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New Letters Editor’s Choice Award is now accepting entries of experimental works. Enter for a chance to win $1,000 and publication in New Letters. You need to send work that crosses traditional boundaries of genre and form by October 17, 2022.
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Don’t forget September 30 is the deadline to enter the 2022 Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest from Winning Writers. This contest awards two top prizes: $3,000 for a poem in a traditional/rhyming style and $3,000 for a poem in any style. Work can be previously published. $8,000 awarded in total. Stop by the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
It’s true! Cleaver Magazine has decided to extend the deadline of its Summer ’22 Flash Contest judged by Meg Pokrass to August 15. This gives you two additional weeks to prep your best in flash fiction and nonfiction of up to 500 words to enter. $500 first prize. There is an entry fee. Stop by the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
Every year Black Lawrence Press awards The St. Lawrence Book Award to an unpublished first collection of poetry or prose. This award is open to any writer who has not published a full-length manuscript in any genre. The winner receives $1,000, book publication, and ten copies of the winning book. Deadline to enter is August 31, 2022. Find out more by stopping the NewPages Classifieds.
That’s right. The deadline to enter Kallisto Gaia Press’ annual writing contests is August 20! Jen Knox is the judge of the Chester B. Himes Memorial Short Fiction Prize and Zoë Fay-Stindt will judge the Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. $20 entry fee includes a copy of Ocotillo Review. Winning entries will also be published in Ocotillo Review. See their ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
That’s right! Driftwood Press has announced a deadline extension for its 2022 Adrift Contests. This means you now have until July 31 to submit unpublished poetry collections to the Adrift Chapbook Contest and or unpublished fiction to the Adrift Short Story Contest. Stop by their ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
Deadline: August 31, 2022
The Off the Grid Poetry Prize recognizes the work of older poets, highlighting important contemporary voices in American poetry. Each year a winner is awarded $1,000 and publication. Contest runs through August 31, 2022. Garrett Hongo will judge. Find full guidelines here or view flyer for more information.
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That’s right! There’s only one week to submit unpublished poetry collections to the Adrift Chapbook Contest and short fiction to the Adrift Short Story Contest. The chapbook winner receives $1,000 and publication while the short story winner receives $500 and publication in literary magazine Driftwood Press. Enter by July 15, 2022. View their ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
The 2022 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize closes to entries on July 31! This year’s judge is Juan Felipe Herrera. The winner will receive $1,000, their poem printed on a letterpress broadside, and publication in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Learn more about this year’s contest by stopping by their ad in the NewPages Classifieds.
Don’t forget July 31 is the deadline to enter unpublished poetry collections of 50-120 pages to Press 53’s 2023 Award for Poetry. $30 reading fee. The winner, selected by editor Tom Lombardo, receives $1,000, publication, and 50 copies. View their ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
