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Prism International

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PRISM international publishes exciting, original material from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world. Due to the high volume of submissions, we receive each month, reply times range from 6 - 12 months, depending on the time of year. Please note: PRISM does not accept submissions from current and incoming students and faculty of …

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2024 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation

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The Poetry Translation Centre invites publishers internationally to submit their books for the third biennial Sarah Maguire Prize, to be awarded in the PTC’s 20th birthday year in 2024.  The prize was established with a generous gift from the Estate of Sarah Maguire and donations from her friends and colleagues, …

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The Greensboro Review: Submission Deadline

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Manuscripts must be received by January 1 to be considered for the Fall issue (acceptances in May). GUIDELINES: Entries must be previously unpublished. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately via Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please submit only once per genre during each submission period. Length restrictions: …

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Claire Harris Poetry Prize

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The Claire Harris Poetry Prize, a new initiative of Goose Lane’s icehouse poetry imprint, is designed to enhance the visibility of debut poetry collections by previously unpublished poets from Black, Indigenous, and other racialized communities. This prize will be presented for the first time in 2024 and thereafter will be …

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Ani Gjika — An Unruled Body, with Jung Hae Chae

Politics & Prose Bookstore 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington

Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time in which everyone had a secret to keep and young women were afraid to walk down the street alone. When her family immigrates to America, Gjika finds herself far from the grandmother …

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ROOM Magazine: Submission Deadline

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Wade through the pleasures and pains of the flesh with us in the BODIES issue!   We're seeking poetry about touch and isolation, trans and queer embodiment, fat liberation, chronic illness and disability, brutality, sensuality, and other meditations on the bones and muscles you inhabit every day. What words live in the …

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de Groot Foundation: Courage to Write Grants Applications Open

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Applications for 2024 COURAGE to WRITE grants open January 7, 2024 The de Groot Foundation will award thirty COURAGE to WRITE unrestricted grants to writers in 2024. Ten COURAGE to WRITE grants of $7000 each and twenty Writer of Note grants of $1500 each. These grants are meant to encourage and …

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The Polyglot: Issue 13

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The Polyglot is thrilled to partner with the Philippine Edmonton Events and Arts Society (PHIDEAS) for a joint issue dedicated to featuring the many languages and diverse arts in the Philippines. Deadline: January 15, 2024. Please use this form to submit. Honorarium: $100 CAD Guest Editor: Mila Bongco-Philipzig Open to: …

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Don Mee Choi at REDCAT

REDCAT 631 W 2ND ST, Los Angeles, CA

Don Mee Choi is a markedly influential figure in contemporary experimental poetry, combining the visual, the documentary, and the lyrical in her highly acclaimed books. Choi’s Kor-Us Trilogy (Hardly War, DMZ Colony, and the forthcoming Mirror Nation) intertwines her family history with the troubled and complex modern history of South Korea and its long entanglement with …

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Hayden’s Ferry Review: Translations

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We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us. Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text. …

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Michael Waters Poetry Prize 2024 Deadline

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Official Guidelines Southern Indiana Review will award a prize of $6000 and publication for a full-length poetry manuscript written in English submitted under the following guidelines. Each submission must: • Be available for exclusive manuscript publication (individual poems may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or chapbooks) by SIR …

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Two Languages Prize: Submission Deadline

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The Two Languages Series celebrates the fullness in the language practices, identities, and voices we engage in/with in order to speak. We are looking to publish collections of poetry, hybrid, or essays by writers writing in both Korean and English over any theme or topic. The winner of the 2024 series will receive $500 …

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Cordite Poetry Review: Submission Deadilne

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Submission to Issue 112: TREAT with poetry guest-edited by Tricia Dearborn will close at 11.59pm Melbourne time on Sunday, 4 February 2024. Cordite celebrates 27 years of publishing. Please consider making a donation. Please do NOT print your name or contact details on your submission document. Cordite only accepts unpublished work. Simultaneous submissions? …

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Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry – Deadline

Arrowsmith Press, in partnership with The Derek Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and the Boston Playwrights' Theatre, presents the annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry to be awarded to a full-length book of poems by a living poet who is not a US citizen (green card holders welcome) published in …

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Prairie Fire Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50

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Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50 Prairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers over fifty! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so. If you are a woman, aged …

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Translation Talks: D. M. Bradford & Donald Nicholson-Smith

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Join us on Monday, February 26th at 12:00pm ET / 5:00pm GMT on Zoom for Translation Talks featuring D. M. Bradford in conversation with Donald Nicholson-Smith. Register here! Darby Minott Bradford is a poet, translator, and sometimes curator. They are the author of Dream of No One but Myself (2021), which won the A.M. Klein QWF Prize for Poetry, was a finalist …

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Another Room to Live In: 15 Contemporary Arab Poets Official Book Launch

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Please join us for the official virtual launch of Another Room to Live In: 15 Contemporary Arab Poets! We will be celebrating this multilingual conversation between fifteen poet-translators, connected through friendship, correspondence, and diasporic gathering—out February 15 with Litmus Press!✨ Featuring Hoda Adra, Omar Berrada, Sara Elkamel, Safaa Fathy, Soukaina Habiballah, Marilyn Hacker, Golan Haji, Kadhim J. Hassan, Pierre Joris, Mona Kareem, Souad …

2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist Announcement

Stay tuned as we announce our 2024 Longlist of 10 books. Join us on our website and social media channels at 10:00am ET as we reveal the top ten poetry books of the year as chosen by our 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize judges: A. F. Moritz, Jan Wagner, and Anne …

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Hayden’s Ferry Review: Translations

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We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us. Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text. …

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2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist Announcement

Stay tuned as we announce our 2024 Shortlist of five books. Join us on our website and social media channels at 10:00am ET as we reveal the top five poetry books of the year as chosen by our 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize judges: A. F. Moritz, Jan Wagner, and Anne …

Liberation in Four Movements: Featuring Fred Moten

Art Museum at the University of Toronto University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario

Centring Black scholarship, artistry, and embodied practices, Liberation in Four Movements traverses non-linear paths through texts and artworks, challenging the confines of traditional museum spaces. It invites spillage and contemplation as we navigate narratives of dehumanization, ultimately arriving at meditations on states of humanity and freedom. This journey flows through the …

An Evening of Poetry in Translation with Erín Moure

Type Books Type Books, 883 Queen St. W., Toronto, Ontario

Type Books presents an evening of poetry in translation with former Griffin Poetry Prize finalist and judge, Erín Moure, reading from her two latest poetry translations, you and This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu. Free to attend! ERÍN MOURE is a poet and poetry translator who lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Since 1979, she …

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2024 Canadian First Book Prize Winner Announcement

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Stay tuned as we announce our 2024 Canadian First Book Prize winner, as chosen by our 2024 judges: A. F. Moritz, Jan Wagner, and Anne Waldman. Join us on our website and social media channels at 10:00am ET as we reveal which debut Canadian poetry book will be awarded the …

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Hayden’s Ferry Review: Translations

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We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us. Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text. …

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2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings

Koerner Hall Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario

Join us on Wednesday, June 5 at 7:00 p.m. (ET) for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings. The Readings will be held at Koerner Hall in Toronto and the evening will include a selection of readings by the shortlisted finalists, this year’s Lifetime Recognition Award recipient Don McKay, the Canadian First Book …

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Hayden’s Ferry Review: Translations

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We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us. Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text. …

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A Celebratory Evening with Sylvia Legris

Travel Alcove 3130-8th Street East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Join Sylvia Legris, recipient of the 2024/2025 Prairie Grindstone Prize, and special guest Sherri Benning for a celebratory reading and discussion of Sylvia's poetry. followed by a Q&A (time permitting) and signing. This event will be held in person in the Travel Alcove. Sylvia Legris’s most recent poetry collection is The Principle of …

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Hayden’s Ferry Review: Translations

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We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us. Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text. …

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