Annual Short Grain Contest
Seeks original, unpublished poems in four categories. Prize money totals $6,000. Deadline: January 31, 2004.
Brick and Mortar's Biannual Poetry Contest
Contest is open to both experienced and emerging poets. First place: $1,000; Second: $250; Third: $100. Minimum entry fee: $15 (for three poems). Deadline: January 1, 2004.
Bridport Prize
An international creative writing competition for poetry (under 42 lines) and short stories (under 5,000 words). Prize money totals ten thousand pounds. Entry fee: Six pounds. Deadline: June 30, each year.
Cambridge Poetry Awards
Dedicated to the promotion of poetry, the Cambridge Center for Adult Education offers Annual awards for performance and written poetry, to the poets of Massachusetts.
Cherry Grove Collections
Offers two contests annually, closing March 15 and June 15, respectively. Both seek original full-length (minimum: 48 pages) manuscripts. Reading fee: $20. Prizes in each case: $1,000, plus publication.
Colorado Review Poetry Contest
An annual contest for a book-length collection of poems, ranging from forty to one hundred manuscript pages. Prize is $1,500, plus publication. Closing date: mid-January. Sponsored by the University of Colorado.
Comstock Review Annual Poetry Contest
Original, unpublished poems are sought. Maximum length: 40 lines. Entry fee: $3 per poem. Prize pool: $1,350. Deadline: July 1. Selected poems will be published.
Cross Keys Press Annual Poetry Contest
Offers cash prizes for original poems on any theme, up to sixty lines in length. Deadline: July 31.
Cross Way Publications Poetry Contest
Closing December 30, this semi-annual contest is open to all Christian poets. All forms of poetry are accepted. Entry fee: $3 per poem (no more than a single page in length). Prize money totals $95.
Dog River Publishing
Offers a romantic poetry contest, closing July 6, 2003. Entries must be lodged electronically. $2 entry fee per poem. Extremely modest cash prizes.
Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes
Poetry prizes from $1,000 to $25,000 will be awarded for heartfelt lyric poems celebrating the spirit of life. Deadline: Dec. 10th 2004. Entry fee: $10. Open only to unpublished poets under the age of 40.
Emily Dickinson Poetry Awards
An annual contest for original, unpublished poems, not exceeding six pages in length. Winning entries are published in an anthology. Reading fee: $12. Deadline: August 31.
Excalibur Contest for Unpublished Poetry
Original poems are sought, under 200 words (not lines) in length. Email submissions only. Deadline: November 30. Entry fee: C$10. First prize: C$200. Second prize: C$50.
First Writer Poetry Competition
Annual contest offers $200 as First Prize for a poem in any style and on any subject. Length: under 30 lines. Minimum entry fee: 3 pounds. Deadline: October 1, 2003.
Foley Poetry Contest at America Magazine
America magazine sponsors annually the Foley Poetry Award with a $1,000 prize. Submit only one poem of 30 lines or fewer. Poems must arrive between January 1 and the third Friday of April. Free entry. No email submissions.
Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award
Annual contest offers a $1,000 cash award, plus publication, for an imaginative work. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: June 15.
Georgia Poetry Society Contests
Offers a number of contests throughout the year, international in scope, for short poems.
Glacier Press Poetry Contest
Seeks all genres of Poetry. Requires a collection of up to 10 poems per entry. Prize: $500, plus publication. Deadline: April 30. Entry fee: $25.
Griffin Poetry Prize
Griffin Poetry Prizes, worth C$40,000 each, are annual international and Canadian literary awards for poetry written or translated into English. Publishers only are invited to submit collections of poetry in traditional print format each calendar year.
Haiku Contest Announcements
Provides details of haiku contests around the world.
HerPoetry
HerPoetry sponsors a monthly poetry contest on a given theme. Prizes are modest, but entry is free.
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
Seeks manuscript collections of unpublished poems. Prize: $500 cash, plus publication. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 31.
Indiana Review Annual Poetry Prize
Prize: $1000 plus publication. Deadline: March 2005. Reading Fee: $15 (includes a year's subscription).
Inertia Satori Poetry Award
Seeks original, unpublished poetry up to 60 lines in length. Cash prizes total $1,000. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: February 28.
Jolly Roger Classical Poetry Contest
Traditional poetry is favored. Awards include a classic Captain Ahab bust. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: May 30, 2003.
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