Genre: Poetry

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 Submit two copies of up to 40 pages of published or unpublished poetry, or two copies of a published poetry collection along with two copies of up to 20 pages of additional poetry by October 15.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.

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.

Steve Kowit Poetry Prize

San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
October 15, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in San Diego Poetry Annual is given annually for a single poem. The winner also receives an invitation to read at an award ceremony in April 2026. Maria Mazziotti Gillan will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of any length with a $15 entry fee, which includes a digital copy of San Diego Poetry Annual, by October 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest

Winning Writers
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
October 1, 2025
Two prizes of $3,500 each, two-year gift certificates for membership to the literary database Duotrope, and publication on the Winning Writers website are given annually for a poem in any style and a poem that either rhymes or is written in a traditional style. Briana Grogan, Michal ‘MJ’ Jones, and Dare Williams will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit any number of poems of up to 250 lines each with a $25 entry fee for each submission of up to three poems by October 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Evaristo Prize for African Poetry

African Poetry Book Fund
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
November 1, 2025
A prize of $1,500 is given annually for a group of poems by an African poet who has not published a full-length collection. Writers who were born in Africa, who are nationals or residents of an African country, or whose parents are African are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit 10 published or unpublished poems of up to 40 lines each by November 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for 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.

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.

Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition

Yale University Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Yale University Press is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has not published a full-length book of poetry and who resides in the United States. The winner also receives a writing fellowship at the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut. Monica Youn will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by November 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

International Short Story and Poetry Awards

Bedford Competition
Entry Fee: 
$11
Deadline: 
October 31, 2025
Two prizes of £2,000 (approximately $2,680) each and publication in the Bedford Competition anthology are given annually for a poem and a short story. Fran Lock will judge in poetry, and Toby Litt will judge in fiction. Submit a poem of up to 40 lines or a short story of up to 3,000 words with an £8.50 (approximately $11) entry fee by October 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Emily Dickinson Award for Poetry

LitMag
Entry Fee: 
$18
Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
A prize of $1,500 and publication in LitMag is given annually for a single poem. The winner will also have their work reviewed by agents Amy Bishop-Wycisk (Trellis Literary Management), Kelsey Day (Aragi, Inc.), Hailey Hedemann (William Morris Endeavor), PJ Mark (Janklow & Nesbit), Rayhané Sanders (Massie McQuilkin & Altman), and Emily Wescott (Creative Artists Agency). The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems with an $18 entry fee by November 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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