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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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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 …

$35

Submit to Prairie Fire Magazine

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General Submissions ***We have recently changed our submission guidelines, so please read this section carefully before submitting*** Prairie Fire is currently accepting general submissions by snail mail or email (if snail mail is not convenient). Submittable is closed for the summer, but will resume September 2nd.  In order to find …

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The Moth Poetry Prize 2025 – Judged by Ishion Hutchinson

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The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for individual unpublished poems. The prize is open to anyone over 16, and each year attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries worldwide. 1st PRIZE €6,000 3 RUNNER-UP PRIZES OF €1,000 8 …

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Embodying Translation: Poetry’s Lea(r)nings

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front 303 E 8th Ave E, Vancouver, British Columbia

Admission: $15 / Free for Indigenous participants Register: Here  The Capilano Review and Western Front are pleased to present a workshop by writer-in-residence Erín Moure. On the workshop, Moure says: Translation is a performance that is incorporated, that stems from a textual flow through a body already socially, culturally and ideologically constituted (and …

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Submit to Tint Journal

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Share your short stories, creative nonfiction essays, flash and poetry, as well as your artworks from October 13 to November 30, 2025 (CET midnight) with us to be considered for our 15th issue, Tint Spring ‘26! We're looking forward to receiving your work at submissions@tintjournal.com! In view of the diverse backgrounds of our contributing …

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Vancouver Writers Fest

The 38th annual Vancouver Writers Fest takes place from October 20–26, 2025, featuring a scintillating lineup of exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue in 87 events. Our 2025 Festival Guest Curator is the brilliant, multi-award-winning poet and novelist Canisia Lubrin. She has curated four events for us in a program called Cycling and Renewal …

Masterclass with Canisia Lubrin and Jillian Christmas

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This Masterclass is an extraordinary double-bill, featuring two icons of contemporary Canadian poetry. Canisia Lubrin is the author of the multi-award-winning Code Noir and The World After Rain, a poetry collection epic in its vision and intimate in its exploration of grief and loss. Jillian Christmas is a spoken word poet, author of The Gospel of Breaking, and …

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