A prize of $3,000 and publication by the Waywiser Press is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has published no more than one previous collection. The winner will also give a reading with the contest judge at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Shane McCrae will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 88 pages with a $29 entry fee by December 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Waywiser Press, Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, Christmas Cottage, c/o Dora Malech, Gilman 81, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.