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Winning Writers Annual Poetry Contests  - Sponsors two major annual contests for original poetry. The first, on the specific theme of War, carries prize money totaling $2,250. The second is a parody competition, closing April 1, for which entry is free, yet currently awards prize money totaling $1,007. This cool site also publishes an on-line guide to Poetry Contests and offers many other great features of considerable value to writers and poets.
Aldrich Poetry Competition - Sponsored by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, this annual contest seeks original poems by emerging writers. Two winners will receive $500 each, plus publication. Submission fee: $15. Deadline: July 31.
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards - Annual contest seeks original, unpublished poems, no more than two manuscript pages in length, on any themes, and in any genre. Prize money totals $1,300. Sponsored by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. Deadline: April 1, 2004.
Annual Short Grain Contest - Seeks original, unpublished poems in four categories. Prize money totals $6,000. Deadline: January 31, 2004.
Brick and Mortar's Biannual Poetry Contest - Contest is open to both experienced and emerging poets. First place: $1,000; Second: $250; Third: $100. Minimum entry fee: $15 (for three poems). Deadline: January 1, 2004.
Bridport Prize - An international creative writing competition for poetry (under 42 lines) and short stories (under 5,000 words). Prize money totals ten thousand pounds. Entry fee: Six pounds. Deadline: June 30, each year.
Cambridge Poetry Awards - Dedicated to the promotion of poetry, the Cambridge Center for Adult Education offers Annual awards for performance and written poetry, to the poets of Massachusetts.
Cherry Grove Collections - Offers two contests annually, closing March 15 and June 15, respectively. Both seek original full-length (minimum: 48 pages) manuscripts. Reading fee: $20. Prizes in each case: $1,000, plus publication.
Christian Poetry Contest - Seeks Christian poetry. Maximum length: 350 words. No entry fees.
Colorado Review Poetry Contest - An annual contest for a book-length collection of poems, ranging from forty to one hundred manuscript pages. Prize is $1,500, plus publication. Closing date: mid-January. Sponsored by the University of Colorado.
Comstock Review Annual Poetry Contest - Original, unpublished poems are sought. Maximum length: 40 lines. Entry fee: $3 per poem. Prize pool: $1,350. Deadline: July 1. Selected poems will be published.
Cross Keys Press Annual Poetry Contest - Offers cash prizes for original poems on any theme, up to sixty lines in length. Deadline: July 31.
Cross Way Publications Poetry Contest - Closing December 30, this semi-annual contest is open to all Christian poets. All forms of poetry are accepted. Entry fee: $3 per poem (no more than a single page in length). Prize money totals $95.
Dog River Publishing - Offers a romantic poetry contest, closing July 6, 2003. Entries must be lodged electronically. $2 entry fee per poem. Extremely modest cash prizes.
Emily Dickinson Poetry Awards - An annual contest for original, unpublished poems, not exceeding six pages in length. Winning entries are published in an anthology. Reading fee: $12. Deadline: August 31.
Excalibur Contest for Unpublished Poetry - Original poems are sought, under 200 words (not lines) in length. Email submissions only. Deadline: November 30. Entry fee: C$10. First prize: C$200. Second prize: C$50.
First Writer Poetry Competition - Annual contest offers $200 as First Prize for a poem in any style and on any subject. Length: under 30 lines. Minimum entry fee: 3 pounds. Deadline: October 1, 2003.
Foley Poetry Contest at America Magazine - America magazine sponsors annually the Foley Poetry Award with a $1,000 prize. Submit only one poem of 30 lines or fewer. Poems must arrive between January 1 and the third Friday of April. Free entry. No email submissions.
Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award - Annual contest offers a $1,000 cash award, plus publication, for an imaginative work. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: June 15.
Georgia Poetry Society Contests - Offers a number of contests throughout the year, international in scope, for short poems.
Glacier Press Poetry Contest - Seeks all genres of Poetry. Requires a collection of up to 10 poems per entry. Prize: $500, plus publication. Deadline: April 30. Entry fee: $25.
Griffin Poetry Prize - Griffin Poetry Prizes, worth C$40,000 each, are annual international and Canadian literary awards for poetry written or translated into English. Publishers only are invited to submit collections of poetry in traditional print format each calendar year.
Haiku Contest Announcements - Provides details of haiku contests around the world.
HerPoetry - HerPoetry sponsors a monthly poetry contest on a given theme. Prizes are modest, but entry is free.
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize - Seeks manuscript collections of unpublished poems. Prize: $500 cash, plus publication. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 31.
Indiana Review Annual Poetry Prize - Prize: $1000 plus publication. Deadline: March 2005. Reading Fee: $15 (includes a year's subscription).
Jolly Roger Classical Poetry Contest - Traditional poetry is favored. Awards include a classic Captain Ahab bust. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: May 30, 2003.
Juniper Prize for Poetry Contest - Original manuscripts of at least fifty pages are sought by The University of Massachusetts Press which will publish the winning collection of original poetry. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: September 30, 2003.
Lois Cranston Poetry Prize - CALYX announces its third annual Poetry Contest. Prize: Publication plus $300. Deadline: May 31, 2004. Fee: $15 per entry. No more than six manuscript pages. Women writers only.
Love Stories.com - Monthly poetry contests for members, subjects and rules varying every month.
Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse - An annual award of $500 is made to the poet who submits the best collection of traditional verse. Minimum: 25 lines. Maximum: No limit. Minimum entry fee: $5. Closing date: September 30. This award is made in conjunction with the Tom Howard Poetry Contest.
Mattia Family Poetry Contest - A free poetry competition, seeking on-line submissions, offers worthwhile cash prizes and web publication. Maximum length: 300 words. Deadline: March 31.
May Swenson Poetry Award - Seeks original manuscripts, 50-100 pages, on any theme. Prize: $1,000, plus publication. Reading fee: $25. Deadline: September 30.
Mildred Werba Poetry Contest - Sponsored by The Baltimore Writers' Alliance, this annual contest seeks unpublished poetry in the style of Mildred "Mime" Werba. Prize money totals $350. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: July 31.
Net Poetry and Arts Competition - Created to honor aspiring poets, for their creative endeavors on the Internet, through monthly competitions organized by participating member forums.
Odes of March Poetry Contest - Annual contest, closing in March, offers a $300 cash prize.
Ohio State University Press Poetry Contest - A $2,000 poetry contest for book-length manuscripts (at least 48 pages), sponsored by the Ohio State University's literary magazine, "The Journal". Reading fee: $25. Entries must be postmarked during the month of September.
OnceWritten Poetry Contest - Seeks original, unpublished verse for website publication. No maximum word or line length. Entry fee: $10. Cash awards total at least $600. Deadline: December 15.
Pennsylvania Poetry Society Contests - Comprises seventeen open categories, plus four restricted to PPS members. Modest entry fees. Cash Prizes vary from $10 to $100. All winning poems are published. Deadline: January 15, 2004.
Penumbra Poetry and Haiku Contest - Sponsored by the Tallahassee Writers' Association, this annual poetry contest offers prize money totaling $460. Deadline: June 30. Entry fees: $5 for poems up to 50 lines in length; $3 for haiku.
People Before Profits Poetry Prize - An annual prize for an original poem on a "people before profits" theme. $10 entry fee. $200 prize. Deadline: March 1.
Poetry Contest Caution - Provides a listing of some on-line poetry websites which sponsor misleading or deceptive "contests", for which no entry fees are usually charged.
Poetry London - One of Britain's leading poetry magazines, features original poems, and reviews, and sponsors a rewarding annual contest for unpublished poems, less than 80 lines in length. Winners have been announced for 2003 contest.
Poets Against Poverty - Word Salad Poetry Magazine sponsors a poetry contest as a fundraiser for "Poets Against Poverty." Prize money totals $600. Minimum entrance fee $10. Deadline: June 30.
Ragged Raven's International Poetry Competition - Annual contest seeks poems of any length and on any subject. Prize money totals 450 pounds. Entry fee: 3 pounds. Closing date: October 31, 2003.
Reuben Rose Annual Poetry Competition - Established to give a voice to writers of English poetry in Israel, this competition seeks poems on general themes, not more than forty lines in length. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: October 7, 2003.
Slipstream Press Poetry Contest - An annual poetry chapbook contest, worth $1,000, seeking up to forty pages of poetry in any style, format or theme. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: December 1, each year.
Strokestown Poetry Prize - Three categories of poetry are sought, each with a limit of 70 lines. Cash prizes total $7,000. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: February 18.
Swift Satire Poetry Competition - Submissions are invited for a satirical poem, in the spirit and style of Swift, on a topic of social/political interest. First Prize: Euro 1,000. Closing Date: July 24, 2004.
The Backwaters Prize - Annual contest requires full-length (60 to 85 pages) manuscripts of original poems. First prize: $1,000 plus publication. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: June 4.
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