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List of All Current Poetry Contests, Competitions, and Prizes

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List of all current contests, competitions, and prizes that accept poetry submissions. 698 results found.
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Here is a small, random sampling of the full list:
Note that this list does not include inactive listings. Some of these listings may be marked as: TEMP CLOSED (temporarily closed to submissions) or FLEDGLING (new listing with limited publication history).
-1000 Below: Flash Prose and Poetry Contest [Midway Journal] Charges fees for all submissions
Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize [University of Utah Press] Charges fees for all submissions
The Antivenom Poetry Award [Elixir Press] Charges fees for all submissions
Autumn House Rising Writer Prize [Autumn House Press] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Best New Poets Open Competition TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
BOA Editions American Poets Continuum Series TEMP CLOSED
Bunny Chapbook Contest [Fonograf Editions] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award [Poetry Society of America] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
The Coniston Prize [Radar Poetry] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Diana Brebner Prize [Arc Poetry Magazine] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize [Northwestern University Press] TEMP CLOSED
Farmer-ish Poems for Winter Solstice Contest [Farmer-ish Print Annual] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Contest
Ghost Peach Press Prize in Poetry Charges fees for all submissions
Guy Owen Award [Southern Poetry Review] Charges fees for all submissions
HIGH/COO Chapbooks Annual Competition [Brooks Books Haiku] FLEDGLING TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
The International Proverse Prize [Proverse Hong Kong Books] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize [The Missouri Review] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
The Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award [Persea Books] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Lush Triumphant Literary Awards [subTerrain Magazine] Charges fees for all submissions
Marystina Santiestevan First Book Poetry Prize [Conduit Books & Ephemera] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Morioka International Haiku Contest TEMP CLOSED
New Ohio Review Contest Charges fees for all submissions
The Nutmeg Poetry Award [Connecticut Poetry Society] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Ottoline Prize [Fence] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
The Penn Review Poetry Prize Charges fees for all submissions
Poetic Justice Institute Book Prizes TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for some submissions
Porter House Review Editor's Prize TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for some submissions
Radically Authentic Prize [Homebound Publications] NEW! Charges fees for all submissions
The River Heron Editors' Prize [River Heron Review] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
San Francisco International Haibun Contest [Mariposa] Charges fees for all submissions
The Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition Charges fees for all submissions
Stone Corpse Press Micro-Chap Book Contest FLEDGLING TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Toronto Arts & Letters Club Foundation Annual Poetry Award [League of Canadian Poets] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
The Vallum Poetry Award [Vallum Magazine] TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions