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3 | Name | First book only? | Fee | Deadline | Cash Prize | Other compensation | URL | Waiver? | by Emily Stoddard - hello@emilystoddard.com - last update: Dec 6, 2023 |
4 | June Road Press | No | $0 | January 1 | https://www.juneroadpress.com/submissions | ||||
5 | Versal - Amsterdam Open Book Prize | No | $25 | January 7 | - | 10 copies | https://www.versaljournal.org/thecontest | Yes | Want to customize this or track your submissions? |
6 | Colorado Prize | No | $28 | January 14 | $2,500 | Royalties | https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-prize-for-poetry/ | Yes | Please do *not* request access to edit this sheet. Instead, you have two options: |
7 | Carcanet Books | No | $0 | TBD | - | TBD | https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?showinfo=ip002 | 1. Go to "File" above and select "Download as" to get an Excel file. | |
8 | Blue Light Press - Blue Light Book Award | No | $20 | January 30 | - | 5 copies + Royalties | http://www.bluelightpress.com/contestsFull.php?fbclid=IwAR0x8ODGiFk3cCz2hulARBkNA91JEZXpokEuvtTAZyjiXY-uWhrfBxEFUgM | OR | |
9 | Verse Daily Book Prize - DEADLINE EXTENDED | No | $26 | January 31 | $1,000 | https://www.versedaily.org/bookprize.shtml | 2. If you're logged in to Google, go to "File" and select "Make a copy." | ||
10 | Regal House - Terry J. Cox Poetry Award | No | $25 | January 31 | $1,000 | - | https://www.regalhousepublishing.com/the-terry-j-cox-poetry-award/ | ||
11 | Small Harbor Publishing - Laureate Prize | No | $25 | January 31 | $500 | 20 copies | https://www.smallharborpublishing.com/laureate-prize | Yes, for BIPOC | Get monthly deadline reminders: https://poetrybulletin.substack.com/ |
12 | Pine Row Press - winter reading period | No | $20 | January 31 | - | Royalties + copies | https://www.pinerow.com/the-pine-row-press-books | ||
13 | Tinderbox Editions (open reading) | No | $22 | February 1 | - | 50 copies + 25% royalties | https://tinderboxeditions.submittable.com/submit | Fee-free period in each submission window | |
14 | Michael Waters Poetry Prize | No | $25 | February 1 | $5,000 | - | https://www.usi.edu/sir/awards-contest/michael-waters-poetry-prize | ||
15 | Omnidawn First + Second book contest | First + second | $27 | February 13 | $3,000 | 100 copies | http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm | Yes - email: free.entry@omnidawn.com | |
16 | New American Press Poetry Prize | No | $25 | February 15 | $1,500 | 25 copies + Royalties | https://newamericanpress.com/2023-new-american-poetry-prize-final-judge-jamaica-baldwin/ | ||
17 | Sarabande Books - Kathryn A. Morton Prize | No | $29 | February 15 | $2,000 | Royalties | http://www.sarabandebooks.org/morton | ||
18 | AWP - Donald Hall Prize (spons. by Amazon) | No | $30 | February 28 | $5,500 | - | https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_overview | ||
19 | Terrapin Books - Open Reading | No | $12 | February 28 | - | Royalties + copies | https://www.terrapinbooks.com/guidelines.html | ||
20 | Steel Toe Books - Open Reading * see note to right | No | $25 | March 1 | - | 15 copies + "standard contract" | https://www.steeltoebooks.com/submit | ||
21 | Persea Books Editors' Choise Award | Second only | $30 | March 7 | $2,000 | - | https://www.perseabooks.com/lexi-rudnitsky-prize-award | ||
22 | Airlie Prize | No | $25 | March 15 | $1,000 | - | http://www.airliepress.org/airlie-prize/ | ||
23 | National Poetry Series | No | $35 | March 15 | $10,000 | - | https://nationalpoetryseries.org/apply/#nps-open | ||
24 | Prairie Schooner Book Prize | No | $25 | March 15 | $3,000 | - | https://prairieschoonerbookprizeseries.submittable.com/submit | ||
25 | Word Works - Washington Prize | No | $25 | March 15 | $1,500 | - | https://www.wordworksbooks.org/submissions/the-washington-prize/ | ||
26 | Beautiful Days Press | No | $0 | March 20 | - | TBD | https://beautifuldayspress.com/submit/ | ||
27 | C&R Press - Open Reading * see note to right | No | $30 | March 21 | - | TBD | https://crpress.submittable.com/submit | ||
28 | Black Ocean - Open Reading Period | No | $15 | March 24 | - | TBD | https://www.blackocean.org/submit | ||
29 | Black Lawrence Press/Hudson Prize | No | $27 | March 31 | $1,000 | 10 copies | https://blacklawrencepress.com/submissions-and-contests/the-hudson-prize/ | ||
30 | Switchback/Gatewood Prize | First + second | $15 | March 31 | - | No royalties, 30 copies | https://switchbackbooks.wixsite.com/switchbackbooks/submissions | Yes | |
31 | Elixir Press - Antivenom Poetry Award | First + second | $30 | March 31 | $1,000 | 25 copies | http://elixirpress.com/guidelines/antivenom-poetry-award | ||
32 | Able Muse Book Award | No | $25 | March 31 | $1,000 | - | https://www.ablemusepress.com/ablemuse-book-award | ||
33 | Four Way Books/Levis | No | $30 | March 31 | $1,000 | Sponsored reading | https://fourwaybooks.com/site/levis-prize/ | ||
34 | Trail to Table Press - Open Reading Period | No | $0 | March 31 | - | TBD | https://trailtotable.net/submissions.html | ||
35 | Lily Poetry Review - Paul Nemser Prize | No | $25 | March 31 | - | Royalties | https://lilypoetryreview.blog/lily-prizes-and-nominations/ | ||
36 | Milk and Cake Press | No | $25 | March 31 | - | 25 copies | https://milkandcakepress.com/submissions/ | Yes | |
37 | Stillhouse Press Ecopoetry Collection | No | $25 | March 31 | $500 | https://stillhousepress.submittable.com/submit | Yes | ||
38 | Driftwood Press | No | $20 | March 31 | $500 | 20 copies + Royalties | https://www.driftwoodpress.net/poetrycollections | ||
39 | Nervous Ghost Press | No | $0 | March 31 | $1,000 | Royalties | |||
40 | Orison Books Poetry Prize | No | $25 | April 1 | $1,500 | Royalties | https://www.orisonbooks.com/submissions | ||
41 | Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize | No | $30 | April 1 | $1,500 | - | https://saturnaliabooks.com/poetry-prize/pe/ | ||
42 | Saturnalia Alma Books Award | No | $30 | April 1 | $1,000 | - | https://saturnaliabooks.com/poetry-prize/pe/ | ||
43 | Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry | No | $25 | April 15 | $1,000 | $500 reading honorarium | http://upress.lib.utah.edu/ali-poetry-prize.php | ||
44 | Write Bloody | No | $0 | April 17 | - | TBD | https://www.writebloody.com/submissions | ||
45 | Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize | Yes | $25 | April 30 | $5,000 | - | https://upittpress.org/prize/agnes-lynch-starrett-poetry-prize/ | ||
46 | Barry Spacks Poetry Prize | No | $20 | April 30 | $1,000 | 50 copies | https://gunpowderpress.com/poetry-prizes/barry-spacks-poetry-prize/ | ||
47 | Iowa Poetry Prize | No | $20 | April 30 | - | Royalties | https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/authors/iowa-prize.htm | ||
48 | Marsh Hawk Press - Poetry Prizes | No | $25 | April 30 | $1,000 | - | https://marshhawkpress.org/the-2023-marsh-hawk-press-poetry-prizes/ | ||
49 | Trio House Press - Book Awards | First + second | $25 | April 30 | $1,000 | 20 copies | http://www.triohousepress.org/submissions.html | ||
50 | Inlandia Institute - Hillary Gravendyk Prize | No | $20 | April 30 | $1,000 | 20 copies | http://inlandiainstitute.org/books/the-hillary-gravendyk-prize/ | ||
51 | Jacar Press | No | $15 | April 30 | - | 20% royalties (escalating) | http://jacarpress.com/submissions/ | ||
52 | Ashland Poetry Press - Snyder Prize | No | $27 | April 30 | $1,000 | 25 copies, no royalties | https://www.ashlandpoetrypress.com/guidelines/snyder-prize | ||
53 | Tupelo Press - Berkshire Prize | First + second | $30 | April 30 | $3,000 | 20 copies | https://www.tupelopress.org/2016/01/22/2016-berkshire-prize/ | ||
54 | Texas Review Press - Open Reading | No | $0 | April 30 | - | TBD | http://texasreviewpress.org/submissions/ | ||
55 | Lamar University Open Reading Period | No | $0 | April 30 | TBD | https://www.lamar.edu/literary-press/submissions.html | |||
56 | Nymeria Publishing | No | $0 | April 30 | - | TBD | https://www.nymeriapublishing.com/submission | ||
57 | GASHER | No | $10 | May 1 | - | 25 copies + Royalties | https://www.gasherpress.com/submissions | ||
58 | Noemi Press | No | $25 | May 1 | $1,000 | - | http://www.noemipress.org/contest/ | ||
59 | Ghost Peach Prize in Poetry | First + second | $22 | May 1 | $1,000 | 10 copies | https://ghostpeachpress.com/poetry/ | Yes | |
60 | Wick Poetry Prize | Yes | $30 | May 1 | $2,500 | - | https://www.kent.edu/wick/stan-and-tom-wick-poetry-prize | ||
61 | The Backwaters Prize | No | $32 | May 1 | $2,000 | - | https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-backwaters-press-prize-in-poetry/ | ||
62 | Coffeehouse | No | $0 | May 1 | - | TBD | https://coffeehousepress.org/pages/submissions | ||
63 | Moon City Press Poetry Award | No | $25 | May 1 | $1,000 | Royalties | http://moon-city-press.com/poetry-contest/ | ||
64 | Veliz Books | No | $25 | May 5 | $500 | Contract + copies | http://www.velizbooks.com/submit-1 | Yes | |
65 | Lost Horse Press: Idaho Prize for Poetry | No | $28 | May 16 | $1,000 | 20 copies | https://losthorsepress.org/idaho-prize-for-poetry/ | ||
66 | Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets | No | $0 | May 21 | - | TBD | https://press.princeton.edu/faqs.html | ||
67 | Milkweed Editions Max Ritvo Prize | Yes | $25 | May 31 | $10,000 | - | https://milkweed.org/max-ritvo-poetry-prize | ||
68 | Anhinga Prize for Poetry | No | $28 | May 31 | $2,000 | - | http://www.anhingapress.org/anhinga-robert-dana-prize/ | ||
69 | Word Works - Open Reading Period | No | $20 | May 31 | - | TBD | https://www.wordworksbooks.org/submissions/reading-period/ | ||
70 | Homebound Publications Poetry Prize | No | $25 | May 31 | - | Royalties | https://homeboundpublications.com/homebound-publications-poetry-prize/ | ||
71 | Autumn House Poetry Contest | No | $30 | May 31 | $1,000 | $1500 publicity/travel grant | https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/poetry/ | Yes, but capped | |
72 | Unicorn Press: First Book Competition | Yes | $15 | May 31 | $1,000 | - | http://www.unicorn-press.org/submit/first-book.html | ||
73 | Broken Sleep Books | No | $0 | May 31 | - | 10% royalties + 5 copies | https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions | ||
74 | Game Over Books | No | $0 | May 31 | - | 30% royalties + 25 copies | https://www.gameoverbooks.com/submissions | ||
75 | Galileo Press | No | $18 | May 31 | $200 | Copies + Royalties | https://freestatereview.submittable.com/submit/225043/galileo-press-general-submissions-full-length-manuscripts | ||
76 | Parlor/New Measure Poetry Prize | No | $28 | June 1 | $1,000 | - | https://parlorpress.com/pages/new-measure-poetry-prize | ||
77 | 42 Miles Press Poetry Award | No | $25 | June 15 | $1,000 | 50 copies | https://42milespress.com/contest/ | ||
78 | Akron Prize | No | $25 | June 15 | $1,500 | - | http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize/ | ||
79 | Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry | No | $28 | June 16 | $2,000 | - | https://lynxhousepress.com/guidelines | ||
80 | Green Bottle Press | Yes | $0 | June 30 | - | 20 copies + Royalties (after 100 copies sold) | https://greenbottlepress.com/submission-guidelines/ | ||
81 | Barrow Street Book Contest | No | $28 | June 30 | $1,500 | - | http://barrowstreet.org/press/submit/ | ||
82 | Four Way Books - Open Reading | No | $30 | June 30 | - | TBD | https://fourwaybooks.com/site/guidelines/ | ||
83 | May Sarton Poetry Prize | No | $30 | June 30 | $1,000 | 50 copies | http://www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize/ | ||
84 | Unicorn Press: Open Reading Period | No | $0 | June 30 | - | TBD | http://www.unicorn-press.org/submit/index.html | ||
85 | Cider Press Review Editors' Prize | No | $26 | June 30 | $1,000 | 25 copies | https://ciderpressreview.com/bookaward/#.YLjpU5NKiDU | ||
86 | Green Writer Press Open Reading Period | No | $0 | June 30 | - | TBD | http://greenwriterspress.com/contact/submissions/ | ||
87 | Codhill Press Guest Editors Series | No | $0 | June 30 | - | 20 copies + Royalties | https://www.codhill.com/codhill-press-guest-editor-series/ | ||
88 | The Song Cave - Open Reading Period | No | $5 | June 30 | TBD | https://the-song-cave.com/pages/open-reading-period | |||
89 | Poetry Northwest - Posession Sound Poetry Series | Second + | $15 | June 30 | $500 | Royalties | https://www.poetrynw.org/possession-sound-poetry-series/ | ||
90 | Trio House Press - Open Reading | No | $20 | June 30 | - | TBD | http://www.triohousepress.org/submissions.html | ||
91 | Cold Mountain Press Book Contest | No | $25 | June 30 | - | TBD | https://www.coldmountainreview.org/submissions | ||
92 | Black Lawrence Press Open Reading Period | No | $14 | July 1 | TBD | https://blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit | |||
93 | YesYes Pamet River - CAPPED at 400 SUBS | First + second | $20 | July 1 | $1,000 | 40 copies + 15-25% royalties + $500 tour | https://yesyesbooks.submittable.com/submit/101446/2018-pamet-river-prize | ||
94 | YesYes Books - Open Reading - CAPPED at 400 SUBS | No | $25 | July 1 | $1,000 | 40 copies + 15-25% royalties + $500 tour | https://yesyesbooks.submittable.com/submit | ||
95 | Conduit - Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize | Yes | $25 | July 7 | $1,500 | 30 copies | https://www.conduit.org/book-prizes | ||
96 | Press 53 Award for Poetry | No | $30 | July 31 | $1,000 | 53 copies | https://www.press53.com/award-for-poetry/ | ||
97 | Mason Jar Press: 1729 Book Prize in Poetry | No | $0 | July 31 | $1,000 | Copies + "quarterly profit-sharing" | https://masonjarpress.com/1729-prize-in-poetry | ||
98 | River River Books - pay what you can fee ($10+ suggested) | No | $10 | July 31 | - | $250 advance + 25 copies + Royalties (after 250 copies sold) | https://riverriverbooks.org/aboutus/submissions/ | ||
99 | Tupelo Press - Open Reading | No | $30 | July 31 | - | TBD | https://www.tupelopress.org/july-open-submission/ | ||
100 | Cornerstone Press - Portage Poetry Series | No | $0 | August 1 | - | TBD | https://www.uwsp.edu/english/cornerstone/Pages/submissions.aspx | ||
101 | Riot in Your Throat Open Reading Period | No | $10 | August 7 | $500 | 50 copies, no royalties | https://riotinyourthroat.com/contact-submissions/ | ||
102 | Omnidawn Open | No | $35 | August 14 | $3,000 | 20 copies | http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm | Yes - email: free.entry@omnidawn.com | |
103 | Futurepoem - Other Futures Award | No | $28 | August 15 | $1,000 | 25 copies + Royalties | https://www.futurepoem.com/submit/other-futures-award | Yes | |
104 | Grayson Books Poetry Prize | No | $26 | August 15 | $1,000 | 10 copies | http://graysonbooks.com/contest.html | ||
105 | Black Lawrence Press St. Lawrence Book Award | Yes | $25 | August 31 | $1,000 | 10 copies | https://blacklawrencepress.com/submissions-and-contests/the-st-lawrence-book-award/ | ||
106 | Wandering Aengus Book Award | No | $30 | August 31 | - | 50 copies + Royalties (10%) | https://wanderingaenguspress.com/submissions.html | Yes, for limited time | |
107 | Terrapin Books - Open Reading | No | $12 | August 31 | - | Royalties + copies | https://www.terrapinbooks.com/guidelines.html | ||
108 | Sundress Publications - Open Reading | No | $15 | August 31 | - | 25 copies + Royalties (after costs covered) | http://www.sundresspublications.com/submit | Yes for all BIPOC writers | |
109 | Steel Toe Books Prize * see note to right | No | $25 | September 1 | $500 | $1000 promo pkg | https://www.steeltoebooks.com/submit | ||
110 | Academy of American Poets First Book Award | Yes | $35 | September 1 | $5,000 | Residency | https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/first-book-award | Yes | |
111 | C&R Press - Poetry Book Award * see note to right | No | $30 | September 1 | $1,000 | - | https://crpress.submittable.com/submit | ||
112 | Copper Canyon - Open Reading (CAPPED at 375 subs) | No | $25 | September 15 | - | TBD | https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/engage/engage_submissions.asp | Yes | |
113 | Lightscatter Press | No | $30 | September 15 | $1,000 | 25 copies | https://www.lightscatterpress.org/submit | ||
114 | Univ. of Wisc. Brittingham & Felix Pollak | No | $28 | September 15 | $1,500 | - | https://creativewriting.wisc.edu/bookprizes/ | ||
115 | Juniper Prize for Poetry | Yes | $30 | September 30 | $1,000 | - | https://www.umasspress.com/juniper-prizes/juniper-prize-for-poetry/ | ||
116 | Philip Levine Poetry Prize | No | $25 | September 30 | $2,000 | - | https://cah.fresnostate.edu/english/centers-projects/levineprize/index.html | ||
117 | Texas Review Press: X.J. Kennedy Prize | No | $28 | September 30 | $10,000 | 20 copies + Royalties | http://texasreviewpress.org/submissions/x-j-kennedy-poetry-prize | ||
118 | Arkansas Miller Williams | No | $28 | September 30 | $5,000 | - | https://www.uapress.com/millerwilliamspoetryseries/ | ||
119 | MSU Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize | Yes | $15 | October 1 | $1,000 | - | https://poetry.rcah.msu.edu/wheelbarrow-books/guidelines-established.html | ||
120 | APR Honickman | Yes | $25 | October 1 | $3,000 | Royalties | https://americanpoetryreview.submittable.com/submit | ||
121 | Milkweed / Jake Adam York Prize | First + second | $25 | October 15 | $2,000 | - | http://copper-nickel.org/bookprize/ | ||
122 | Alice James Award / Alice James Books | No | $30 | October 15 | $2,000 | - | https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/submit/ | ||
123 | Silverfish Review Press - Gerald Cable Award | Yes | $25 | October 15 | $1,000 | 25 copies | https://silverfishreviewpress.com/submission-guidelines | ||
124 | The Journal/Wheeler | No | $28 | October 17 | $2,500 | Royalties | http://thejournalmag.org/book-prizes/wheeler-prize | Yes | |
125 | Diode Editions Book Contest | No | $20 | October 30 | $1,500 | 10 copies | https://www.diodeeditions.com/full-length-contest | Yes | |
126 | Persea Books First Book Prize | Yes | $30 | October 31 | $1,000 | Residency (Italy) | https://www.perseabooks.com/lexi-rudnitsky-prize-award | ||
127 | University of North Texas: Vassar Miller Prize | No | $25 | October 31 | $1,000 | - | https://untpress.unt.edu/authors/vassar-miller-submissions/ | ||
128 | Elixir Press - Annual Poetry Award | No | $30 | October 31 | $2,000 | 25 copies | http://elixirpress.com/guidelines/annual-poetry-awards | ||
129 | Changes Press Book Prize | First + second | $0 | October 31 | $10,000 | Royalties + NYC launch | https://changes.press/book-prize/ | ||
130 | University of Chicago Phoenix Poets | No | $0 | October 31 | - | - | https://press.uchicago.edu/books/phoenixpoetsguidelines.html | ||
131 | Cowles Poetry Prize | No | $25 | November 1 | $2,000 | 30 copies | http://www.semopress.com/events/cowles-prize/ | ||
132 | Red Hen Press - Benjamin Saltman Award | No | $25 | October 31 | $3,000 | Residency | https://redhenpress.submittable.com/submit?fun_cid=15820463062973199989 | ||
133 | Minds on Fire Open Book Prize | No | $25 | November 3 | $1,500 | 30 copies | https://www.conduit.org/book-prizes | Yes (per a fellow poet) | |
134 | Perugia Press | First + second | $30 | November 15 | $1,000 | 10 copies + stipend/honorarium | https://perugiapress.org/contest/ | $15 reduced fee + $0 for BIPOC | |
135 | Nightboat Books Poetry Prize | No | $28 | November 15 | $1,000 | 25 copies + royalties | https://nightboat.org/poetry-prize/ | Yes, but limited | |
136 | Yale Series | Yes | $25 | November 15 | $1,000 | Royalties + Fellowship | http://youngerpoets.yupnet.org/submission-instructions/ | ||
137 | Donald Justice Poetry Prize (focus on form) | No | $25 | November 15 | $1,500 | 35 copies + Royalties | https://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities/poetry/contestAwards.aspx | ||
138 | Black Lawrence Press - Open Reading | No | $12 | November 30 | - | TBD | https://www.blacklawrence.com/submissions-and-contests/ | ||
139 | Autumn House - Rising Writer (36 and under) | Yes | $25 | November 30 | $1,000 | $500 travel grant | https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/rising-writers/ | Yes | |
140 | BOA - A. Poulin Jr Prize | Yes | $25 | November 30 | $1,000 | - | https://www.boaeditions.org/pages/a-poulin-jr-poetry-prize | ||
141 | Cider Press Review Book Award | No | $26 | November 30 | $1,500 | 25 copies | https://ciderpressreview.com/bookaward/#.YLjpU5NKiDU | ||
142 | Gold Wake Press - fee is cost of book | No | $17 | November 30 | - | TBD | https://goldwake.com/guidelines/ | ||
143 | White Pine Press Poetry Prize | No | $20 | November 30 | $1,000 | - | https://www.whitepine.org/white-pine-press-poetry-prize | ||
144 | Green Linden Press - Wishing Jewel Prize | No | $25 | November 30 | $1,000 | - | https://www.greenlindenpress.com/submit | ||
145 | Lamar University Open Reading Period | No | $0 | November 30 | TBD | https://www.lamar.edu/literary-press/submissions.html | |||
146 | Cleveland State - Lighthouse Poetry Series | No | sliding | December 15 | Royalties | http://www.csupoetrycenter.com/lighthouse-poetry-series | Sliding fee: $1, $12, $28 | ||
147 | Burnside Review Press Book Contest | No | $25 | December 31 | $1,000 | 10 copies | https://burnsidereview.org/book-guidelines.html | ||
148 | Hollis Summers Poetry Prize | No | $30 | December 31 | $1,000 | - | https://www.ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize | ||
149 | Tupelo Press Dorset Prize | No | $30 | December 31 | $3,000 | Residency + 20 copies | https://www.tupelopress.org/dorset-prize/ | ||
150 | New Rivers Press - Many Voices Project | First + second | $25 | December 31 | $1,000 | 15 copies + Royalties | https://www.newriverspress.com/submissions/ | ||
151 | Jack Leg Press - QUERIES | No | $0 | December 30 | - | Royalties + 5 copies | https://jacklegpress.org/info | ||
152 | Zone 3 First Book Award for Poetry | Yes | $20 | Back in 2024 | $1,000 | - | http://www.zone3press.com/books/poetry-contest | ||
153 | CavanKerry * pay what you can, starting at $10 | No | $10 | Back in 2024 | - | TBD | https://www.cavankerrypress.org/submit/ | Yes | |
154 | Great Place Books -- QUERIES | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://www.greatplacebooks.com/contact | ||
155 | Free Lines Press | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | 50% royalties | https://freelinespress.weeblysite.com/publishing | ||
156 | Unsolicited Press | No | $5 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/guidelines.html | ||
157 | Fernwood Press | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | Royalties | https://www.fernwoodpress.com/submissions/ | ||
158 | Sea Crow Press | No | $0 | Ongoing | Royalties | https://seacrowpress.com/submissions/ | |||
159 | Better than Starbucks Publications | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | 10 copies + Royalties | https://www.betterthanstarbucks.org/ms-submissions | ||
160 | Codhill | No | $30 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://codhillpoetryaward.submittable.com/submit | ||
161 | Deep Vellum | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://www.deepvellum.org/submissions | ||
162 | Kelsay Books (multiple imprints) | No | $20 | Ongoing | - | Royalties | https://kelsaybooks.com/ | ||
163 | Threadsuns (High Point University) - Open | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://threadsunspress.com/about-us/ | ||
164 | Prolific Pulse | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | 5 copies + 12% royalties | https://www.prolificpulse.com/about | ||
165 | Wayfarer Books | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://thewayfarer.submittable.com/submit | ||
166 | Hidden Peak Press | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://hiddenpeakpress.com/submit/ | ||
167 | Etruscan Press | No | $20 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://etruscanpress.org/submissions/ | ||
168 | BrickHouse - Open Reading | No | $5 | Ongoing? | - | TBD | https://brickhousebooks.submittable.com/submit | ||
169 | Acre Books - Open Reading (opens Jan 1) | No | $0 | 4/30 | - | TBD | http://www.acre-books.com/about-us/submissions/ | ||
170 | Acre Books - Open Reading (opens Aug 1) | No | $0 | 11/30 | - | TBD | http://www.acre-books.com/about-us/submissions/ | ||
171 | Grieveland | No | $5 | Back in 2024 | - | 75% royalties | http://www.grieveland.com/subs.html | ||
172 | Willow Springs - Emma Howell (35 and under) | Yes | $25 | defunct? | $2,000 | https://willowspringsbooks.org/new-submit-to-the-inaugural-emma-howell-rising-poet-prize/ | |||
173 | Cloudbank's Vern Rutsala Book Contest | No | $25 | Defunct? | $1,000 | - | https://cloudbankbooks.com/contest-rules/ | ||
174 | Black Ocean - by BIPOC writers | No | $0 | TBA | - | TBD | https://www.blackocean.org/submit | ||
175 | Backlash Press - Best Book Award | No | TBA | $500 | 10 copies | https://backlashpress.com/backlash-best-book-award/ | |||
176 | Futurepoem - Open reading period | No | $8 | TBA | - | TBD | https://www.futurepoem.com/submit/open-reading-period | ||
177 | Ex Ophidia Press Poetry Book Prize | No | $25 | TBA | $1,000 | 10 copies + Royalties | http://www.exophidiapress.org/Ex_Ophidia_Press/Ex_Ophidia_Poetry_Prize.html | ||
178 | BrickHouse Books Wicked Woman Prize | No | $10 | TBA | https://brickhousebooks.wordpress.com/submissions/wicked-woman-poetry-prize/ | ||||
179 | Perennial Press - Open Reading Period | No | $10 | TBA | https://www.perennial-press.com/submissions | ||||
180 | Red Mountain Press Poetry Prize | No | $29 | TBA | https://redmountainpress.us/manuscript-submission/ | ||||
181 | BkMk Press - Open Reading | No | $0 | TBA | https://bkmkpress.org/open-submissions/ | ||||
182 | New Rivers Press - Open Reading | No | TBA | https://www.newriverspress.com/submissions/ | |||||
183 | BkMk Press - John Ciardi Prize | No | $30 | TBA | https://bkmkpress.org/writing-contests/ | ||||
184 | Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize | No | $25 | TBA | http://pleiadespress.org/about/guidelines/poetry-contest-guidelines/ | ||||
185 | New Issues | Yes | $25 | TBA | https://newissuespress.com/submission-guidelines/ | ||||
186 | Salmon Poetry - Open Reading | No | $0 | TBA | https://www.salmonpoetry.com/advice-for-writers.php | ||||
187 | Panhandler Books - Open Reading | No | TBA | https://panhandlermagazine.com/about-2/submit/ | |||||
188 | Augury Books - Open Reading Period | No | $10 | TBA | https://augurybooks.com/submissions-open/ | ||||
189 | Kore Press Institute Poetry Prize | No | $28 | TBA | https://korepress.org/2019/06/kore-poetry-prize/ | ||||
190 | Wren Poetry Prize | First + second | $20 | TBA | https://www.blairpub.com/submissions | ||||
191 | Animal Heart Press - Collection Contest | No | $10 | TBA | - | 50% reading fees + 5 copies | https://animalheartpress.net/collection-contest/ | ||
192 | Action Books | No | $0 | TBA | - | TBD | https://actionbooks.org/submissions/ | ||
193 | Clash Books | No | $0 | TBA | - | TBD | https://www.clashbooks.com/submission-guidelines | ||
194 | Tolsun Books | No | $15 | TBA | - | TBD | https://tolsunbooks.submittable.com/submit | ||
195 | Nine Mile Books | No | $0 | TBA | - | TBD | https://www.ninemile.org/#uFtPgm | ||
196 | Autumn House - Open Reading - On hiatus until 2024 | No | $3 | TBA | - | TBD | http://www.autumnhouse.org/open-call/ | ||
197 | Wesleyan University Press | No | $0 | TBA | - | Royalties + copies | https://wesleyanuniversitypress.submittable.com/submit/238992/wesleyan-poetry-open-submissions-2022 | ||
198 | word west | No | $0 | TBA | - | Advance + 15% print + 35% ebook | https://www.wordwest.co/books | ||
199 | Carnegie Mellon Univ. Press | No | $15 | no longer reading in Oct | - | TBD | https://www.cmu.edu/universitypress/submissions-guidelines/index.html |
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3 | Name | First book only? | Fee | Deadline | Cash Prize | Other compensation | URL | Waiver available? |
4 | June Road Press | No | $0 | January 1 | https://www.juneroadpress.com/submissions | |||
5 | Versal - Amsterdam Open Book Prize | No | $25 | January 7 | - | 10 copies | https://www.versaljournal.org/thecontest | Yes |
6 | Colorado Prize | No | $28 | January 14 | $2,500 | Royalties | https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-prize-for-poetry/ | Yes |
7 | Carcanet Books | No | $0 | January 20 | - | TBD | https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?showinfo=ip002 | |
8 | Small Harbor Publishing - Laureate Prize | No | $25 | January 31 | $500 | 20 copies | https://www.smallharborpublishing.com/laureate-prize | Yes, for BIPOC |
9 | Tinderbox Editions (open reading) | No | $22 | February 1 | - | 50 copies + 25% royalties | https://tinderboxeditions.submittable.com/submit | Fee-free period in each submission window |
10 | Switchback/Gatewood Prize | First + second | $15 | March 31 | - | No royalties, 30 copies | https://switchbackbooks.wixsite.com/switchbackbooks/submissions | Yes |
11 | Milk and Cake Press | No | $25 | March 31 | - | 25 copies | https://milkandcakepress.com/submissions/ | Yes |
12 | Stillhouse Press Ecopoetry Collection | No | $25 | March 31 | $500 | https://stillhousepress.submittable.com/submit | Yes | |
13 | Trail to Table Press - Open Reading Period | No | $0 | March 31 | - | TBD | https://trailtotable.net/submissions.html | |
14 | Acre Books - Open Reading | No | $0 | April 1 | - | TBD | http://www.acre-books.com/about-us/submissions/ | |
15 | Texas Review Press - Open Reading | No | $0 | April 30 | - | TBD | http://texasreviewpress.org/submissions/ | |
16 | Lamar University Open Reading Period | No | $0 | April 30 | TBD | https://www.lamar.edu/literary-press/submissions.html | ||
17 | Write Bloody | No | $0 | April 30 | - | TBD | https://www.writebloody.com/submissions | |
18 | Nymeria Publishing | No | $0 | April 30 | - | TBD | https://www.nymeriapublishing.com/submission | |
19 | Ghost Peach Prize in Poetry | First + second | $22 | May 1 | $1,000 | 10 copies | https://birdcoatquarterly.com/press/ | Yes |
20 | Coffeehouse | No | $0 | May 1 | - | TBD | https://coffeehousepress.org/pages/submissions | |
21 | Veliz Books | No | $25 | May 5 | $500 | Contract + copies | http://www.velizbooks.com/submit-1 | Yes |
22 | Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets | No | $0 | May 21 | - | TBD | https://press.princeton.edu/faqs.html | |
23 | Autumn House Poetry Contest | No | $30 | May 31 | $1,000 | $1500 publicity/travel grant | https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/poetry/ | Yes |
24 | Game Over Books | No | $0 | May 31 | - | 30% royalties + 25 copies | https://www.gameoverbooks.com/submissions | |
25 | Galileo Press | No | $0 | May 31 | $200 | Copies + Royalties | https://freestatereview.submittable.com/submit/225043/galileo-press-general-submissions-full-length-manuscripts | |
26 | Green Bottle Press | Yes | $0 | June 30 | - | 20 copies + Royalties (after 100 copies sold) | https://greenbottlepress.com/submission-guidelines/ | |
27 | Unicorn Press: Open Reading Period | No | $0 | June 30 | - | TBD | http://www.unicorn-press.org/submit/index.html | |
28 | Cornerstone Press - Portage Poetry Series | No | $0 | August 1 | - | TBD | https://www.uwsp.edu/english/cornerstone/Pages/submissions.aspx | |
29 | Omnidawn Open | No | $27 | August 31 | $3,000 | - | http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm | Yes |
30 | Academy of American Poets First Book Award | Yes | $35 | September 1 | $5,000 | Residency | https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/first-book-award | Yes |
31 | The Journal/Wheeler | No | $28 | October 17 | $2,500 | Royalties | http://thejournalmag.org/book-prizes/wheeler-prize | Yes |
32 | Black Ocean - by BIPOC writers | No | $0 | October 27 | - | TBD | https://www.blackocean.org/submit | |
33 | Changes / The Bergman Prize | First + second | $0 | October 31 | $10,000 | 50 copies + Residency (Italy) | https://changes.press/The-Bergman-Prize | |
34 | Copper Canyon - Open Reading Period | No | $15 | November 1 | https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/engage/engage_submissions.asp | Yes | ||
35 | word west | No | $0 | November 1 | - | Advance + 15% print + 35% ebook | https://www.wordwest.co/books | |
36 | Conduit - Minds on Fire Prize | No | $25 | November 3 | $1,500 | 30 copies | https://www.conduit.org/book-prizes | Yes (per a fellow poet) |
37 | Perugia Press | First + second | $30 | November 15 | $1,000 | 10 copies + stipend/honorarium | https://perugiapress.org/contest/ | $15 reduced fee + $0 for BIPOC |
38 | Lamar University Open Reading Period | No | $0 | November 30 | TBD | https://www.lamar.edu/literary-press/submissions.html | ||
39 | CavanKerry * pay what you can, starting at $10 | No | $10 | Back in 2024 | - | TBD | https://www.cavankerrypress.org/submit/ | Yes |
40 | Fernwood Press | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | Royalties | https://www.fernwoodpress.com/submissions/ | |
41 | Sea Crow Press | No | $0 | Ongoing | Royalties | https://seacrowpress.com/submissions/ | ||
42 | Better than Starbucks Publications | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | 10 copies + Royalties | https://www.betterthanstarbucks.org/ms-submissions | |
43 | Deep Vellum | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://www.deepvellum.org/submissions | |
44 | Threadsuns (High Point University) - Open | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://threadsunspress.com/about-us/ | |
45 | Prolific Pulse | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | 5 copies + 12% royalties | https://www.prolificpulse.com/about | |
46 | Wayfarer Books | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://thewayfarer.submittable.com/submit | |
47 | Hidden Peak Press | No | $0 | Ongoing | - | TBD | https://hiddenpeakpress.com/submit/ |