BELLDAY POETRY PRIZE
$2,000 PRIZE TO WINNING POET
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 15, 2011
CONTEST FINAL JUDGE: ELAINE EQUI
Elaine Equi has published 11 books of poetry including her most recent work Ripple Effect: New and Selected poems (2007) and Voice-Over (1999(which won the San Francisco State Poetry Award. Her work is widely anthologized and appears in Postmodern American Poetry: a Norton Anthology and in The Best American Poetry (1989, 1995, 2002).
She lives in New York with her husband and teaches creative writing in the Master of Fine Arts programs at City College of New York and The New School.
CONTEST RULES
- Submit manuscript of 60-90 pages of original poetry in English. The manuscript must not have been published in book or chapbook, but may contain poems that have appeared in print or on the Internet.
- Manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else in manuscript. Manuscript should be typed, single-spaced, paginated, and bound with spring clip.
- Include a table of contents page, but no acknowledgements.
- Enclose SASE for announcement of the winner.
- Manuscripts cannot be returned. Complete rules: belldaybooks.com
- Check or money order for $25 reading fee, payable to Bellday Books.
- Mail entries: Bellday Books, Inc., P.O. Box 3687, Pittsburgh, PA 15230.
- Bellday Books reserves the right not to select an award winner, in which case all fees will be refunded.
Contest mailing address:
Bellday Books, Inc.
P.O. Box 3687
Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Questions may be directed to office@belldaybooks.com.
The Pinch announces the 2011 Literary Awards in Fiction and Poetry
FICTION JUDGE: RICK BASS! POETRY JUDGE: JEFFREY MCDANIEL!
OVER $2500 IN PRIZES!
Fiction First Prize $1,500
Poetry First Prize $1,000
Deadline: March 15, 2011
The Pinch is the award-winning, nationally-distributed literary journal published by the MFA program at The University of Memphis.
Up to 5,000 words in fiction, or up to 3 poems. $20 for first entry; $10 for subsequent entries. For full contest rules, visit www.thepinchjournal.com
2011 Gulf Coast Prizes
Until March 15, we’re accepting entries for the 2011 Gulf Coast Prizes. This year we have raised the prize money to $1,500 for fiction, nonfiction and poetry winners, plus $250 for two runners-up in each genre. That’s a total of $6,000 in prizes. The winners will be published in Gulf Coast 24.1, to be released in fall 2011. Just for entering, you’ll get a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast, and all entries will be considered for publication.
You can submit to our contests online now. View our contest guidelines and send us your work! The 2011 Poetry Prize will be judged by Ilya Kaminsky, the Creative Nonfiction/Lyric Essay Prize will be judged by John D’Agata, and the Fiction Prize will be judged by Frederick Reiken. See our contest page to learn more about this year’s judges.
When submitting online, be sure to select one of the genres labeled “CONTEST” when uploading your work. You do not need a PayPal account to enter online; you can use your credit or debit card. If there’s any issue with your payment, we’ll contact you.
Contest deadline is March 15, 2011
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