Crazyhorse Poetry and Fiction Prizes

Posted December 8, 2009 By admin and has no comments yet.

Each year Crazyhorse offers the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize for a single short story and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize for a single poem. The competition is open, the prize awards are currently $2000 for each genre, and the winning poem and piece of prose are published in Crazyhorse.

Recent fiction prize judges have included Ann Patchett, Ha Jin, Antonya Nelson, Dan Chaon, T. M. McNally, Diana Abu-Jaber, Michael Martone, and Charles Baxter.

Recent poetry prize judges have included James Tate, Billy Collins, Marvin Bell, Dean Young, Albert Goldbarth, Nance Van Winckel, Dara Wier, and Mary Ruefle.

General entry information:

All manuscripts entered must be original and previously unpublished. All entries are considered for publication in Crazyhorse.

New prize-entry subscriptions will begin with Crazyhorse Number 77, Spring 2010; the winning manuscripts will be published in Crazyhorse Number 78, Fall 2010

Entries are accepted from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15, 2009.Winners will be announced by April 30, 2010.

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The 11th Annual Gival Press Poetry Award

Posted November 3, 2009 By admin and has no comments yet.

Gival Press is now opening their Annual Poetry Award. Here are the details:

Deadline:
December 15, 2009 (postmarked).
Our dates never change, if the date falls on a Sunday, then Monday becomes the default postmarked date.

Guidelines:

Theme:
Completely open.

Eligible Poets:
Open to all, national and international poets. (more…)

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PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

Posted October 27, 2009 By admin and has no comments yet.

The $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is conferred every spring in New York. The award recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English published during the current calendar year, and is judged by a single translator of poetry appointed by the PEN Translation Committee. The award was made possible originally by a bequest from the late translator and PEN member Rae Dalven, and has received current support from The Kaplen Foundation.

Who is eligible:
Although all eligible books must have been published in the United States, translators may be of any nationality; U.S. residency or citizenship is not required.

Deadline:
Nominations must be received between September 1, 2009 and December 14, 2009. Early submissions are strongly recommended.

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Jot A Bit Poetry and Short Story Writing Contest

Posted October 20, 2009 By admin and has no comments yet.

Jot A Bit will give you cool handmade prize if you win Jot A Bit writing contest in this last quarter of 2009. The contestants are free to submit their writing (poetry or short stories) before last day of 2009. Voting will be held within 1st week of January 2010.

Here are the rules of the contest:

  • Any entries submitted “late” will be included in the next contest.
  • You may enter more than once. We encourage it!
  • Your entries must be your entries. Please do not submit other’s material. Do your own work please.
  • The voting period is the first week following the close of the entry period.
  • The winners are determined by the community. Registered members at JotABit.com may vote one time each month. Votes are submitted through an online poll on the monthly contest results page.
  • If the votes result in a tie, the Jot A Bit will place the final vote to break the tie or may allow for a community final vote among the tied entries.
  • The winner will be notified by email and added to the winner’s page. If you are the winner, we will request a mailing address so we can send your prize.

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Free Poetry Contest Prizes From $1,000 to $10,000

Posted September 29, 2009 By admin and has no comments yet.

Free poetry contest with prize between $1,000 to $10,000 is available for international contestants. The contest is open to all ages and countries as long as the poetry is original work and all the copyright is belong to the contestant.

For the details you can visit free poetry contest and grab your chance to win $10,000 prize.

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