- Deadlines: October
1 for one-act play and
fiction; October 15 for
very short fiction and
poetry. Prizes include
cash, festival tickets,
publication, and public
readings. The Festival
is held in late March
in the French Quarter.
Visit http://www.tennessee
williams.net.
TOM HOWARD/
Margaret Reid Poetry
Contest. 17th year.
Top prize for a poem
in any style: $2,000.
Top prize for a poem
that rhymes or has a
traditional style: $2,000.
Total prizes: $5,000.
Co-sponsor: Duotrope.
Winning entries
published online. Fee:
$12 per poem. Length
limit: 250 lines. Both
published and unpub-
lished work accepted.
Submit by September- Enter at winning
writers.com/tompoetry.
accepted from incarcer-
ated poets; Princemere
Poetry Prize, 255 Grape-
vine Rd., Wenham, MA
01984. Previous winners
at http://www.princemere
.com.
SEEKING POEMS
regarding wine (appre-
ciation/imbibing/
production), vine-
yards, Napa Valley,
etc. Selected poems
will appear on the
Judd’s Hill website
(www.juddshill.com),
where previous years’
poems can be found
and enjoyed. Contest
winner will receive
a very big bottle of
Judd’s Hill Cabernet
Sauvignon. Final judge
is award-winning writer
Leza Lowitz, author of
over 20 books of poetry
and prose. No entry
fee. Please submit a
maximum of 3 poems
and a brief cover letter
will be published in the
Strokestown Anthology- Competition
details and entry forms
on website: www
.strokestownpoetry.org/
competitions-2020.
TAMPA REVIEW
prize for poetry. $2,000,
hardcover and paper-
back book publication,
portfolio in Tampa
Review for unpublished
manuscript by new or
established poets. $25
entry includes subscrip-
tion. Enter now!
December 31 deadline.
Address: Tampa Review
Prize, University of
Tampa Press, 401 West
Kennedy Blvd., Tampa,
FL 33606. For further
details, please visit:
http://www.ut.edu/tampa
review.TENNESSEE
Williams/New Orleans
Literary Festival hosts
4 contests opening MaySPLIT THIS ROCK
Sanchez-Hughes
Poetry Contest seeks
poems of provocation
& witness. Enter up
to 3 poems, $20 fee.
Top 3 poems receive
cash prizes totaling
$1,000, free 2020
festival registration,
and online publication
in The Quarry. Winner
reads at 2020 festival!
Enter via Submittable
by November 1. Guide-
lines: http://www.splitthisrock
.org.STROKESTOWN
International Poetry
Competition 2020.
First prize: €2,000;
second prize: €700;
third prize: €500.
Reading fees of € 300
for 7 shortlisted poets.
Competition closes
December 6, 2019.
Entry fee: €6 per poem.
Judges: Enda Wyley
& John F. Deane. The
10 shortlisted poemsissue of Slipstream. Send
up to 40 pages and $20
reading fee to Slip-
stream, P.O. Box 2071,
Niagara Falls, NY 14301.
For further details and
new guidelines, visit:
http://www.slipstreampress
.org.SOUL-MAKING
Keats Literary Compe-
tition. $5 entry fee.
Cash prizes. Thirteen
categories: Poetry,
literary nonfiction,
intercultural essay,
short story, prose
poetry, flash fiction,
novel excerpt, humor,
memoir, sonnet, reli-
gious essay, young
adult poetry, young
adult prose. Ongoing
deadline: November 30.
Mail: SMK, 1544 Sweet-
wood Dr., Broadmoor
Vlg., CA 94015. E-mail:
[email protected].
Website: http://www.soul
makingcontest.us.with contact informa-
tion by November 1 to
[email protected].SELECTED SHORTS’
Stella Kupferberg
Memorial Short Story
Contest. Prize includes
$1,000, publication on
electricliterature.com,
a 10-week course with
Gotham Writers Work-
shop, and 2 tickets to a
performance of Selected
Shorts featuring your
winning story. Max: 750
words. Fee: $25. Due:
March 3, 2020. For
complete guidelines,
visit http://www.selected
shorts.org.SLIPSTREAM
annual poetry chapbook
competition offers
$1,000 prize plus 50
copies for winner.
Deadline: December 1.
Entrants receive copy
of winner and a classicC
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201 POETS & WRITERS
Book-length poetry manuscripts
accepted from 1 October 2019
through 14 January 2020.
Final judge: Kiki Petrosino.
See complete guidelines at
https://coloradoprize.colostate.edu
or send SASE to:
$2,000 honorarium & book publication
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Center for Literary Publishing
9105 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105
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PRIZE
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