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Aesthetica Creative Writing Award (Poetry) Deadline

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About the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is a celebration of innovative new writing from across the world. Each year, the competition invites submissions of poetry that redefine the parameters of form, concept and technique. Jury Our jury comprises some of the UK's most renowned editors and …

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Manchester Poetry Prize

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Manchester Poetry Prize: £10,000* For: a portfolio of 3 to 5 poems with a combined maximum length of 120 lines Entry fee: £18 (reduced price entry available) Deadline for Entries: 5pm (UK time) on 1st September 2023 Chair of Judges: Malika Booker *Terms and Conditions apply The Manchester Poetry Prize asks for a portfolio …

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Academy of American Poets First Book Award Deadline

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The 2024 Academy of American Poets First Book Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by Victoria Chang, will be published by Graywolf Press, a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid six-week residency at …

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Lunch Ticket: The Gabo Prize in Translation & Multilingual Texts

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Please read these guidelines thoroughly before submitting. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will not be considered.   Literary Translation for Lunch Ticket Issue 24   Translation Submission Guidelines: Please submit to only one genre once per submission reading period. If your Translation has been published in Lunch Ticket, please wait six months …

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Interim: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics

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Submit your translations (poetry and essays)! If submitting poetry, include three to six poems in a single document. If any work in a given submission is accepted elsewhere, please either add a note to your submission or withdraw that submission in Submittable. There is no need to notify us of …

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Tab Journal – Special Call Deadline

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Special Call: Poems in Pairs, Translations, Collaborative or Conversation Poems, Poems in Couplets, Poems about Halves or Binaries, etc. Tab Journal is seeking poetry related to the general idea of “two” for its next print issue, to be published in January 2024. There is no fee to submit. While Tab Journal currently doesn’t have …

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Juniper: Deadline for Submissions

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Juniper is open for submissions from Sept. 1 to Sept. 14, 2023. Guidelines 1. Please send a maximum of three unpublished poems. 2. Attach your cover letter and poems as a Word document. 3. Paste your cover letter and poems into the body of your email. 4. In your cover letter, …

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Canthius: Submission Deadline

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Submissions are open from August 15-September 15. Canthius is an intersectional feminist magazine that publishes poetry and prose by writers of marginalized gender identities, including trans, Two Spirit, non-binary, agender, cis women, genderqueer, GNC, and intersex writers. We are committed to publishing diverse perspectives and experiences and strongly encourage Indigenous …

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2024 Wisconsin Prize for Poetry in Translation Deadline

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Please upload a book-length collection of poetry translated into English, in pdf format. The translations submitted must be previously unpublished in book form. The manuscript must include each poem in its original language, as well as in translation, and should be no fewer than 75 and no more than 250 …

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Room Magazine’s 2023 Poetry Contest

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Our 2023 Poetry Contest is now open! FIRST PRIZE: $1,000 + possibility of publication in Room SECOND PRIZE: $250 + possibility publication in Room HONOURABLE MENTION: $100 + publication on Room’s website DEADLINE: September 15th, 2023 2023 Judge: John Elizabeth Stintzi John Elizabeth Stintzi is a writer, cartoonist, and editor who grew up on a …

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The Anzaldúa Poetry Prize

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Deadline: 15 September 2023 Guest Judge: Natalie Diaz Award: First place is publication, $1,500 prize, 25 contributor copies, and royalties contract. Three finalists will be announced. Reading Fee: $15 Enter: Open—share your writing with us today! History Our annual poetry prize proudly honors poet, writer, and cultural theorist, Gloria E. Anzaldúa. Anzaldúa’s …

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Frontier Poetry’s Roots & Roads Prize

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Welcome to our inaugural Roots & Roads Prize! We look forward to reading your poems! About the Prize Not only are root systems vital for a tree to channel sustenance from the soil, but they are also communicators, connecting the plant to its environment and to other plants. Roads, too, …

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Acta Victoriana: Deadline for Submissions

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Submission guidelines: - All submissions must be anonymized. Please do not include any identifying information in the name or body of your submission file.  Submit through this Google form. - Font: Times New Roman; font size 12. Exceptions will be made if font style/size is integral to the work. - …

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The Ex-Puritan: Deadline for Submissions

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General Submission Guidelines The Ex-Puritan seeks submissions all year round, from anywhere in the world. Click here to submit We’re looking for poems of any length (including sequences and long poems). Please familiarize yourself with our last two issues. Send up to four poems at a time. We are especially interested …

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