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Contests / Awards for Works Published
Please note dates carefully.
Contests
Posted June 24, 2009
American Poetry Review
Honickman First Book Prize
Deadline: October 31, 2009
Postmark August 1 - October 31, 2009
Colorado Review
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Deadline: Postmark October 1, 2009 - January 14, 2010
Posted June 17, 2009
Autumn House Press
Poetry and Fiction Contests
Deadline: Postmark June 30 (annual)
Burnside Review
Poetry Chapbook Competition
Final Judge: Martha Ronk
$200+25 copies
Deadline: March 15 - June 30
Rain Mountain Press
(An imprint of Skidrow Penthouse)
Ronald Wardall Poetry Chapbook Contest
$150+75 copies
Deadline: July 1, 2009 August 1, 2009
Many Mountains Moving Press
Poetry Book Contest
Deadline: Postmark August 1, 2009
Mississippi Review
Three Prizes for Poetry
Deadline: Postmark August 1, 2009
The Journal
Ohio State University
Charles B. Wheeler Prize in Poetry
Deadline: September Postmark (annual)
Comstock Review
Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Competition
Deadline: August 1 - September 30, 2009
The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
California State University, Fresno and Anhinga Press
Deadline: Postmark September 30, 2009
Quercus Review
Poetry Series Book Award
Deadline: Postmark June - October 16, 2009
The Ledge
Poetry Chapbook Contest
Deadline: Postmark October 31 (annual)
Fiction Collective 2 (FC2)
Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize
Collection of short stories, one or more novellas, or a novel.
Deadline: Postmark August 15 - November 1, 2009
Perugia Press
Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry by a Woman
Deadline: August 1 - November 15 (annual)
Codhill Press
Poetry Chapbook Contest
$500 cash prize and fifty copies
Judge: Pauline Uchmanowicz
Deadline: November 30, 2009
Burnside Review
Fiction Chapbook Contest
Deadline: Postmark September 15 - December 31 (annual)
The Tampa Review
Prize for Poetry
Deadline: Postmark December 31 (annual)
Main Street Rag
Annual Poetry Book Award
Deadline: Postmark January 31 (annual)
The Malahat Review
Novella Prize
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Anhinga Press
Prize for Poetry
For poets trying to publish a first or second book of poetry in English.
Deadline: February 15 - May 1 (annual)
Zone 3
First Book Award for Poetry
Deadline: May 1, 2010
Field Magazine
Field Poetry Prize
Deadline: Postmark during May (annual)
Awards for Published Works
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The Aurorean
Editor's Chapbook Choice
In each issue, the editor picks one poetry chapbook or book of poetry to recommend as “Editor’s Choice.”
Paterson Literary Review
Passaic County Community College
Paterson Poetry Prize
For a book of poems published in 2006 must be 48 pages or more and have a print run of 500 copies or more
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
For a book published in 2006 for following categories Pre-K - Grade 3; Grades 4 - 6; Grades 7 - 12
Deadline: March 15, 2008
Paterson Fiction Prize
For a novel or collection of short fiction published in 2006 Deadline: April 1, 2008
Shenandoah
The Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers
For writers of poetry with only one published book in that genre.
Deadline: March 15 - March 31
(2009 - Short Stories; 2010 - Poetry)
Deadline: Postmark May - June
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