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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 …

The 2025 Adrift Chapbook Contest

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Timeline​​- Submissions are open from March 1st 2025 until July 31st 2025. - Finalists and winner will be announced by Driftwood editors in November 2025. - The winning chapbook(s) will be published in 2026. ​​​Guidelines​​​- Original poetry only. Prose poetry, experimental poetry, and poetry with a visual component (color images accepted) are …

$25

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The Adroit Journal Seeks Translation Readers

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The Adroit Journal seeks readers in translation to join our growing team. This is a volunteer, remote position with a start date of ASAP. The monthly commitment is approximately 6-8 hours when the submissions portal is open. Readers will read, discuss, and vote on submissions of translated work, and will attend …

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Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest

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The Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest is an award that provides a prize for the single best poem submitted to our judges. This contest is open to all poets (professional, emerging, and first-time) in Canada, and is run each summer in memory of poet and friend Lesley Strutt. Submissions Guidelines - This contest …

$5

The Poetry in Translation Prize – Fitzcarraldo Editions

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The Poetry in Translation Prize is a biennial award for an outstanding poetry collection translated into English. The prize is open to living, published poets from around the world, writing in any language. The winning poet and translator receive an advance of $5,000, to be shared equally between poet and translator, …

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 …

£10

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The Adroit Journal Seeks Translation Readers

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The Adroit Journal seeks readers in translation to join our growing team. This is a volunteer, remote position with a start date of ASAP. The monthly commitment is approximately 6-8 hours when the submissions portal is open. Readers will read, discuss, and vote on submissions of translated work, and will attend …

Free

Frontier Poetry’s Myths & Fables Prize Deadline

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In our continued celebration of imagination, storytelling, and the power of archetype, Frontier Poetry is thrilled to announce the Myths & Fables Prize. In her poem “Circe’s Power,” Louise Glück invokes the voice of the sorceress: “I never turned anyone into a pig. / Some people are pigs; I make them / …

$20

Funicular Magazine: Deadline to Submit

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Submit your poetry to Funicular Magazine. Funicular is an Alberta-based literary magazine that publishes short stories of 3000 words or less, poetry, and flash fiction pieces under 1000 words. General Guidelines – Up to 5 poems – Font: We don't care, just make sure we can read it or, y'know, …

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2025 Windham-Campbell Prize Recipients Reading

Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Conclude the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival with our cherished traditional finale: an evening of readings by all eight of this year’s Prize recipients. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the voices that are shaping contemporary literature, as they share excerpts from their celebrated works. Join us to …

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The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2025

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The Moth Nature Writing Prize aims to encourage and celebrate the art of nature writing. It is awarded annually to unpublished pieces of prose or poetry which best combine exceptional literary merit with an exploration of the writers’ relationship with the natural world. An entry consists of a single poem of any …

€15

The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize 2025 Deadline

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Prize: $10,000 + Residency Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center 2025 Judge: Shane McCrae General Guidelines – Submissions are open July 1 – September 30. – A fee of $28 must be paid at the time of submission. – Open to any poet writing in English. Translations are not eligible. – The …

$28