Genre: Poetry

Akron Poetry Prize

University of Akron Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
June 15, 2024
A prize of $1,500 and publication by University of Akron Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Matthew Olzmann will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Chapbook Contest

DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
May 15, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by New Michigan Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a chapbook of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or hybrid-genre work. Ander Monson will judge. Submit a manuscript of 18 to 44 pages with a $25 entry fee by May 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize 


University of Canberra 

Entry Fee: 
$16
Deadline: 
July 14, 2024
A first-place prize of $15,000 AUD (approximately $9,892) and a second-place prize of $5,000 AUD (approximately $3,297) are given annually for a single poem. The winners will be published in the University of Canberra’s 2024 prize anthology. Michelle Borzi and James E. Cherry will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of up to 60 lines with a $25 AUD (approximately $16) entry fee by July 14. Student discounts are available. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poetry Book Prize

Gaudy Boy
Entry Fee: 
$10
Deadline: 
May 20, 2024
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Gaudy Boy, an imprint of the New York City–based literary nonprofit Singapore Unbound, is given annually for a poetry collection by a writer of Asian heritage residing anywhere in the world. Hamid Roslan will judge. E-mail a manuscript of 70 to 120 pages with a $10 entry fee (to be sent separately via PayPal) by May 20. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Housatonic Book Awards

Western Connecticut State University
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
June 14, 2024
Three prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published in the previous year. The winners also receive $500 in travel expenses and a hotel stay to give a reading and teach a master class at Western Connecticut State University’s low-residency MFA program. Using only the online submission system, submit a PDF of a book published in 2023 with a $25 entry fee by June 14. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

New Writers Awards

Great Lakes Colleges Association
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
May 25, 2024
Three prizes are given annually for first books by a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer. The winners each receive an all-expenses-paid trip to several of the 13 GLCA colleges, each of which pays an honorarium of at least $500 to give readings, meet with students, and lead discussions and classes. Books published in 2023 and 2024 are eligible. Faculty members of the colleges will judge. Publishers may submit four copies of one book in each category by May 25. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

North Street Book Prize

Winning Writers
Entry Fee: 
$79
Deadline: 
July 1, 2024
A grand prize of $10,000 and additional prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for self-published and hybrid-published books (works published by presses that coordinate all aspects of book publication in exchange for a fee) in genres including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and graphic narrative. Each of the winners also receives publication of an excerpt on the Winning Writers website; a marketing consultation with author and publishing consultant Carolyn Howard-Johnson; $500 in credit at BookBaby, a distributor for self-published authors; three months of Plus service from Book Award Pro (plus $250 in account credit for the grand prize winner), a literary award database and submission platform; and free advertising in the Winning Writers e-mail newsletter. Ellen LaFleche and Jendi Reiter will judge. Submit a book of up to 200,000 words with a $79 entry fee by July 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poetry Award

42 Miles Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
June 15, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by 42 Miles Press, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. The winner is also invited to give a reading at University of Indiana South Bend in fall 2025. David Dodd Lee will judge. Current or former students at Indiana University South Bend are ineligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 120 pages with a $25 entry fee by June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Canadian First Book Prize 

Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
June 21, 2024
A prize of $10,000 Canadian (approximately $7,405) will be awarded for a debut poetry collection by a living Canadian poet or permanent resident. Publishers may submit four copies of a book published between January 1 and June 30 by June 21. The deadline for books published during the second half of the year is December 20. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Anthology Poetry Competition

Anthology Magazine
Entry Fee: 
$16
Deadline: 
June 30, 2024
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,090) and publication in, plus a subscription to, Anthology Magazine is given annually for a single poem. Rachael Hegarty will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of no more than 40 lines with a €15 (approximately $16) entry fee by the early bird deadline of June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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