Writing Contests Information
JUDITH SIEGEL PEARSON AWARD (Specialized: subject concerning women)
Wayne State University/Family of Judith Siegel Pearson, 5057 Woodward Ave. Suite 9408, Detroit MI 48202.
E-mail: rhonda@wayne.edu.
Contact: Rhonda Agnew, competition coordinator
Offers an annual award of up to $250 for the best creative or scholarly work on a subject concerning women. The type of work accepted rotates each year: poetry in 2009. Open to all interested writers and scholars. Submissions must be unpublished. Submit 4-10 poems (20 pages maximum). Guidelines available for SASE
by e-mail.
Deadline: March 1.
OHIO POETRY DAY CONTESTS
Ohio Poetry Day Association, Dept. of English, Heldelberg College, 310 East Market, Tiffin OH 44883.
Web site: www.geocities.com/theohiopoetryassociation
Contact: Bill Reyer, contest chair
Offers annual slate of 30-40 contest categories. Prizes range from $75 down; all money-winning award poems are published in an annual anthology. Submissions must be unpublished. “Entry must be for a specified category, so entrants need rules.” Entry form and guidelines available for SASE. Entry fee: $10 inclusive, unlimited number of categories.
Deadline: Usually end of May, see guidelines.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY POETRY CONTEST
Midwest Writing Center, P.O. Box 3188, Rock Island IL 61204
Contact: Max J. Molleston, chairman
Offers annual prizes of approximately $1,000 for unpublished poems in categories for adults. Submissions must be unpublished. Entry fee: $10 for up to 5 poems, no limit on entries.
Deadline: April 1.
THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA POETS CONTEST
Website: www.mnpoets.org
Contact: Christina Flaugher, contest chair
Annual contest offers 18 different categories, with 3 prizes in each category ranging from $10-125. Guidelines available for#10 SASE, by e-mail, or on website.
Entry fee: (nonmembers) $1/poem per category; $2/poem (limit 6) for Grand Prize category.
Deadline: July 31.
LITTLE BITTY POETRY COMPETITION (Specialized: short poetry 3-12 lines)
Shadow Poetry, 1209 Milwaukee St. Excelsior Springs MO 64024.
E-mail: shadowpoetry@shadowpoetry.com
website: www.shadowpoetry.com
Contact: James Summers, award director
Offers quarterly award of 1st Prize:$50; 2nd Prize: $25; 3rd Prize: $10. Submissions may be previously published. Submit unlimited number of poems of 3-12 lines on any subject, in any form.
Entry fee: $2/per poem.
Deadline: March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
DANCING POETRY CONTEST
Artists Embassy International, 704 Brigham Ave. Santa Rosa CA 95404-5245
Website: www.DANCINGPOETRY.com
Contact: Judy Cheung, contest chair jhcheung@aol.com
Annual contest offers 3 Grand Prizes of $100, Five 1st Prizes of $50, ten 2nd Prizes of $25, twenty 3rd Prizes of $10. Line Limit: 40 lines maximum each poem. No limit on number of entries. Submissions must be unpublished or writer must own rights.
Entry Fee: $5/poem or $10/3 poems.
Deadline: May 15
KAY SNOW WRITING AWARDS
Willamette Writers, 9045 SW Barbur blvd., Suite 5A, Portland OR 97219-4027. Website: www.williamettewriters.com
Contact: Pat Macaodha, award director
Annual awards of 1st Prize: $300; 2nd Prize: $150; 3rd Prize: $50 in several genres, including poetry. Submissions must be unpublished. Submit up to 2 poems (one entry fee), maximum 5 pages total, on any subject, in any style or form.
Entry fee: $15 for nonmembers.
Deadline: May 15
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