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2025 Colorado Prize for Poetry Now Open

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Deadline: January 14, 2025
$2,500 honorarium & book publication. Book-length poetry manuscripts accepted until January 14, 2025 (we observe a 5-day grace period). Final judge: Craig Morgan Teicher. $28 entry fee includes one-year subscription to Colorado Review. View our flyer for more information and a link to our complete guidelines. Questions? Please email us.

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2025 National Indie Excellence Awards

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Deadline: March 31, 2025
The National Indie Excellence© Awards (NIEA) are open to all English language printed books currently for sale including self-published authors, small to midsize independent publishers, and university presses. Now in our nineteenth year, NIEA is a proud champion of self and independent publishing and authors of all genres who produce books of excellence and distinction. View our flyer for more information and a link to submit.

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Ashland Poetry Press 2nd Annual Broadside Contest—Now Reading!

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Deadline: November 1, 2024
Submit individual poems via Submittable ($10 for two poems, 40 lines or fewer). Winner and two runners-up will have broadsides designed and printed ($250 and 50 copies to winner; 25 copies for runners-up). No particular aesthetic; we just want great poems. Winning broadsides will be designed by poet/artist Lindsay Lusby. View flyer for more information and a link to submit.

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2025 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize

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Deadline: November 1, 2024
December Magazine seeks submissions for the 2025 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize. Maggie Smith will Judge. Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be published in the 2025 Spring/Summer Awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. Submit September 1 to November 1, 2024. For more information and a link to our guidelines, please view our flyer.

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The 2024 Haiku Search is On Now!

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Deadline: November 30, 2024
Haiku Crush’s 4th annual international search for the best haiku is underway now! Entries for the 2024 search are now being accepted. $350 USD of honorariums will be awarded. Haiku Crush’s panel of judges will give a top award of $150 to the best of the best! Up to 50 winners will be published in this year’s anthology. Submit your four best haiku! View flyer for more info and a link to our website.

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2024 Permafrost Book Prize in Fiction

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Deadline: October 1, 2024
Permafrost is very happy to announce Pulitzer Finalist and Alaskan author Eowyn Ivey as the final judge for this annual contest. Submissions in fiction may include novels, short story collections, or novella collections. More info can be found at our website and on our flyer.

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22nd Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest – Last Call!

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Submit published or unpublished poems to the 22nd annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope. We will award $3,500 for the best poem in any style and $3,500 for the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. The top 12 poems will be published online. Final judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones. Fee: $22 for 1-3 poems. View flyer for more information and a link to submit.

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Alternating Current Press Submissions Open for August—Closing Soon!

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Submissions now open for the Futurist Debut Book Award for debut books in any genre ($1,000 prize), the Spark Translation Prize for translated books ($1,000 prize), several anthologies, book-length nonfiction manuscripts, and more! See what’s closing at the end of August, and plan ahead for what’s opening in September. View our flyer and learn more at our website.

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Raven Chronicles’ Inaugural Annual Awards for Innovative Fiction & Nonfiction

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Deadline: October 1, 2024
We seek nonfiction & fiction work for publication in Spring 2025 on the theme Habitat: Planet Earth. Chosen authors will receive $1,000 and 50% of net sales. Each year we will publish two books, one fiction (speculative, utopian, historical, etc.) and one nonfiction (creative nonfiction, memoir, scientific, historical, etc.). A new theme will be chosen each year. Submissions now open. View our flyer for more information.

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Submit to Sport Literate’s “1970s Contest” before July Ends

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Deadline: July 31, 2024
We won’t be prescriptive beyond the decade in question, except to say that poets and writers should reflect on a subject through a sporting lens. Our guest judges, both SL veterans and contest winners, are also former state Poet Laureates. SL editors read through submissions and send anonymous finalists to Jack Bedell and Sydney Lea, who will pick their favorites. View our flyer for more information and a link to our website.

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Inverted Syntax Poetry Book Contests

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Deadline: August 15
Inverted Syntax will be publishing and debuting between 3-5 full-length poetry books in the fall of 2026. Starting in 2024, we seek to identify up to five exceptional manuscripts for publication. We look for work that risks everything. We favor the hybrid but welcome all writing. If it’s well-crafted, uses language in daring ways, we want it. View guidelines and submission details on our flyer and at our website.

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Submit to The Greensboro Review’s Literary Awards – $1000 prizes!

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Deadline: August 1, 2024
The Greensboro Review invites submissions for our annual Robert Watson Literary Prizes in Poetry and Fiction. Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 award and publication in the spring issue of the journal. Send us your previously unpublished poems and short stories, now through August 1! To learn more, read past prizewinners, and submit your work, visit our website and view our flyer.

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Time to Submit Your Manuscript to The Tenth Gate Prize

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Deadline: July 15, 2024
The Tenth Gate Prize honors mid-career poets writing in English. Entry is open to authors of at least two previously published full-length poetry collections. A prize of $1000 and publication of the collection is awarded annually. See our flyer for more information and a link to submit.

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Final Month! North Street Book Prize for Self-Published and Hybrid-Published Books

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Winning Writers will award a grand prize of $10,000 in its tenth annual North Street competition, and $20,400 in all. The top nine winners will enjoy additional benefits from co-sponsors BookBaby, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Book Award Pro, Self-Publishing Made Simple, and Laura Duffy Design. New this year: Everyone who enters online will receive a brief commentary from one of the judges. Submit books published in any year and on any self-publishing or hybrid-publishing platform. $79 entry fee. Enter online or by mail by July 1. Learn more at our website and share our flyer.

$1000 prize & publication with Vine Leaves Press

Vine Leaves Press 2025 International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition
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Deadline: July 1, 2024
It is our responsibility to give marginalized groups the opportunity to establish literary legacies that feel rich and vast. Why? To sustain hope for the world to become a more loving, tolerable, and open space. It always begins with art. That is why we invite you to enter the 2025 International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition. Visit our website and view our flyer for more information.

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2024 Charles Simic Prize for Poetry

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Deadline: July 31, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Dana Levin will judge the second annual Charles Simic Prize for Poetry. Dana is the author of five books of poetry and teaches for the Bennington Writing Seminars, the MFA program at Bennington College, and serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in St. Louis. Dana recently published a recollection of Charlie as friend, teacher, and mentor in The Yale Review.
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2024 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets

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Now in its 7th year, the Catamaran Poetry Prize is open to previously unpublished poetry manuscripts across a range of styles, themes, and forms. The prize is only open to West Coast poets living in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii. See our website and flyer for full details.

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2nd Annual Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse

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Deadline: May 25, 2024
Livingston Press is accepting submissions of unpublished manuscripts for its annual Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse. There is no entry fee. Winner receives $500, publication, twenty copies, and a standard royalty contract. View our flyer and visit our website for guidelines.

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Tenth Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published & Hybrid-Published Books

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Winning Writers will award a grand prize of $10,000 in its tenth annual North Street competition, and $20,400 in all. The top nine winners will enjoy additional benefits from co-sponsors BookBaby, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Book Award Pro, Self-Publishing Made Simple, and Laura Duffy Design. New this year: Everyone who enters online will receive a brief commentary from one of the judges. Submit books published in any year and on any self-publishing or hybrid-publishing platform. $79 entry fee. Enter online or by mail by July 1. Learn more at our website and share our flyer.

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Open for Submissions: The Akron Poetry Prize

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Deadline: June 15, 2024
Entry fee: $25
The annual Akron Poetry Prize is now open. The winner receives $1,500 and publication of their book as part of the Akron Series in Poetry. Matthew Olzmann will judge. Other manuscripts may be considered for publication in the series. Submit manuscripts via Submittable from April 15 – June 15, 2024. View flyer and visit our website for complete guidelines.

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Announcing the 2024 RockPaperPoem Poetry Prize

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Deadline: May 31, 2024
The contest is un-themed so any subject is eligible, and all submissions will be considered for publication in the next issue of RockPaperPoem. We’re looking for your three best poems! View our flyer for more information and see complete contest guidelines at our website.

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Extended deadline for Richard Snyder Prize: May 15

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Deadline: May 15, 2024
$1000 and publication with Ashland Poetry Press for an unpublished manuscript of original poetry. No aesthetic preference or requirements; we’re happy to publish someone’s first book or their tenth. We just want books we love. 2024 Judge: Matthew Rohrer. View our flyer. Full guidelines and submission details at our website.

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december seeks submissions for the 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards

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december seeks submissions for the 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards in fiction and creative nonfiction. Prizes each genre: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be listed in the 2024 Fall/Winter awards issue. $20 entry fee includes copy of awards issue. All submissions considered for publication. Submit one story or essay up to 8,000 words March 1 to May 1. For complete guidelines and judge information view our flyer and visit our website.

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Poet-Volunteers Are Invited to Submit a Manuscript!

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Deadline: April 30, 2024
Only poets who donate labor to help a literary venture may submit. We publish 2 books per year, and the 2024 judge is Ariel Francisco Henriquez Cos. TO NOMINATE A VOLUNTEER, review the submission details on our flyer and Guidelines page and complete the Hilary Tham Capital Collection Nomination Form.

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Flying South 2024 Contest is Open

$2,100 in Prizes

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Deadline: May 31, 2024
From March 1 to May 31, Flying South 2024 will be accepting entries for this year’s contest. There will be three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. In each of the three categories the awards will be $400 for First Place, $200 for Second Place, and $100 for Third Place. Finalists will be awarded publication in Flying South. View our flyer and visit our website to learn more.

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Last Call for the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest

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Winning Writers’ 32nd annual Fiction & Essay Contest has a May 1 deadline. Submit published or unpublished work. Max 6,000 words. Prizes: 2 X $3,500, 10 X $300. Top 12 entries published online. Entry fee: $22. Final judge: Mina Manchester. Co-sponsored by Duotrope and recommended by Reedsy. View flyer to see guidelines and enter online on our website.

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March 2024 eLitPak :: Writing Contests for the Best Poem and Short Story

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Gival Press is now accepting entries for the Best stand-alone Short Story (prize: $1,000.00) and for the Best Poem about LGBTQ+ life (prize: $500.00). Details about reading fee, etc.: at our Submittable portal. Winners will be published in the online journal, ArLiJo,  which will have an Open Reading Period from March 25 to April 25, 2024. View flyer for more information.

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March 2024 eLitPak :: First Pages Prize – Judge Edwidge Danticat

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Deadline: April 10, 2024 (April 24 extended)
First Pages Prize invites you to enter your first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Prizes in both fiction & creative nonfiction. 2024 Judge is Edwidge Dandicat! Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the prize supports emerging writers with cash awards, developmental mentoring, & agent consultation. View our flyer and visit our website for full information.

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March 2024 eLitPak :: Last Call! Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest

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Deadline: April 1
Submit one humor poem to Winning Writers’ 2024 contest to win $2,000 and online publication. Accepts published and unpublished work. Co-sponsored by Duotrope. Recommended by Reedsy. Judged by Jendi Reiter and Lauren Singer. Winners announced on August 15. Visit our website and view our flyer for more information.

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March 2024 eLitPak :: 18th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards

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Deadline: March 31, 2024
The 18th annual National Indie Excellence® Awards (NIEA) are open to all English language printed books available for sale, including small presses, mid-sized independent publishers, university presses, and self-published authors. NIEA is proud to be a champion of self-publishing and independent presses. Monetary awards, sponsorships, and entry rules are described in detail on our website.

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March 2024 eLitPak :: Contest and Submission Opportunity from Black Fox Literary Magazine!

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Submit your fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction to Black Fox Literary Magazine’s Fairy Tale Remix Writing Prize! Deadline: March 31, 2024! We are also accepting free submissions for our summer 2024 print issue. Free subs close on May 31, 2024! View flyer and visit website to learn more.

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March 2024 eLitPak :: Poets Time to Submit Your Manuscript to The Washington Prize

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Deadline: March 15, 2024
Win $1,500 and publication by The Word Works. The contest is open to unpublished English language volumes of original poetry by a living Canadian or American writer at any stage of their career. Winner announced August 1 by series editor Andrea Carter Brown. View flyer to learn more and submit.

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January 2024 eLitPak :: Publish Your Poetry Collection!

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Deadline: March 15, 2024
Every year since 2012, Trio House Press has published the winners of the Trio Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry and the Louise Bogan Open Award in Poetry. Send us your manuscript and you could join our long list of talented and award-winning poets. Prize includes $1,000, publication, author copies, and marketing/publicity. Join us at Trio House! View our flyer or visit www.triohousepress.org to learn more.

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December 2023 eLitPak :: 2024 New American Poetry Prize

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Deadline: January 15, 2024
This year’s final judge is Nikki Wallschlaeger, author of the full-length collections Waterbaby, Crawlspace, and Houses. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of poetry are welcome. The winning manuscript will be published, and its author will receive $1500, promotional support, and 25 author copies. View flyer and visit website to learn more.

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November 2023 eLitPak :: december seeks submissions for the 2024 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize

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Deadline: December 1, 2023
Dorianne Laux will judge. Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be published in the 2024 Spring/Summer Awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. Submit October 1 to December 1, 2023. For complete guidelines please visit our website and view our flyer.

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November 2023 eLitPak :: 19th Tartt First Fiction Award

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Deadline: December 31
The Tartt First Fiction Award is in its nineteenth year. The award is open to any American writer who has not yet had a book of stories published. Publication and one thousand dollars awarded. View flyer or visit our website for more information.

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October 2023 eLitPak – Two Writing Contest This Fall for Teens

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Deadline: November 30, 2023
Under the Madness Magazine is sponsoring two no-fee writing contests for teens this fall: a Street Poetry Contest (with a judge from Spain) and a Fiction Contest (with a judge from the United States). We’re also open for general submissions in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. View flyer or visit website to learn more.

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October 2023 eLitPak :: Submit to Midway Journal’s Action/Words Poetry Contest!

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Deadline: December 31
Our Action/Words Poetry Contest seeks submissions that call for, enact, reflect upon connections between poetry and praxis. Each fall, our team will select a verb to serve as the “action word”/theme for that year’s contest. This year, we have selected the verb “to gather.” We welcome writers to submit poems that respond directly or indirectly to this term. View flyer or visit our website for more information.

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October 2023 eLitPak :: 2023 MAYDAY Prizes

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Deadline: November 1, 2023
The MAYDAY Prizes for Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction offer publication and cash awards in each category: first place $500, second place $250, third place $100. Submit a story, essay, or poetry micro-chapbook by November 1. Fiction judge: Alissa Hattman. Poetry judge: Sophia Terazawa. Editors will judge Creative Nonfiction. Entry fee: $20. All submissions considered for publication. More info at our website or view our full flyer.

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September 2023 eLitPak :: Ashland Poetry Press Announces Inaugural Poetry Broadside Contest

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Deadline: November 1, 2023
Submit individual poems ($10 for up to two poems of 40 lines or fewer; multiple submissions okay). Winner and two runners-up will have broadsides designed and printed ($250 and 50 copies to winner; 25 copies for runners-up). No particular aesthetic; we just want great poems. Winning broadsides designed by poet/artist Lindsay Lusby.

View full contest guidelines and submit. View full flyer here.

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September 2023 eLitPak :: 2024 Marvin Bell Poetry Prize

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Deadline: December 1, 2023
Dorianne Laux will judge. Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be published in the 2024 Spring/Summer Awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. Submit October 1 to December 1, 2023. For complete guidelines please visit our website and view our flyer.

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September 2023 eLitPak :: $15,000 in Prizes from the Missouri Review

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The Missouri Review invites entries for the 2023 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. Winners receive $5000, publication, and promotion. Guidelines here. Each entrant receives a one-year digital subscription to the Missouri Review and a digital copy of the latest title from our imprint, Missouri Review Books. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: October 1. 

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September 2023 eLitPak :: Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest – Last Call!

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Screenshot of Winning Writers’ last call flyer for the 2023 Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest

Submit published or unpublished poems to the 21st annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope. We will award $3,000 for the best poem in any style and $3,000 for the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. The top 12 poems will be published online. Final judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones. Deadline: September 30. Fee: $22 for 1-3 poems. View flyer for more information.

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August 2023 eLitPak :: 2023 Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest

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Submit published or unpublished poems to the 21st annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope. We will award $3,000 for the best poem in any style and $3,000 for the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. The top 12 poems will be published online. Final judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones. Deadline: September 30. Fee: $22 for 1-3 poems. View flyer for more information.

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June 2023 eLitPak :: 2023 Charles Simic Poetry Prize

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Deadline: July 31, 2023
Hole In The Head Review has established the Charles Simic Poetry Prize to honor our late friend and mentor. First prize will receive $1,000 and publication in our November 1 issue. Winner will be announced at our October 26 poetry reading, on social media, and in our November 1 issue. Poet David Rivard, who taught with Charlie in The University of New Hampshire MFA program, will judge. View flyer for more information. Submissions accepted through July 31, 2023 through our submission portal.

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June 2023 eLitPak :: Gival Press 2023 Oscar Wilde Award

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for Best LGBTQ+ Original Poem

Deadline: June 27, 2023
22nd Annual Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award for the best LGBTQ+ original poem in English, with a prize of $500.00. View flyer for more information and then submit here.

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June 2023 eLitPak :: Howling Bird Press Poetry Prize is Open for Manuscript Submissions!

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Deadline: August 21, 2023
Howling Bird Press awards $2,500 and book publication in fall 2024 to one single-author original (previously unpublished in book form) poetry manuscript. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of between 48 and 72 pages with a $25 entry fee by August 21, 2023. Howling Bird is part of Augsburg University’s MFA program. James Cihlar, publisher: [email protected]. Visit submissions manager.

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June 2023 eLitPak :: Last Call! North Street Book Prize for Self-Published & Hybrid-Published Books

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Winning Writers will award a grand prize of $10,000 cash in its ninth annual North Street competition and $20,400 in all. See our flyer to learn why our contest is one of the very best for self-published and hybrid-published authors. Submit books published in any year and on any platform. $75 entry fee. Enter online or by mail by June 30. Learn more at our website.

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May 2023 eLitPak :: Apple in the Dark Flash Contest

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Deadline: May 31, 2023
Apple in the Dark is taking submissions for its inaugural flash fiction contest, judged by Chelsea T. Hicks. Fee: $6. Prize: $150. Deadline: May 31, 2023. Submit here.

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May 2023 eLitPak :: Flying South 10th Anniversary Issue Accepting Submissions

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$2,100 in Prizes Awarded!

From March 1 to May 31 Flying South 2023 will be accepting entries for this year’s contest. There will be three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. In each of the three categories, the awards will be $400 for First Place, $200 for Second Place, and $100 for Third Place. Finalists will be awarded publication in Flying South. Visit website and view flyer for more information.

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