Poetry Contest Deadlines – 2010

Category: Poetry Contests

Here’s a sampling of upcoming competition deadlines:

• Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prizes, First Book competition and Open competition (postmark deadline February 16)
• Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry from Sarabande Books (postmark deadline February 16)
• National Poetry Series, five book publication awards with HarperCollins Publishers, Coffee House
  Press, University of Georgia Press, Penguin Books, and Fence Books (postmark deadline February 16)
• New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition from Finishing Line Press (postmark deadline February 28)
• The American Poetry Journal Book Prize from Dream Horse Press (postmark deadline February 28)
• Fence Modern Poets Series (postmark deadline February 28)
• Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Award (postmark deadline February 28)
• Sawtooth Poetry Prize from Ahsahta Press (postmark deadline March 1)
• The Washington Prize from The Word Works (postmark deadline March 1)
• Del Sol Press Poetry Prize from webdelsol (postmark deadline March 15)
• Grub Street Book Prize in Poetry for books published in 2009 or 2010 (postmark deadline March 15)
• The Shenandoah/Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers (with one published book, postmark deadline March 31)
• Four Way Books Intro Poetry Prize (postmark or online submission deadline March 31)
• Passager Poetry Contest for Writers Over 50 (postmark deadline April 1)
• Robert Watson Poetry Award from Spring Garden Press and storySouth (postmark or online entry deadline April 2)
• Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse First Book Competition (postmark deadline April 15)
• Richard Peterson Poetry Prize from Crab Orchard Review (postmark deadline April 30)
• Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize (postmark deadline April 30)
• The Anhinga Prize for Poetry (postmark deadline May 1)
• Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Award (postmark deadline May 15)
• New Letters Prize for Poetry (postmark deadline May 18)
• Main Street Rag Chapbook Contest (email entry deadline May 18, postmark deadline May 31)
• Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize from Calyx (postmark deadline May 31)
• The Bordighera Poetry Prize for Italian American poets (postmark deadline May 31)
• Field Poetry Prize from Oberlin College (postmark deadline May 31)