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» Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards
   Annual contest seeks original, unpublished poems, no more than two manuscript pages in length, on any themes, and in any genre. Prize money totals $1,300. Sponsored by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. Deadline April 1.
   http://old.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/index.html

» Annual Short Grain Contest
   Annual contest seeks original, unpublished poems in four categories. Prize money totals $6,000. Deadline: January 31.
   http://www.grainmagazine.ca/contest.htm

» Bridport Prize
   An international creative writing competition for poetry (under 42 lines) and short stories (under 5,000 words). Prize money totals ten thousand pounds. Entry fee: Six pounds. Deadline: June 30, each year.
   http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/

» Burning Bush Poetry Prize
   An annual prize for an original poem on a "people before profits" theme. $10 entry fee. $200 prize. Deadline: March 1.
   http://www.bbbooks.com/contests.html

» Comstock Review Annual Poetry Contest
   Original, unpublished poems are sought. Maximum length: 40 lines. Entry fee: $3 per poem. Prize pool: $1,350. Deadline: July 1. Selected poems will be published.
   http://www.comstockreview.org

» Cutthroat Poetry Award
   Annual poetry contest, submit three poems of up to 100 lines each. 1st prize $1,250, entry fee $15. Deadline: 10th October.
   http://www.cutthroatmag.com/

» Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes
   Poetry prizes from $1,000 to $25,000 will be awarded for heartfelt lyric poems celebrating the spirit of life. Deadline: November 6. Entry fee: $10. Open to any writer under the age of 40.
   http://www.dorothyprizes.org/

» First Writer Poetry Competition
   Annual contest offers first prize of £500 (over $750), with $150 for the best runner-up from the United States and £100 for the best runner-up from the United Kingdom for a poem in any style and on any subject. Length: under 30 lines. Minimum entry fee:
   http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/poetry_competition.shtml

» Fish Poetry Contest
   Annual international poetry contest. Contest winners, as selected by renowned poets, are published in the Annual Fish Anthology. €1,000 first prize.
   http://www.fishpublishing.com

» Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award
   Annual contest offers a $1,000 cash award, plus publication, for an imaginative work. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: June 15.
   http://www.bitteroleander.com/contest.html

» Georgia Poetry Society Contests
   Offers a number of contests throughout the year, international in scope, for short poems.
   http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/Contests.aspx

» Griffin Poetry Prize
   Griffin Poetry Prizes, worth C$40,000 each, are annual international and Canadian literary awards for poetry written or translated into English. Publishers only are invited to submit collections of poetry in traditional print format each calendar year.
   http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com

» Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
   Seeks manuscript collections of unpublished poems. Prize: $500 cash, plus publication. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 31.
   http://www.ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize

» Indiana Review's Poetry Prize
   Seeks previously unpublished poetry. No restrictions on length or form. Prize is a $1000 honorarium and publication in the magazine. All entries considered for publication. Reading Fee: $15. Deadline: March 31.
   http://indianareview.org/

» Juniper Prize for Poetry Contest
   Original manuscripts of at least fifty pages are sought by The University of Massachusetts Press which will publish the winning collection of original poetry. Entry fee: $20. Submissions accepted August1 through September 30.
   http://www.umass.edu/umpress/juniper.html

» Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
   Publication plus $300 award. Postmarked March 1 through May 31. There is a $15 fee per entry. Women writers only.
   http://www.calyxpress.org/lois.html

» Lost Horse Press
   The Idaho Prize is open to U.S. authors only. It offers $1000 plus publication for a book-length poetry manuscript of 48 pages or more. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: May 15.
   http://www.losthorsepress.org

» MAG Poetry Competition
   Poetry competition judged by the entrants themselves. Single poem contest. Entry fee £6, prize fund accumulates at £2 per entry to £10,000. Deadline: April 30.
   http://www.poeticrepublic.com

» Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse
   Annual awards totaling $2,000 (including a $1,000 First Prize) are made for poems in traditional verse forms. Any variations on metrical, rhyming and/or formal poems are eligible. The judge's interpretation of "traditional" is loose rather than strict. No
   http://www.poetrycontests.exactpages.com

» Meridian Editors’ Prize
   Annual poetry contest for a single poem (up to 2 pages). 1st prize $1,000, entry fee $16. Deadline: 6th January.
   http://www.readmeridian.org/

» Ohio State University Press Poetry Contest
   A $2,000 poetry contest for book-length manuscripts (at least 48 pages), sponsored by the Ohio State University's literary magazine, "The Journal". Reading fee: $25. Entries must be postmarked during the month of September.
   http://www.ohiostatepress.org

» Poetry London
   One of Britain's leading poetry magazines, features original poems, and reviews, and sponsors a rewarding annual contest for unpublished poems, less than 80 lines in length.
   http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/

» Ragged Raven's International Poetry Competition
   Annual contest seeks poems of any length and on any subject. Prize money totals 450 pounds. Entry fee: 3 pounds. Closing date: October 31.
   http://www.raggedraven.co.uk/competition.htm

» Reuben Rose Annual Poetry Competition
   Annual competition seeks poems on general themes, not more than forty lines in length. Three monetary prizes totalling $800, also honarary mentions. All poems judged anonymously. Entry fee: $5. per poem. Deadline each year-: October 7.
   http://www.freewebs.com/voicesisrael/

» Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry
   Annual poetry contest for a single poem. 1st prize $1,000, entry fee $20. Deadline: 10th December.
   http://www.hungermtn.org/

» Slipstream Press Poetry Contest
   An annual poetry chapbook contest, worth $1,000, seeking up to forty pages of poetry in any style, format or theme. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: December 1, each year.
   http://www.slipstreampress.org/

» The Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prizes
   Annual contest, co-sponsored by the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center and The Nation magazine, offered to poets who have not yet published a book of poems. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: January.
   http://www.92y.org/content/pdf/Guidelines.pdf

» The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awards
   An annual award of $100,000 is offered for a published book of original poetry by a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien.
   http://www.cgu.edu/tufts

» The New Writer Poetry and Prose Prizes
   Annual contest seeks both single and multiple (six to ten) poems, plus short stories and essays. 2,500 pounds in prize pool. Entry fees vary from 4 pounds to 10 pounds.
   http://www.thenewwriter.com/entryform.htm

» The Plough Prize
   Established international poetry competition. Open Poem, Short Poem and Poem for Children categories. £1700 prize fund, online or postal entry available.
   http://www.theploughprize.co.uk

» Tom Howard Poetry Contest
   Annual contest, closing September 30, seeks original poems in any style, on any theme, and of any length. Published verse and simultaneous submissions are okay. Prize money totals $2,000, including a First Prize of $1,000. All prizewinners also receive a
   http://tomhowardpoetry.bravepages.com

» Utmost Christian Poetry Contest
   Annual Christian poetry contest, closing each February, offers $4000 in cash prizes with other poetry contests year round.
   http://www.utmostchristianwriters.com

» Voices Network
   Features quarterly poetry competitions, with no entry fees. Open to all, though entries from children are judged by less strict criteria. Cash prizes total $175.
   http://www.voicesnet.com

» Winning Writers
   Offers several annual competitions, among them a contest on the specific theme of War and a parody competition. Includes link lists, recommendations for reading and an online guide to poetry contests for subscribers.
   http://www.winningwriters.com/

» Writers Forum magazine
   Leading UK creative writing magazine running a monthly poetry competition. £100 first prize plus publication. No deadline as competition is continuous. Free tick-box critiques, international entries welcomed.
   http://writers-forum.com/