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2025 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions First Chap Contest

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Sheila-Na-Gig Editions invites entries for our annual First Chapbook contest. Please follow the guidelines below.Jessica Manack’s Gastromythology was our 2023 winner! Our 2024 winner, Elinor Ann Walker’s work, Fugitive but Gorgeous, will be published in 2025! IMPORTANT: This contest is meant to support early-career poets. Only poets who have NOT previously published a …

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2025 Stephen Mitchell Prize for Excellence in Translation

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The Stephen Mitchell Prize for Translation Stephen Mitchell has written or translated over twenty books. He has brought into English lucid, beautiful translations of Yehuda Amichai, Homer, Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, and such foundational texts as the Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and Genesis, among others. In honor of Mitchell’s linguistic and poetic acumen, …

$12.50 – $25

Submit your Translations to Poet Lore

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We have a mission of discovery at Poet Lore. Therefore, every submission is read without regard to reputation by our team of readers and editors. We are open to translation submissions from January 1 - June 30 and from August 1 - November 30. Poet Lore publishes a range of established and …

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The Foster Poetry Prize: 2025 Deadline

Formerly known as the Young Buck Poetry Prize, the Foster Poetry Prize is a writing contest for emerging poets of any age. The prize is awarded to the author of the single best submitted poem, along with $1000 and publication in CV2. Three honourable mentions are also awarded, each with …

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The 2025 Oxford Poetry Prize Deadline

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Oxford Poetry awards the annual Oxford Poetry Prize for a single poem in the English language. The 2025 Prize opens on 1 May 2025. This year’s guest judge is Rebecca Tamás. The winner of the Oxford Poetry Prize receives £1,000, the runner-up £200, and third place £100. The winning poets …

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