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2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award Deadline

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Prize Guidelines This award is for developing writers of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction (new!) and was established in memory of writer Bronwen Wallace. Bronwen Wallace felt that writers should have more opportunities for greater recognition early in their careers, and so this annual award is given to a …

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The Moth Poetry Prize: 2024 Deadline

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The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for a single unpublished poem. The prize is open to anyone, as long as the poem is previously unpublished, and each year it attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries worldwide. …

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2025 Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry: Submission Deadline

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Submit to the Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry! 🗓️ Deadline: April 30, 2025 🌍 Open to: International poets ✍️ Submit: 1-3 unpublished poems 💵 Fee: $15 🥇 Award: $1,500 🗂️ Organized by: Beloit Poetry Journal, with the support of the Adrienne Rich Literary Trust 📚 Judge: Nikky Finney Guidelines Submit …

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Submit to the 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation

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The Poetry Translation Centre invites international publishers to submit entries for the fourth biennial Sarah Maguire Prize, celebrating the best poetry book translated into English by a living poet from beyond Europe. Submissions open on 10 July 2025 and close on 31 December 2025. The shortlist will be announced by …

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Lillian Allen Prize and Lillian Allen Emerging Artist Prize

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In 2024 the Ontario Arts Council, in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets, created the Lillian Allen Prize and the Lillian Allen Emerging Artist Prize to recognize and celebrate spoken word poetry. The prizes are named after Canadian poet and spoken word artist Lillian Allen. Her distinctive approach to …