Deadlines: April & May
Every 15th of the month: new deadlines, new contests, and new opportunities for your voice to find the world. The next six weeks include: our own Palette Poetry Prize (closes today!), the Idyllwild Fellowship, the BOAAT Chapbook Prize, Prairie Schooner and more.
DEADLINE: 4/15
FEATURED: 2019 Palette Poetry Prize
We are thrilled to offer the Palette Poetry Prize for 2019: $4000 and publication. We are seeking one excellent poem that speaks to what poetry is and can be for our world today. Send us your incandescent heart on the page. The winner will be selected by our guest judge, Edward Hirsch.
Reading Fee: $20
DEADLINE: 4/15
A Public Space
Send up to five poems.
Reading Fee: $0
DEADLINE: 4/15
2020 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize
The University of Arkansas Press and the Radius of Arab American Writers are accepting submissions to the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. The prize awards $1,000 and publication of a first or second book of poetry to a writer of Arab heritage. The series is edited by Fady Joudah and Hayan Charara.
Reading Fee: $25
DEADLINE: 4/15
2020 CantoMundo Poetry Prize
Series editors Deborah Paredez and Carmen Giménez Smith will select a winning manuscript by a Latino/a poet to receive $1,000 and publication by University of Arkansas Press. “The series is open to all US-based Latina/o writers—not just those who have been or are currently CantoMundo Fellows—regardless of citizenship status or previous publication record.”
Reading Fee: $28
DEADLINE: 4/16
Idyllwild Arts Poetry Fellowship
Submissions are now open for six fully funded fellowships to the 2019 Writers Week at Idyllwild Arts. The fellowship covers tuition, meals and housing on campus. Fellowship recipients are responsible for their own transportation to and from Idyllwild, CA. Send up to 10 pages of poetry.
Reading Fee: $15
DEADLINE: 4/30
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
The Starrett Prize is the only avenue for first full-length poetry manuscripts offered by University of Pittsburgh Press. The prize awards publication, $5,000 and a standard royalty contract.
Reading Fee: $25
DEADLINE: 4/30
Waxwing
One of our favorite journals around. “Waxwing publishes poems that sing—of the self, but also of the world. We love poems that love language, love it like a lover, and so wrestle and caress and grind and tease, for the pleasure of it but also the weight of it.”
Reading Fee: $0
DEADLINE: 4/30
Beloit Poetry Journal’s Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry
The award is a $1,500 prize for a single poem. Send 1-3 poems—long poems accepted! This year’s judge is Patricia Smith.
Reading Fee: $15
DEADLINE: 4/30
Lunch Ticket
The literary and arts journal of the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA program is accepting poetry submissions of up to 3 poems (no more than 10 pages). Multilingual submissions are accepted.
Reading Fee: $0
DEADLINE: 4/30
The 2019 BOAAT Book Prize
The award is open to emerging poets who have not yet published a full-length collection. One winner will receive a $1,000 honorarium and 50 free author copies of the published book. Manuscripts should be 48 to 100 pages and will be judged by Matt Rasmussen.
Reading Fee: $20
DEADLINE: 4/30
The 2019 BOAAT Chapbook Prize
Judge Tiana Clark will select a winning chapbook of 15 to 32 pages for publication. The winner will also receive a $500 honorarium and 25 author copies.
Reading Fee: $15
DEADLINE: 4/30
Write Bloody 2019 Manuscript Contest
Submit 5 poems (up to 8 pages) to be considered for publication with Write Bloody Publishing. Finalists will be asked to submit a 20 page sample from their full-length manuscript, and 2-3 winners will receive a standard publishing contract.
Reading Fee: Purchase of one Write Bloody book
DEADLINE: 5/1
2020 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize
Deadline extended from 4/15! The University of Arkansas Press and the Radius of Arab American Writers are accepting submissions to the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. The prize awards $1,000 and publication of a first or second book of poetry to a writer of Arab heritage. The series is edited by Fady Joudah and Hayan Charara.
Reading Fee: $25
DEADLINE: 5/1
2020 CantoMundo Poetry Prize
Deadline extended from 4/15! Series editors Deborah Paredez and Carmen Giménez Smith will select a winning manuscript by a Latino/a poet to receive $1,000 and publication by University of Arkansas Press. “The series is open to all US-based Latina/o writers—not just those who have been or are currently CantoMundo Fellows—regardless of citizenship status or previous publication record.”
Reading Fee: $28
DEADLINE: 5/1
Prairie Schooner
Submit 5-8 poems in a single document to this journal with a storied history. Note: simultaneous submissions are not accepted.
Reading Fee: $0
DEADLINE: 5/15
The Georgia Review’s 2019 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize
Submit 1-3 poems (10 pages max) to be considered for a prize of $1,500 and publication. Reading Fee: $15
DEADLINE: 5/15
Best New Poets Open Competition
Emerging poets without full-length collections are encouraged to submit two poems (up to 10 pages). Work must be unpublished or published after Jan. 1, 2018.
Reading Fee: $4
DEADLINE: 5/15
YesYes Books 2019 Open Reading Period
Manuscripts of 48-120 pages will be considered for publication by YesYes books. Publication includes 40 author copies, $500 toward tour expenses, $1000 advance toward royalties, and 20 to 30 percent royalties.
Reading Fee: $22 (includes one book)