Title of Book Prize: ABZ Poetry Prize
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 60 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of May
Reading Fee: $25 (includes either a one-year subscription to ABZ or a copy of the winning book)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://abzpress.com/prize.aspx
Title of Book Prize: Sawtooth Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and March 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,500 (includes 25 copies of published book, and copy of winning book if entrants include a 7" x 10" self-addressed mailer with $4.60 postage)
Restrictions: Students and former students of Boise State University and of the judge may not enter; close friends of the judge are also not eligible
http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/contest.htm
Title of Book Prize: Beatrice Hawley Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by December 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,000 (and no cooperative membership commitment)
Restrictions: Translations and multi-authored collections not eligible
http://www.alicejamesbooks.org//BH.html
Title of Book Prize: Kinereth Gensler Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,000
Restrictions: Open to poets residing in New England, New York State or New Jersey. Winners serve a 3-year term on the Alice James Books Editorial Board
http://www.alicejamesbooks.org//KG.html
Title of Book Prize: Philip Levine Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,500 (and 25 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Current or former students or faculty of CSU/Fresno are ineligible
http://www.anhinga.org/books/levine.cfm or http://www.csufresno.edu/crwr/
Title of Book Prize: Anhinga Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First or Second Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between February 15 and May 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.anhinga.org/books/contest.cfm
Title of Book Prize: Richard Snyder Memorial Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by May 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 100 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www3.ashland.edu/academics/arts_sci/english/aupoetry/aupoetry.html
Title of Book Prize: Autumn House Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by June 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 advance against royalties (and $1,500 travel grant to Autumn House Master Poets Series)
Restrictions: None
http://www.autumnhouse.org
Title of Book Prize: Barrow Street Press Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by June 30
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of winning book if entry contains large SASE with $1.59 postage affixed)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.barrowstreet.org
Title of Book Prize: Dorothy Brunsman Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 65 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 1 and November 30
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For authors currently residing within Mountain or Pacific time zones, plus Alaska & Hawaii
http://www.bearstarpress.com/contest.htm
Title of Book Prize: Rhea and Seymour Gorsline Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: up to 60 – 71 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between April 15 and August 16
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $500
Restrictions: None
http://www.bedbugpress.com/html/poetry.htm
Title of Book Prize: Kenneth and Geraldine Gell Poetry Prize
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 1 and November 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and two-week fellowship at the Gell Center of the Finger Lakes)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.wab.org/gell/gellpoetryprize.shtml
Title of Book Prize: John Ciardi Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 110 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by January 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.umkc.edu/bkmk/poetry.html
Title of Book Prize: St. Lawrence Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: None specified
Reading Period: postmarked by August 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (includes 10 copies of the published book and an interview in The Adirondack Review)
Restrictions: None
http://www.blacklawrencepress.homestead.com/stlawrence.html
Title of Book Prize: Ontario Prize
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: None specified
Reading Period: postmarked by February 28
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (includes 10 copies of the published book and an interview in The Adirondack Review)
Restrictions: None
http://www.blacklawrencepress.homestead.com/ontario.html
Title of Book Prize: A. Poulin, Jr. Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between August 1 and November 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,500
Restrictions: Translations not eligible. Any person who has studied poetry in a formal program with the Final Judge within the last two years is not eligible
http://boaeditions.org/submissions/A_Poulin_Prize.html
Title of Book Prize: Liam Rector First Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 60 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between November 1 and December 15
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 50 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.brierycreekpress.org/
Title of Book Prize: Poets’ Corner Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 60 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 1
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $500
Restrictions: None
http://www.brokenjaw.com/poetscorner.htm
Title of Book Prize: De Novo Poetry Prize
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 55 – 85 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 29
Reading Fee: $15 ($25, includes copy of winning book)
Monetary Award: $500 advance against royalties (and 20 copies of published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.ryangvancleave.com/Press/contest.php
Title of Book Prize: Carolina Wren Press Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 64 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by December 1
Reading Fee: $18
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 10 copies)
Restrictions: Offered in even-numbered years
http://carolinawrenpress.org/
Title of Book Prize: Catfish Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 30
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: None
Restrictions: None
http://www.catfishpoetry.com/annualpoetryprize.html
Title of Book Prize: Colorado Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: No minimum or maximum number of pages
Reading Period: postmarked between October 1 and January 11
Reading Fee: $25 (includes one-year subscription to Colorado Review)
Monetary Award: $1,500
Restrictions: Former students and close friends of the final judge are not eligible to compete
http://coloradoreview.com/
Title of Book Prize: Cider Press Review Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 1 and November 30
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of winning book)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://ciderpressreview.com/bookaward/
Title of Book Prize: CSU Poetry Center First Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: at least 40 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between November 1 and February 1
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations and mixed-genre works are not eligible
http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/contest1.html
Title of Book Prize: CSU Poetry Center Open Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 40 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between November 1 and February 1
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations and mixed-genre works are not eligible
http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/contest1.html
Title of Book Prize: APR/Honickman First Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between August 1 and October 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $3,000 (plus standard contract, with royalties paid, and $1,000 grant for book tour expenses)
Restrictions: Translations and multi-authored collections not eligible
http://www.aprweb.org/bookprize/guidelines.shtml
Title of Book Prize: Heartland Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 20
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $500 (includes 50 copies of published book and four-city reading tour)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible. For experimental poetry or cross-genre work by authors with no more than two published books who live in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Minnesota, Florida, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas, Montana, Oklahoma, North Dakota, or South Dakota
http://crackedslabbooks.com/heartland.html
Title of Book Prize: Del Sol Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by January 15
Reading Fee: $24 (includes copy of winning book if entry contains large SASE with sufficient postage)
Monetary Award: $1,200 (and 20 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Immediate family, friends or former students of the judge are not eligible
http://www.webdelsol.com/DelSolPress/dsp-poetry-competition.htm
Title of Book Prize: Orphic Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by December 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 15 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.dreamhorsepress.com
Title of Book Prize: American Poetry Journal Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by February 29
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 20 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.dreamhorsepress.com
Title of Book Prize: Blue Lynx Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by May 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,500
Restrictions: None
http://ewupress.ewu.edu/poetryprize.htm
Title of Book Prize: Judge's Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html
Title of Book Prize: Editors' Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html
Title of Book Prize: Motherwell Prize
Type of Prize: First or Second Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between November 1 and December 31
Reading Fee: $25 (includes one-year subscription to Fence OR copy of winning book if entry contains large SASE with $1.59 postage)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For women authors. Translations not eligible
http://www.fencemag.com/contest/motherwell.html
Title of Book Prize: Fence Modern Poets Series (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of February
Reading Fee: $25 (includes one-year subscription to Fence OR copy of winning book if entry contains large SASE with $1.59 postage)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.fencemag.com/contest/fmps.html
Title of Book Prize: Sentence Book Award
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: Not specified
Reading Period: postmarked by November 17
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of Sentence #6;entrants who are already subscribers will have their subscription extended by one issue)
Monetary Award: The recipient of the award will receive publication in a trade paper edition with a standard royalty contract and 50 copies of the book.
Restrictions: The Sentence Book Award will be given to a book-length manuscript of prose poems or a book-length manuscript consisting substantially of prose poems (for example, a book that is half prose poems and half free-verse, or a book-length sequence that mixes passages of prose poetry with other modes). Translations are acceptable with proof of permission to publish translations.
http://firewheel-editions.org
Title of Book Prize: Poets Out Loud Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 1 and October 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.poetsoutloud.com/prize.html
http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/poets_out_loud/index.asp
Title of Book Prize: Levis Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 45 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and March 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Contest held in odd-numbered years. Translations and previously self-published books not eligible
http://www.fourwaybooks.com/contest.html
Title of Book Prize: Intro Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 45 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and March 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Contest held in even-numbered years. Translations and previously self-published books not eligible
http://www.fourwaybooks.com/contest.html
Title of Book Prize: Gival Press Poetry Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 45 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by December 15
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 20 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.givalpress.com/
Title of Book Prize: Bakeless Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: at least 50 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 15 and November 1
Reading Fee: $10
Monetary Award: Fellowship at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Restrictions: None
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/bakeless/
Title of Book Prize: New Criterion Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: no more than 60 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 30
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of winning book)
Monetary Award: $3,000
Restrictions: Manuscripts must pay close attention to form
http://newcriterion.com:81/constant/poetrycontest/
Title of Book Prize: Stan and Tom Wick Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between February 1 and May 1
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $2,000
Restrictions: None
http://dept.kent.edu/wick/publications.html#First%20Book%20Competition
Title of Book Prize: Kore Press First Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by July 31
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For women authors. Translations not eligible
http://www.korepress.org/
Title of Book Prize: Litchfield Review Book Prize
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: None specified
Reading Period: postmarked by June 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $500 (includes 10 copies of published book)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.thelitchfieldreview.com/bookcontest.html
Title of Book Prize: Holland Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by August 1
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of winning book and Larry Holland's Disciples of an Uncertain Season and Other Poems)
Monetary Award: $500
Restrictions: None
http://www.loganhousepress.com/
Title of Book Prize: Idaho Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by May 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.losthorsepress.org/tip/index.html
Title of Book Prize: Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 60 – 90 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 2 and March 31
Reading Fee:
Monetary Award: $500
Restrictions: For African-American poets
http://lotuspress.org/poetryaward.html
Title of Book Prize: Walt Whitman Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 15 and November 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $5,000 (and one-month residency at Vermont Studio Center)
Restrictions: Translations and multi-authored collections not eligible
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/121
Title of Book Prize: Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by January 31
Reading Fee: $20 (or $25, includes copy of winning book)
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 50 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.mainstreetrag.com/PoBkCont.html
Title of Book Prize: Many Mountains Moving Poetry Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by June 16
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $500
Restrictions: None
http://mmminc.org/
Title of Book Prize: Marsh Hawk Press Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by April 30
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.marshhawkpress.org/Contests%20and%20Submissions.htm
Title of Book Prize: National Poetry Review Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 45 – 65 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by November 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 15 copies of published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.nationalpoetryreview.com
Title of Book Prize: Green Rose Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between May 1 and September 30
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $2,000
Restrictions: For poets who have previously published at least one collection
http://www.wmich.edu/newissues/GreenRosePrize.html
Title of Book Prize: New Issues Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by November 30
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: $2,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.wmich.edu/newissues/NewIssuesPoetryPrize.html
Title of Book Prize: Stonecoast Book Prize
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length:
Reading Period: May 1
Reading Fee: None
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For authors who are alumni of the Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA Program
http://www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/alumni/prize.html
Title of Book Prize: MVP Competition (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length:
Reading Period: postmarked between September 15 and November 1
Reading Fee: None
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For authors who are residents of Minnesota or New York City
http://www.mnstate.edu/newriverspress/newsevents/mvpproject.cfm
Title of Book Prize: Stevens Poetry Manuscript Contest (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between August 1 and October 15
Reading Fee: members $15, non-members $20
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 50 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.nfsps.com/stevens1.htm
Title of Book Prize: Nightboat Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by November 15
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and royalties and 10 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.nightboat.org/Submit_To_Contest.htm
Title of Book Prize: Samuel French Morse Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First or Second Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 15
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.english.neu.edu/publications/morse/ or http://www.upne.com/series/AMPP.html
Title of Book Prize: FIELD Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 58 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of May
Reading Fee: $22 (includes one-year subscription to FIELD)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.oberlin.edu/ocpress/prize.htm
Title of Book Prize: Charles B. Wheeler Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of September
Reading Fee: $25 (includes one-year subscription to The Journal)
Monetary Award: $3,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.ohiostatepress.org/
Title of Book Prize: Hollis Summers Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 60 – 95 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 31
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations and multi-authored collections not eligible
http://www.ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize
Title of Book Prize: Transcontinental Poetry Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between June 1 – August 15
Reading Fee: $18 (includes copies of previous books and chapbooks)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.pavementsaw.org/pages/transaward.htm
Title of Book Prize: Pearl Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 64 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between May 1 – July 15
Reading Fee: $20 (includes copy of winning book)
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 25 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.pearlmag.com/contests.html
Title of Book Prize: Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 1 – October 31
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For women authors. Translations not eligible
http://www.perseabooks.com/LexiRudnitskyPrize.html
Title of Book Prize: Perugia Press Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First or Second Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 72 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between August 1 – November 15
Reading Fee: $22
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For women authors. Translations not eligible
http://www.perugiapress.com/contest.html
Title of Book Prize: Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Series (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 1
Reading Fee: $15 (includes copy of winning book if entry contains large SASE with $1.24 postage affixed)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.cmsu.edu/englphil/pleiades/LMWTGuidelines.html
Title of Book Prize: Emily Dickinson First Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 96 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between May 15 and June 15
Reading Fee:
Monetary Award: $10,000
Restrictions: For poets 50 years of age or over. Offered in odd-numbered years
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/Emily_Dickinson.html
Title of Book Prize: Cave Canem Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 75 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between March 15 and May 15
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: $500 (plus reading in New York City and 50 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: For African-American authors
http://www.cavecanempoets.com/pages/programs_prize.php
Title of Book Prize: National Poetry Series (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: No minimum or maximum number of pages (48 – 64 pages suggested)
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and February 15
Reading Fee: $30
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.nationalpoetryseries.org/
Title of Book Prize: Native Writers' Circle of the Americas First Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: at least 50 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between October 1 and January 2
Reading Fee: None
Monetary Award: $500
Restrictions: For writers of Native American background
http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/FirstBooks2006.html
http://www.nativewiki.org/First_Book_Awards
Title of Book Prize: Quercus Review Poetry Series (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 96 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 19
Reading Fee: $20 (or $25, includes copy of winning book)
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 50 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.quercusreview.com/QR%20POETRY%20BOOK%20AWARD.htm
Title of Book Prize: Benjamin Saltman Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 96 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 31
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $3000
Restrictions: None
http://www.redhen.org/Be_sa_poetry.asp
Title of Book Prize: Cathy Washington Prize
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and March 31
Reading Fee: $20 ($15 for current members of the Sacramento Poetry Center)
Monetary Award: $1000 (and 50 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: None
http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org/bookcontest.htm
Title of Book Prize: Kathryn A. Morton Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and February 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,000 (and royalty contract)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.sarabandebooks.org/contest/k_a_morton_prize.html
Title of Book Prize: Sarabande Series in Kentucky Literature (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of July
Reading Fee:
Monetary Award:
Restrictions: Contest is open to any writer of English who is a native of Kentucky, or who has lived in Kentucky for at least five years, or whose manuscript is set in Kentucky, or whose manuscript is about Kentucky. Translations not eligible
http://www.sarabandebooks.org/contest/woodford_reserve_series.html
Title of Book Prize: Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of April
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.saturnaliabooks.com/html/poetry_contest.html
Title of Book Prize: Gerald Cable Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 15
Reading Fee: $20 (includes copy of a previous book if entry contains large SASE with $1.59 postage affixed)
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 100 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.silverfishreviewpress.com/award.htm
Title of Book Prize: Slope Editions Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 40 – 90 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by March 15
Reading Fee: $20 (includes copy of a previous book if entry contains large SASE with $1.10 postage affixed)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.slopeeditions.org/prize.html
Title of Book Prize: Violet Reed Haas Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 75 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 15
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $500
Restrictions: None
http://www.snakenationpress.org/guidelines.html
Title of Book Prize: South Carolina Poetry Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 45 – 95 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and February 26
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: None
Restrictions: Translations not eligible. Poets must be South Carolina natives or permanent residents of South Carolina
http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/poetry/poets.htm#poetrybook
Title of Book Prize: Crab Orchard Series First Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 75 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between May 15 and July 1
Reading Fee: $25 (includes one-year subscription to Crab Orchard Review)
Monetary Award: $2,500 (and reading at Southern Illinois University)
Restrictions: None
http://www.siu.edu/~crborchd/firstpo.html
Title of Book Prize: Crab Orchard Series Open Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between October 1 and November 16
Reading Fee: $25 (includes one-year subscription to Crab Orchard Review)
Monetary Award: first prize, $3,500; second prize, $2,000 (and reading at Southern Illinois University, for both winners)
Restrictions: None
http://www.siu.edu/~crborchd/conpo.html
Title of Book Prize: Spire Press Poetry Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 45 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between October 1 and December 31
Reading Fee: $18
Monetary Award: $500 (and 20 copies of published book)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.spirepress.org/contest.html
Title of Book Prize: Gatewood Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 1
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of winning book if entry contains large SASE with $1.42 postage)
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For women between the ages of 18 and 39. Translations not eligible
http://www.switchbackbooks.com/contest.html
Title of Book Prize: Patricia Bibby First Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 84 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations and multi-authored collections not eligible
http://www.tebotbach.org/tebot_ad.htm
Title of Book Prize: X. J. Kennedy Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: up to 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by July 15
Reading Fee: $20 (includes one-year subscription to The Texas Review)
Monetary Award: $200
Restrictions: None
http://www.shsu.edu/~www_trp/xkkennp.html
Title of Book Prize: Three Candles Press First Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 60 – 95 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 15
Reading Fee: $22
Monetary Award: $500 (and 25 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Offered in odd-numbered years
http://threecandlespress.com/contests.htm
Title of Book Prize: Three Candles Press Open Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open Book
Manuscript Length: 60 – 95 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 30
Reading Fee: $22
Monetary Award: $500 (and 25 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Offered in even-numbered years
http://threecandlespress.com/contests.htm
Title of Book Prize: T.S. Eliot Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 60 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,000 (includes copy of winning book)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
https://tsup.truman.edu/TSEliotPrize/guidelines.aspx
Title of Book Prize: Dorset Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 88 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 1 and December 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $10,000
Restrictions: Translations and previously self-published books not eligible
https://www.tupelopress.org/indexssl.shtml
Title of Book Prize: Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse First Book Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and April 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $3,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
https://www.tupelopress.org/indexssl.shtml
Title of Book Prize: Akron Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 60 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between May 15 and June 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Books accepted for the Akron Series in Poetry must exhibit three essential qualities: mastery of language, maturity of feeling, and complexity of thought. The University of Akron Press is committed to publishing poetry that, as Robert Frost said, "begins in delight and ends in wisdom."
http://www3.uakron.edu/uapress/poetryprize.html
Title of Book Prize: Miller Williams Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 60 – 90 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between September 1 and October 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $5,000 (and reading at the annual Arkansas Festival of Writers)
Restrictions: Translations and multiple submissions not eligible. The press will still publish four manuscripts each year as part of the Arkansas Poetry Series: three will be named finalists and will receive publication, while the fourth will be named the Miller Williams Poetry Prize winner and will receive $5,000, a reading, and publication.
http://www.uapress.com/geninfo/guidelines.html
Title of Book Prize: Richard Wilbur Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by December 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Offered in even-numbered years
http://english.evansville.edu/WilburAwardGuidelines.htm
Title of Book Prize: Iowa Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 150 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of April
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: Royalties
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/authors/iowa-prize.htm
Title of Book Prize: Juniper Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open or First Book (Open in even-numbered years, First in odd-numbered years)
Manuscript Length: 50 – 70 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between August 1 and September 29
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,500
Restrictions: Translations, multi-authored collections, and multiple entries not eligible
http://www.umass.edu/umpress/juniper.html
Title of Book Prize: Prairie Schooner Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 50 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 15 and March 15
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $3,000
Restrictions: None
http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/html/book%20series.html
Title of Book Prize: Vassar Miller Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by November 15
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: None
http://web3.unt.edu/untpress/potential_authors.cfm
Title of Book Prize: Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by January 15
Reading Fee: None
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: For Latino/Latina authors. Awarded in even-numbered years. Translations not eligible. Authors must be permanent US residents
http://www.nd.edu/~latino/poetry_prize/index.htm
Title of Book Prize: Ernest Sandeen Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: None specified
Reading Period: postmarked between May 1 and September 1
Reading Fee: $15 (includes one-year subscription to Notre Dame Review)
Monetary Award: $500 (plus $500 advance against royalties)
Restrictions: For authors who have published at least one book. Awarded in even-numbered years.
http://www.nd.edu/~alcwp/sandeen.html
Title of Book Prize: Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between March 1 and April 30
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $5,000
Restrictions: None
http://www.upress.pitt.edu/prizes.aspx
Title of Book Prize: Donald Hall Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 1 and February 28
Reading Fee: members $10, non-members $25
Monetary Award: $4,000
Restrictions: None
http://awpwriter.org/contests/series.htm#eligibility
Title of Book Prize: Tampa Review Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: at least 48 pages (prefer 60 – 100 pages)
Reading Period: postmarked by December 31
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000 (plus royalties, hardcover publication, and preview in Tampa Review)
Restrictions: None
http://tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html
Title of Book Prize: Agha Shahid Ali Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 64 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between February 1 and March 31
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and reading in University of Utah's Guest Writers Series)
Restrictions: None
http://www.uofupress.com/Agha-Shahid-Ali/
Title of Book Prize: Brittingham Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of September
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,500 ($1,000 cash prize and $1,500 honorarium to cover expenses of reading in Madison)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/poetryguide.html
Title of Book Prize: Felix Pollak Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked during the month of September
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $2,500 ($1,000 cash prize and $1,500 honorarium to cover expenses of reading in Madison)
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/poetryguide.html
Title of Book Prize: May Swenson Poetry Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by September 30
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of winning book).
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and royalties)
Restrictions: None
http://www.usu.edu/usupress/poetry_award/
Title of Book Prize: Barnard Women Poets Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Second Book
Manuscript Length: None specified
Reading Period: ostmarked between August 1 and October 15
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,500
Restrictions: For women authors. Offered biannually (next submission period in 2008)
http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/english/wpprize.html
Title of Book Prize: Washington Writers' Publishing House Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 60 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between July 1 and November 1
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $500 (and 50 copies of the published book)
Restrictions: Open to poets from Washington and Baltimore area. Winners become members of the WWPH Collective and are expected to actively participate in the work of the press
http://www.wwph.org/submit.html
Title of Book Prize: Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First or Second Book
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by December 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $3,000 (and publication in both US and UK)
Restrictions: None
http://www.waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html
Title of Book Prize: Donald Justice Poetry Award (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 50 – 100 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by October 1
Reading Fee: $25
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and a public reading at the annual West Chester University Poetry Conference)
Restrictions: Manuscripts must pay close attention to form. Offered in odd-numbered years
http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas/poetry/justiceaward.htm
Title of Book Prize: White Pine Press Poetry Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 60 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between July 1 and November 30
Reading Fee: $20
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: Translations not eligible
http://www.whitepine.org/compt.htm
Title of Book Prize: Washington Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 48 – 64 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between January 15 and March 1
Reading Fee: $25 (includes copy of winning book)
Monetary Award: $1,500
Restrictions: None
http://www.wordworksdc.com/washington_prize.html#rules
Title of Book Prize: Yale Series of Younger Poets (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 64 pages
Reading Period: postmarked between October 1 and November 15
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: Royalties
Restrictions: For authors under 40. Translations and multiple submissions not eligible
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/youngerpoets.asp
Title of Book Prize: Zone 3 First Book Prize (click here for previous winners)
Type of Prize: First Book
Manuscript Length: 48 – 80 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by May 1
Reading Fee: $20 (includes one-year subscription to Zone 3)
Monetary Award: $1,000 (10 copies of the published book and a reading at Austin Peay State University)
Restrictions: Offered in even-numbered years only. Translations not eligible
http://www.apsu.edu/zone3/
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