Genre: Poetry

A Rally of Writers

March/April 2024

The 37th annual A Rally of Writers conference was held on April 13 at the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference featured workshops, panel discussions, and readings in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Participating writers included poets Laura Apol and Masaki Takahashi; fiction writers Erin Bartels, Steven Harper Piziks, Lev Raphael, Jay Whistler, and Claudia Whitsitt; and nonfiction writer Andrea King Collier. Poet Nandi Comer gave the keynote address.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 13, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
December 20, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 20, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

A Rally of Writers, P.O. Box 4253, East Lansing, MI 48823. Rob Edwards, President. 

Rob Edwards
President
Contact City: 
Lansing
Contact State: 
MI
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
48917
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
writing conferences

National Translation Awards

American Literary Translators Association
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
March 18, 2024
Two prizes of $4,000 each are given annually for a book of poetry and a book of prose translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. For the poetry prize, poetry collections in translation are accepted; for the prose prize, short story collections, essay collections, novels, memoirs, and hybrid prose works in translation are accepted. Publishers may submit a book published in 2023 by March 18. The entry fee is $50 for presses that publish more than 10 titles each year and $30 for presses that publish 10 or fewer titles each year. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Poetry Prize

Marsh Hawk Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
April 30, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Marsh Hawk Press is given annually for a poetry collection. John Keene will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 84 pages with a $25 entry fee by April 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Tags: 
book awards

Berkshire Prize

Tupelo Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
April 30, 2024
A prize of $3,000, publication by Tupelo Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. English translations of works originally written in another language are accepted. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 88 pages with a $30 entry fee by April 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poetry Award

Moon City Press
Entry Fee: 
$27
Deadline: 
June 1, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Moon City Press is given annually for a poetry collection. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $27 entry fee by May 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize

Ashland Poetry Press
Entry Fee: 
$27
Deadline: 
May 1, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by Ashland Poetry Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Matthew Rohrer will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 96 pages with a $27 entry fee by May 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Montreal International Poetry Prize

McGill University
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
May 1, 2024
A prize of $20,000 Canadian (approximately $14,807) and publication in the Montreal Poetry Prize anthology is given biennially for a poem. A.E. Stallings will judge, and Caroline Bird, Sadiqa de Meijer, Kaie Kellough, Stephen Kuusisto, Danielle Legros Georges, Randy Lundy, rob mclennan, Andrew McMillan, Damen O?Brien, Bianca Stone, Mai Der Vang, and Sarah Wolfson will serve as jurors. English self-translations of works originally written in another language are accepted. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of up to 40 lines with a $20 Canadian (approximately $15) entry fee by May 1; submissions are also accepted from May 2 to May 15 with a $25 Canadian (approximately $19) entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Etel Adnan Poetry Prize

University of Arkansas Press
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
April 15, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Arkansas Press is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a writer of Arab heritage. Series editors Hayan Charara and Fady Joudah will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by April 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival

March/April 2024

The 2024 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival was held from April 19 to April 21 on the Sarah Lawrence College campus in Bronxville, New York, located 30 minutes by train from New York City. The festival featured workshops, readings, panel discussions, and craft talks. An event in partnership with Alice James Books, including the release of Light Me Down: The New and Collected Poems of Jean Valentine and a commemoratory reading, took place on April 20. The faculty included poets Marie Howe, D. Nurkse, and Afaa Michael Weaver. All events were free and open to the public.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 19, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
December 20, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 20, 2024
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708. Madisen Gummer and Amanda Pendley, Codirectors. 

Madisen Gummer and Amanda Pendley
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Bronxville
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
10708
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
literary festivals

International Poetry Contest

Atlanta Review
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
May 1, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Atlanta Review is given annually for a single poem. Using only the online submission system, submit up to five poems of any length with a $15 entry fee by May 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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