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P – The 2024 Coniston Prize
Guidelines
The winner of the Coniston Prize will receive $1,000, and up to 10 finalists will also be awarded $175. The winner and all finalists’ poems will be featured in the October Coniston Prize Issue.
*Fees are waived for BIPOC poets until June 8. If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity, please submit through the “BIPOC Poets” option in Submittable before the deadline. After that time, paid submissions will continue to be open to all eligible poets. *
Submit 3-5 previously unpublished poems, totaling no more than 10 pages, in a single document through our submissions manager. You may include a cover letter and brief bio in the comments box. Multiple submissions are acceptable with additional reading fee.
This award recognizes an exceptional group of poems. We therefore suggest that you submit poems that are intentionally cohesive in some way, whether connected by subject matter, theme, voice, style, or imagery.
Please remove all identifying information from the poems themselves. All contest submissions will be read anonymously.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but we cannot refund contest fees if you have to withdraw all or part of your submission. Multiple entries are acceptable with an additional fee.
Eligibility
The Coniston Prize is awarded to women poets. Any poet who identifies as a woman is eligible.
If you know the editors or our judge personally, you should not submit your work. This includes current or former students of the editors or the judge. If such a relationship is identified, your entry will be disqualified. If you are unsure whether your relationship would make you ineligible, query us: radarpoetry (at) gmail (dot) com.
Coniston Prize entries are read and judged anonymously. If the editors, or the judge, might recognize your poems, you are not eligible to submit.
Process
Each year, the editors first read all Coniston Prize submissions without viewing any personal information (name, cover letter, or bio). From these submissions, the editors select up to 10 finalists. The finalists’ manuscripts, free of any identifying information, are then sent to the contest judge, who selects a winner.
We look forward to reading your poems!