Contests for Individual Poems (or groups of poems)
Publication/Organization / Details / Deadline
Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award
14hills.net / Winner receives $500 & publication in Fourteen Hills; NO ENTRY FEE / Jan 15
Poetry Virginia
poetrysocietyofvirginia.org / Prizes paid out in approx.. 30 categories; free to enter for PSV members; $2/poem for non-memb. / Jan 19 (Poe’s birthday)
Discovery Poetry Contest
(long URL; Google to find the page) / 4 prizes of $500 & publication in Boston Review for poets who have not yet published a book. $12 fee. / Jan 25
Crazyhorse Literary Prize
crazyhorse.cofc.edu / Winner gets $2,000 & publication in Crazyhorse; all entrants receive 1-year subscription; $20 fee / Jan 31
Robert Frost Foundation Award
frostfoundation.org / For poems in spirit of Robert Frost. Winner receives $1,000; $10 fee / Feb 1
St. Petersburg Poetry Contest
stpetersburgreview.com / Winner gets $1,000 & publication in St. Petersburg Review; all entrants receive copy of prize issue; $20 fee / March 1
Gulf Coast Poetry Prize
gulfcoastmag.org / Winner gets $1,500 & publication in Gulf Coast; all entrants receive 1-year subscription; $23 fee / March 15
Florida Review Editors’ Award
floridareview.cah.ucf.edu / Winner gets $1,000 & publication in Florida Review; all entrants receive 1-year subscription; $15 fee / March 17
Rumi Prize in Poetry
artsandletters.gcsu.edu / Winner gets $1,000 & publication in Arts & Letters; all entrants receive 1-year subscription; $20 fee / March 31
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
winningwriters.com / Best humorous poem wins $1,000.
NO ENTRANCE FEE. / April 1
Jack Dyer Poetry Prize
craborchardreview.siu.edu/dyer.html / Winner gets $2,000 & publication in Crab Orchard Review; all entrants receive a copy of the prize issue; $15 fee / April 21
Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest
pshares.org / For poets w/o a published book. Winner $1,000 & published in Ploughshares; all entrants get 1-year subscription; $24 fee / May 15
New Letters Literary Award
newletters.org/writers-wanted / Winner receives $1,500 & publication in New Letters; all entrants receive 1-year subscription; $20 fee / May 18
River Styx International Poetry Contest
riverstyx.org / Winner receives $1,500 & publication in River Styx; all entrants receive a copy of the winning issue; $10 fee / May 31
Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest
boulevardmagazine.org / For poets w/o a published book. Winner receives $1,000 & publication in Boulevard; all entrants receive 1-year subscription; $15 fee / June 1
Boston Review Poetry Contest
bostonreview.net/contests / Winner receives $1,500 & publication in Boston Review; all entrants receive 3 issues; $20 fee / June 1
Robert & Adele Schiff Award in Poetry
cincinnatireview.com / Winner receives $1,000 & publication in Cincinnati Review; all entrants receive subscription; $20 fee / July 15
Auburn Witness Poetry Prize
southernhumanitiesreview.com / Winner receives $1,000 & publication in Southern Humanities Review; all entrants receive subscription; $15 fee / July 15
Indiana Review ½ K Prize
indianareview.org / Winner receives $1,000 & publication in Indiana Review; all entrants receive subscription; $20 fee / Aug 15
Black Warrior Review Poetry Contest
bwr.ua.edu / Winner receives $1,000 & publication in Black Warrior Review; all entrants receive subscription; $20 fee / Sept 1
Missouri Review Editor’s Prize
missourireview.com / Winner receives $5,000 for a group of poems; all entrants receive 1-year subscription; $20 fee. / Oct 1
Writer’s Digest
writersdigest.com / Poems of 32 lines or less; $1,000 for 1st; prizes also for 2nd-25th place.
$20 fee for 1st poem, $15 for others / Oct 30
Sow’s Ear Poetry Review
Sowsearpoetry.org / Winner receives $1,000; all entrants receive subscription; $27 fee / Nov 1
James Dickey Prize
fivepoints.gsu.edu / Winner receives $1,000 & publication in Five Points; all entrants receive subscription; $20 fee / Dec 1
Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize
decembermag.org/december-awards / Winner receives $1,500 & publication in December; all entrants receive copy of prize issue; $20 fee / Dec 15