Genre: Poetry

Poetry Prize

Fish Publishing
Entry Fee: 
$16
Deadline: 
March 31, 2025
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,029) and publication in the Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a single poem. The winner is also invited to read at the anthology launch event at the West Cork Literary Festival in July, along with nine finalists whose work will also be published in the anthology. Billy Collins will judge. Submit a poem of up to 60 lines with a €16 (approximately $16) entry fee for online entries or €19 (approximately $20) for postal entries by March 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Emerging Writer’s Contest

Ploughshares
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
May 15, 2025
Three prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Ploughshares are given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Each winner also receives a consultation with the literary agency Aevitas Creative Management. Writers who have not published a book or a chapbook with a print run of over 300 copies are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit three to five pages of poetry or up to 6,000 words of prose with a $30 entry fee (there is no entry fee for current subscribers), which includes a subscription to Ploughshares, by May 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award

Laura Boss Poetry Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
March 31, 2025
A prize of $5,000, publication by New York Quarterly Books, and 25 author copies is given annually for a collection of narrative poetry. The winner is also invited to give a reading in Paterson, New Jersey, in partnership with the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. Joe Weil will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 10 pages from a manuscript with a $25 entry fee (fee may be waived for those experiencing financial hardship) by March 31. Semi-finalists will be notified by June 1 and asked to submit full manuscripts of 70 to 90 pages by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Editor’s Prizes

Florida Review
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
April 15, 2025
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Florida Review are given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. The editors will judge. Submit up to five poems of any length or up to 30 pages of prose with a $25 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Florida Review, by April 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poetry International Prize

Poetry International
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
April 30, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a single poem. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length with a $15 entry fee ($3 for each additional poem) by April 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Sawako Nakayasu on Creativity and Translation

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In this event hosted by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, poet and translator Sawako Nakayasu reads from her books Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From (Wave Books, 2020) and Pink Waves (Omnidawn, 2023), and talks about the creative repetition inherent to translation and her relationship to improvisational forms in music and dance.

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Poetry
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Sawako Nakayasu
Helen Zell Writers' Program
University of Michigan
Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From
Wave Books
Pink Waves
Omnidawn
2024

La Baldi Residency

March/April 2025

The La Baldi Residency, sponsored by the arts collective Cultivate, will offer two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in apartments and a small terratetto house in the historic hilltop village of Montegiovi, Italy. Residents will stay in private lodging with a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and an outside sitting area. Some lodging options include a study. Individual writers and collaborative teams may apply.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
June 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 1, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.

Susan Main
Cultivate Director
Contact City: 
Montegiovi
Country: 
IT
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

March/April 2025

The 2025 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 26 to March 29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and also included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured panel discussions, readings, discussion rooms, and a bookfair. Prior to March 25, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, was $375 for nonmembers, $255 for members, $105 for seniors, and $70 for students.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
March 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 25, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 1, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.

Contact City: 
Los Angeles
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
90015
Country: 
US
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
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