Poets & Writers – September 2019

GRANTS & AWARDS

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California State University in
Fresno
PHILIP LEVINE PRIZE FOR POETRY
A prize of $2,000 and publication by
Anhinga Press is given annually for
a poetry collection. C. G. Hanzlicek
will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48
to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee ($28
for electronic submissions) by Septem-
ber 30. Visit the website for complete
guidelines.

California State University in Fresno,
Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, English
Department, Mail Stop PB 98, 5245
North Backer Avenue, Fresno, CA 93740.
(559) 278-1569. Corrinne Clegg Hales,
Coordinator.
[email protected]
http://www.fresnostate.edu/levineprize

Carlow University
PATRICIA DOBLER POETRY AWARD
A prize valued at $2,000 is given annu-
ally to a woman poet over 40 who has
not published a book in any genre. The
winner receives $1,000, publication
in Voices From the Attic, and round-trip
transportation and lodging to give a
reading at Carlow University. Submit
two poems of up to 75 lines each with a

$20 entry fee, which includes a copy of

Voices From the Attic, by October 1. Visit

the website for complete guidelines.

(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Carlow University, Patricia Dobler

Poetry Award, c/o Jan Beatty, Director

of Creative Writing, 3333 Fifth Avenue,

Pittsburgh, PA 15213. (412) 578-6346. Jan

Beatty and Sarah Williams-Devereux,

Contacts. [email protected]

http://www.carlow.edu/Dobler_Poetry_Award.aspx

Cave Canem Foundation

TOI DERRICOTTE & CORNELIUS EADY

CHAPBOOK PRIZE

A prize valued at approximately $2,500

is given annually for a poetry chapbook

by a Black poet. The winner will receive

$500, publication by Jai-Alai Books, and

a weeklong residency at the Writer’s

Room at the Betsy Hotel in Miami,

Florida, and will give a reading at the

O, Miami Poetry Festival in April 2020.

Danez Smith will judge. Using only

the online submission system, submit

a manuscript of 25 to 30 pages with a

$12 entry fee by September 30. Visit the

website for complete guidelines.

(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Cave Canem Foundation, Toi Derricotte

& Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize, 20 Jay

Street, Suite 310-A, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

(718) 858-0000.

http://www.cavecanempoets.org/prizes/toi-derricotte

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Cloudbank Books

VERN RUTSALA BOOK PRIZE

A prize of $1,000 and publication by

Cloudbank Books is given annually for

a collection of poetry, flash fiction, or a

combination of the two. Holly Karapet-

kova will judge. Submit a manuscript of

60 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by

October 31. Visit the website for com-

plete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Cloudbank Books, Vern Rutsala Book

Prize, P.O. Box 610, Corvallis, OR 97339.

(877) 782-6762. Michael Malan, Editor.

[email protected]

http://www.cloudbankbooks.com

Coffee-House Poetry

TROUBADOUR INTERNATIONAL POETRY

PRIZE

A prize of £2,000 (approximately $2,540)

is given annually for a poem. A second-

place prize of £1,000 (approximately

$1,270) is also given. Both winners

Judge: Meg Elison

David Rothman

The Lower East Side Tenement Reclamation Association

The Finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are:

Upcoming Omnidawn Writing Contests

Postal & online submissions—For details visit: http://www.omnidawn.com

$1,000 Fabulist Fiction Chapbook/Novelette

Judge: Kellie Wells

Fee: $18 Sep 1–Oct 15, 2019

Andrew Sebela

Brooklyn,

New York

Taylor Sykes

Asheville,

North Carolina

Marcus Stewart

London,

United Kingdom

Melissa Crandall-Everett

Hebron,

Connecticut

F.J. Bergmann

Madison,

Wisconsin

$3,000 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book

Judge: Jericho Brown

Fee: $27 Nov 1, 2019–Feb 18, 2020

2018 Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Prize