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Details
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Deadline
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Colorado Prize for Poetry
Coloradoprize.colostate.edu
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Winner receives $2,000; all entrants receive subscription to Colorado Review; $25 fee ($28 online).
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Jan 14
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Main Street Rag
mainstreetrag.com
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Winner gets $1,200 & 50 free copies of book; $27 fee.
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Jan 31
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PSV Book Award
psvbookaward.webs.com
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Winner receives $300, a plaque, & a reading at May Festival; $25 fee for PSV members, $40 for non-members
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Feb 1
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AWP Award Series
awpwriter.org
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Prize is $5,500 & publication by U. of Pittsburgh Press. $20 fee for AWP members, $30 for non-members.
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Feb 28
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Tusculum Review Chapbook Contest
web.tusculum.edu
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Chapbooks up to 30 pages; winner receives $1,000; $20 fee includes an issue of The Tusculum Review.
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March 15
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New Southern Voices Poetry Prize
hubcity.org/prize
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For Southern poets w/ 0 or 1 published books; winner gets $1,000; $25 fee
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April 15
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Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry
sarabandebooks.org
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Winner receives $2,000 & royalty contract from SaraBande Books; $28 fee.
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April 30
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Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
lynxhousepress.org
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Winner receives $2,000; $28 fee.
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May 15
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Autumn House Literary Prize
autumnhouse.org
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Winner gets $1,000 + $1,500 for travel & publicity; $30 fee
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June 30
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Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Chapbook Award (Google for link)
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Chapbooks up to 15 pages; winner receives $1,000; $20 fee.
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July 15
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Press 53 Award for Poetry
press53.com/Submissions.html
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Winner receives $1,000, book launch party, & reading in Winston-Salem
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July 31
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Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
redhen.org
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Winner receives $3,000; $25 fee
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Aug 31
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Dogfish Head Poetry Prize
For more information contact Linda Blaskey, prize coordinator, at linblask@aol.com
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Open only to Mid-Atlantic poets; winner receives $500 & 2 cases of Dogfish Head beer; NO ENTRY FEE
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Labor Day
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Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry
english.nd.edu/creative-writing/
publications/sandeen-sullivan-prizes
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Winner receives $1,000; all entrants receive 1-year subscription to Notre Dame Review; $15 fee.
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Sept 1
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Ohio State Univ. Press
ohiostatepress.org
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Winner receives $2,500; all entrants receive 1-year subscription to The Journal; $28 fee.
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Sept 30
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Finishing Line Press
finishinglinepress.com
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For chapbooks up to 30 pages; winner receives $1,000; $15 fee.
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Oct 31
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Elixir Press
elixirpress.com
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$2,000 for 1st; $1,000 for 2nd; both published. $30 fee.
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Oct 31
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Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize
perseabooks.com
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Women only. Winner receives $1,000. $30 fee. Winner can also receive free residency in Italy.
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Oct 31
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Alice James Books
alicejamesbooks.org
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Winner receives $2,000; $30 fee.
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Nov 1
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Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize
pleiadespress.org
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Winner receives $2,000 & distribution by LSU Press; all entrants can choose 1 book from their catalogue; $25 fee
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Nov 15
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Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
craborchardreview.siu.edu/conpo.html
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Two winners each receive $4,000; all entrants receive 1 issue of Crab Orchard Review; $20 fee
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Nov 18
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Georgia Poetry Prize
ugapress.org/index.php/series/gpp
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Winner receives $4,000 & gives readings at three Georgia universities; $25 fee
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Nov 30
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Poetry Chapbook Competition
slipstreampress.org
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For chapbooks up to 40 pages; winner receives $1,000 & 50 author copies; all entrants rcv. copy of winning bk. $20 fee.
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Dec 1
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Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
www.ut.edu/TampaReview/
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Winner receives $2,000; all entrants receive subscription to Tampa Review; $25 fee
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Dec 31
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Open Poetry Book Contest
omnidawn.com
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Winner receives $3,000 & 100 author copies; $27 fee (for $3 more, entrants can choose 1 book from their catalogue)
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Dec 31
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