AUGUST Poetry Contests
Arranged by deadline, then alphabetically; deadlines in red denote "received by" rather than "postmarked by." Not responsible for out-of-date or incorrect information; write, call, e-mail or check websites for current guidelines.
August 1 Deadlines
| 8/1/08 | Asinine Crime Poetry Contest | Prizes: $100, $75, $50, and publication | Fee: $1 |
asinine poetry |
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Poems: BECOME THE SHAKESPEARE OF CRIME! Or, rather, the Capone of poetry. For our next contest, we're calling you out to write poems in a niche category of poetry--the crime poem. That is, poems about crime. Everything from arson to extortion to murder to zebra-napping, true to fictional. Written in the asinine MO. Can you do it? Are you chicken? Give it a shot. Whatcha got to lose? One dollar per entry. You may enter up to THREE times. You may use modern electronic means. E-mail us your entry and then send us the fee via payPal, or you may use snail mail; send your cash cleverly hidden in with your entry. PLEASE DO NOT SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER. |
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| http://www.asininepoetry.com/contest/12 | |||
| 8/1/08 | Bellevue Literary Review Prizes | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $15 (online) |
Submit online |
Judge: Naomi Shihab Nye | ||
| Notify: December 31 | |||
Poems: BLR Prize awards outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2008 issue of the BLR. Prose limited to 5000 words. Up to 3 poems (max 5 pages). We regret that simultaneous submissions cannot be considered for the BLR Prize (but can be submitted for regular publication). Entry fee is $15 per submission. For an additional $5, you will receive a 1 year subscription to the BLR. (There is a limit of two submissions per person). Manuscripts are submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document. (Please combine all poems into one document and use first poem as title. ) Do not put your name on the manuscript document or cover letter. (This will be entered separately on our website.) When entering the title in the website, please prefix with "Contest." (e.g. Contest : The Iliad.) This is extremely important and we appreciate your cooperation! Work previously published (including on the Internet) will not be considered. BLR acquires first-time North American rights. After publication, all rights revert to the author and may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgement to BLR is made. Due to administrative costs, if no entry fee is received, manuscript will be placed with general submissions. Submit entry fee on website. After you submit entry fee, you will be guided through the online submission process. |
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| http://www.blreview.org/Contest/contest_guidelines.htm | |||
| 8/1/07 | The bluechrome Poetry Collection Award | Prizes: £250 and publication | Fee: £15 to bluechrome publishing |
The bluechrome
Awards (Web) |
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| Notify: December 31 | |||
10 poems: open to everybody, and submissions for all genres are welcome. Closing Date: 1st August 2007. Entry Fee: £15. Any Subject, Ten Poems of Any Length. The Winner will receive £250, plus an offer of a contract to have a collection of 40–60 Poems published by bluechrome. Additionally, they will receive fifty copies of their book once published. All Entries must be the original work of the entrant. All Entries must be made by post. If you are outside of the UK and wish to submit your work by email, please contact us before doing so. Please enclose a SASE for results. Please keep copies of all work entered as it will not be returned. Please make cheques payable to ‘bluechrome publishing’ or alternatively pay via our web site. The Judges decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into. No entry form is required. Please include a cover sheet with your name and address and the title of the submission. Submissions should have no names or marks on them, as the competitions will be judged anonymously. |
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| http://www.bluechrome.co.uk/store/shop/custom.asp?recid=5 | |||
| 8/1/08 | Holland Prize | Prizes: $500 and publication | Fee: $25 to Logan House |
| Logan
House Rte. 1, Box 154 Winside, NE 68790 |
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Book manuscript: for unpublished poetry manuscripts (48-80 pages). The winning manuscript will be published, and the winner will receive $500. Submit manuscript, $25 reading fee, and SASE, before August 1. Everyone that submits to the Holland Prize will receive a copy of Disciples of an Uncertain Season by Larry Holland and will also receive the winning book. Friends and close associates of the press are not eligible for the contest. We are interested in publishing the best manuscript that comes across our desks. We are not looking for anything regional, Midwest, Great Plains or Western related. We will award the Holland Prize to the best manuscript we read no matter what region you write from. Manuscripts will be recycled unless otherwise noted and proper return postage is supplied. |
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| www.loganhousepress.com/index.php | |||
| 8/1/08 | Juked Poetry Contest | Prizes: $500 and publication | Fee: $10 to Juked |
Juked |
info@juked.com | Judge: Angela Ball | |
| Notify: October | |||
| Poems: send up to five poems (no more than ten pages total) per entry. Entries must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are just fine; notify us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Fee is $10 per entry, by cash or check or money order, payable to Juked; there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit. Include a cover sheet with your name, address, e-mail, telephone number and the title(s) of your story or poems. Please do not put your name anywhere else on the manuscript. Include SASE for notification. Manuscripts will be recycled. Indicate "Fiction" or "Poetry" on the front of the envelope. All entries will be considered for publication. | |||
| http://www.juked.com/prize/ | |||
| 8/1/07 | Rattle Poetry Prize | Prizes: $5,000, 10 x $100, and publication | Fee: $16 to RATTLE |
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RATTLE |
Judge: editors | ||
| Notify: September 15 | |||
Poems: Entry fee includes a one year subscription to RATTLE. Open to writers, worldwide; poems must be written in English (no translations). Submissions will be judged in a blind review by the editors: Send no more than five poems per entry; print name, address, phone number, and the titles of the poems onto a coversheet. No contact information should appear on the poems. Include a check or money order for $16, payable to RATTLE (includes 1-year subscription). No previously published works, or works accepted for publication elsewhere. No simultaneous submissions. Manuscripts will not be returned; include a SASE to be notified of the results. Winners will be published in the Winter issue. Additional entries may also be offered publication. For an idea of our editorial tastes, back issues can be purchased at rattle.com. Enter online on website or by mail. |
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| http://rattle.com/rpp/rpp.htm | |||
August 15 Deadlines
| 8/15/08 | Erskine J. Poetry Prize | Prizes: $200 and publication | Fee: $5 to Smartish Pace |
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Smartish
Pace |
sreichert@smartishpace.com | Judge: Stephen Reichert, Editor | |
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| Poems: Submit online through website with PayPal or submit by mail: 3 poems along with a $5 entry fee. Entry fees can be paid with a check or money order made payable to Smartish Pace. Additional poems may be submitted for $1 per poem. No more than 12 poems may be submitted (maximum submission: 12 poems= $5 + $9 = $14). All entries must include a bio. Please review bios from our most recent issue. Include an SASE) with your entry. Include your name, address, e-mail and telephone number (preferred) on each page of poetry submitted. Write or print "Erskine J." on the top of each poem submitted. | |||
| http://www.smartishpace.com/home/contest.html | |||
| 8/15/08 | Transcontinental Poetry Award | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $20 to Pavement Saw Press |
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Pavement Saw Press Transcontinental Poetry Award PO Box 6291 Columbus, OH 43206 |
David Baratier, Editor baratier@megsinet.net |
Judge: David Baratier | |
| Notify: October | |||
| Book manuscript: All contributors receive books, chapbooks and journals ≥ the entry fee. Please mention this to your friends and all others who might be interested! The manuscript should be at least 48 pages of poetry and no more than 70 pages of poetry in length. Separations between sections are NOT a part of the page count. A one-page cover letter. Include a brief biography, the book's title, your name, address, and telephone number, and, if you have e-mail, your e-mail address. This should be followed by a page which lists publication acknowledgments for the book. For each acknowledgement mention the publisher (journal, anthology, chapbook etc.) and the poem published. The manuscript should be bound with a single clip and begin with a title page including the book's title, your name, address, and telephone number, and, if you have e-mail, your e-mail address. The second page should have only the title of the manuscript; no acknowledgments or mention of the author's name from this page forward. Submissions to the contest are blind judged. No more than one poem on each page. The manuscript can contain pieces longer than one page. The manuscript should be paginated, beginning with the first page of poetry. Each year Pavement Saw Press will publish at least one book of poetry and/or prose poems from manuscripts received during this competition. Selections are chosen through a blind judging process. The competition is open to anyone who has not previously published a volume of poetry or prose. The author receives $1000 and five percent of the 1000 copy press run. Previous judges have included Judith Vollmer, David Bromige, Bin Ramke and Howard McCord. This year David Baratier will be the judge; past students, Pavement Saw Press interns and employees are not allowed to submit. All poems must be original, all prose must be original, fiction or translations are not acceptable. Writers who have had volumes of poetry and/or prose under 40 pages printed or printed in limited editions of no more than 500 copies are eligible. Submissions are accepted during the months of June, July, and until August 15th. All submissions must have an August 15th, 2008, or earlier, postmark. This is an award for first books only. Do not include an SASE for notification of results, this information will be sent with the free book. Do not send the only copy of your work. All manuscripts are recycled and individual comments on the manuscripts cannot be made. Electronic submissions using PayPal may be made on the site. | |||
| http://www.pavementsaw.org/pages/transaward.htm | |||
August 30 Deadlines
| 8/30/08 | Editor's Prize Best Poem Contest | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $15 to MARGIE, Inc. |
| MARGIE |
margiereview@aol.com | Judge: James Wilson, Senior Editor | |
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| Poems: Submit 3 unpublished poems along with a $15 entry fee payable to MARGIE, Inc. (60 line limit per poem). Additional poems may be submitted for $5 each. Enclose a single cover sheet with your name, address, phone, email (if possible) & poem titles. No names should appear on the poems themselves. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Only submit copies as poems will not be returned. All entries will be considered for publication in Margie/The American Journal of Poetry. Include SASE to receive notification of contest results. | |||
| http://www.margiereview.com/CONTESTS/edprize07.html | |||
August 31 Deadlines
| 8/31/07 | Ellen LaForge Poetry Prize Annual | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $10 to Ellen LaForge Memorial Poetry Foundation |
Ellen
LaForge Memorial Poetry Foundation |
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| Poems: given each year to a poet who has not yet published a poetry collection. Submit up to six poems totaling no more than 12 pages with a $10 entry fee by August 31. Send an SASE for complete guidelines. | |||
| 8/31/08 | The St. Lawrence Book Award | Prizes: $1,000 and publication | Fee: $25 to Black Lawrence Press |
| Black
Lawrence Press |
Judge: Editors | ||
| Notify: October 31 | |||
| Book manuscript: for a first collection of poems or short stories. Entrants must not have had a full-length book published before and must come from the United States or Canada. Chapbooks do not count as full-length books, so writers who have published or will have published chapbooks of poems or short stories are not disqualified. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, ten copies of the book, and an interview in The Adirondack Review. Please clip together the following: cover letter with brief bio and contact information including e-mail, acknowledgments page for publications in which the poems/stories first appeared (if applicable), a contest entry fee of $25. Include two cover pages, the first as described above, and the second with title of the manuscript only. All entries will be judged anonymously. Black Lawrence Press does not use interns to screen entries. All entries are judged by the editors. PLEASE READ our editorial advice before submitting. FAQ also available. No electronic submissions, please. No exceptions. Please include a table of contents page and make sure that each page of your manuscript is numbered. Please do not include SASE; all manuscripts will be recycled. Include a valid e-mail address so that we may contact you when finalists are announced. Because of the high volume of entries received, all finalists and semi-finalists will be announced on the Black Lawrence Press website by October 31. All work must be the original work of the author. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but notify Black Lawrence Press immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Finalists and semi-finalists will receive a copy of the winning book. All finalists will be considered for standard publication. | |||
| www.blacklawrencepress.homestead.com/stlawrence.html | |||
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