, Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR 97205. (503) 227-2583. 

Contact City: 
Portland
Contact State: 
OR
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Minds on Fire Open Book Prize

Conduit Books & Ephemera
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
November 3, 2024
A prize of $1,500, publication by Conduit Books & Ephemera, and 30 author copies is given annually for a book of poetry. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by November 3. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Perugia Press Prize

Perugia Press
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
November 15, 2024
A prize of $2,000, publication by Perugia Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a writer who identifies as a woman. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 45 to 85 pages with either a $30 entry fee, which includes a Perugia Press title, or a $15 reduced-rate fee by November 15. There is no entry fee for BIWOC poets. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes

University of Wisconsin Press
Entry Fee: 
$28
Deadline: 
September 15, 2024
Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication by University of Wisconsin Press are given annually for poetry collections. Ron Wallace will judge. 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.

Wonder Mountain Desert Cabin

September/October 2024

The Wonder Mountain Desert Cabin, sponsored by You Joy Life, offers two-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the Wonder Mountain Open Source Center, 15 miles northeast of Joshua Tree National Park on the ancestral homelands of the Serrano, Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, and Mohave (Mojave) indigenous communities in California. Residents are provided with a private bedroom, desk, and patio in a newly renovated, ranch-style house, as well as shared bathrooms.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Wonder Mountain Desert Cabin, Wonder Mountain Open Source Space, 5268 Danby Road, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277. (206) 992-3932. Emily Baker, Founder and Director.

Emily Baker
Founder and Director
Contact City: 
Twentynine Palms
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
92277
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Vivian Shipley Poetry Award

Connecticut Poetry Society
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
September 30, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Connecticut River Review and on the Connecticut Poetry Society website is given annually for a single poem. Aaron Caycedo-Kimura will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than 80 lines each with a $15 entry fee by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

National Poetry Competition

Poetry Society of the United Kingdom
Entry Fee: 
$10
Deadline: 
October 31, 2024
A prize of £5,000 (approximately $6,504) and publication on the Poetry Society of the United Kingdom website is given annually for a single poem. A second-place prize of £2,000 (approximately $2,602) and a third-place prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,301) are also given. The top three winners will be published in Poetry Review. Poems written in English by poets from any country are eligible. Romalyn Ante, John McAuliffe, and Stephen Sexton will judge. Submit a poem of up to 40 lines with an £8 (approximately $10) entry fee by October 31. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

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