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SUMMARY:P - The 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize. Theme: Hurt & Healing
DESCRIPTION:Healing begins when someone bears witness. I saw you. I believe you. \nAs poets\, we begin our journey by bearing witness. Poetry is the language of observation and we often see signs and symbols in the world that others overlook. But we can’t always stay on the sidelines—sometimes life throws us into the world before we’re ready\, which can lead to undue harm. We all feel pain\, but the question then becomes: What can we do with it? \nThe quote above is from Olivia Benson\, protagonist of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\, played by Mariska Hargitay. The link between this television show and our poetry contest might not be obvious\, but Hargitay not only bears witness in her twenty-five year run as Detective Olivia Benson\, she commits to protect the most vulnerable among us and fosters a space for healing as well. Her dedication is admirable\, and we at Frontier are making the same promise. Let’s not forget that the word “poem” comes from the Greek word for “create.” It’s not just about seeing or believing\, it’s about what you make from  what you’ve seen and what you’ve learned. \nThis year’s Hurt & Healing Prize is about expressing our pain\, but it’s also about celebrating all we have overcome. It is also a call to action—an invitation to support each other in the darkest times. We may feel as if the path forward isn’t clear—but as a community\, we answer these questions together.\nFurther reading for inspiration can be found here: \n“Am I Going to Kill My Daughter” | The Poetry Foundation \n“Grief” | The Poetry Foundation \n“Arthritis is one thing\, the hurting another” by Camille T. Dungy – Poems | Academy of American Poets \nThe first place winner will receive $3\,000 and publication. Second- and third-place winners will receive $300 and $200 respectively\, as well as publication.\nAbout Our Judge:  \nRobert Wood Lynn is a poet from Virginia. He is the author of the collection Mothman Apologia (Yale University Press\, 2022) and the chapbook How to Maintain Eye Contact (Button Poetry\, 2023). He is the recipient of the 2021 Yale Younger Poets Prize\, the 2023 Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, and a 2023 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship. His work has been featured in American Poetry Review\, The Atlantic\, POETRY\, The Yale Review\, and other publications. He teaches poetry at Juilliard and Brooklyn Poets. \nWhat our judge is looking for:  \nI am honored to be asked to jury Frontier’s poetry contest themed on hurt and healing\, because so much of the work of poetry happens in this space of change—hurt and healing not simply or even necessarily as subject but as experience\, since that is what a poem is: an experience rather than a recounting. I am interested in poems that wound us gently\, or that restore something inside us\, or both. Poems that help us reach the interior and emotional spaces no other medium could. That let language work indirectly\, through image\, metaphor\, surprise\, and play\, to accomplish things impossible in straightforward retelling. \nGuidelines: \n\nSubmissions are open to new and emerging writers (for this contest\, we define this as poets with no more than one full-length work of poetry published or forthcoming at the time of submission).\nSend up to three poems per submission\, for a total of no more than five pages. We have no aesthetic or formal requirements and consider all styles of poetry. Each new submission requires a $20 reading fee.\nAs part of our dedication to the pursuit of a more inclusive publishing world\, we offer a free submission window for poets from historically marginalized groups (BIPOC\, LGBTQIA+\, disabled community\, et cetera) at the beginning of the contest until our cap of fifty. This submission category has reached its cap and is now closed.\nDo not include any identifying information in the body of your document.\nPlease submit unpublished poems only.\nWe welcome simultaneous submissions\, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.\nYou may submit multiple times\, but each submission requires a separate $20 fee.\nPlease provide a brief cover letter that includes a short\, third-person bio with your publication history and any applicable content warnings.\nSubmissions are open internationally\, to any poet writing in English. Inclusion of other languages is welcome\, as long as the poem is primarily written in English.\nPlease do not submit work if you have a personal relationship with the judge.\nIf you haven’t already\, please verify your email address with Submittable for more consistent communication.\nWe will not accept AI-generated work for this contest.\nIf you have any questions\, please visit our FAQ page first. If you don’t find the answer to your question\, you can send an email to contact (at) frontierpoetry (dot) com.\n\nEditorial Feedback Option:\nThis option costs $59 and will provide you with two pages of detailed and actionable feedback on a poem of your choice from your packet\, including suggestions for future submissions. The $149 option will provide you with three letters from three different editors. Our guest editors are paid a significant portion of the fee and all are astute and professional poets.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-2025-hurt-healing-prize-theme-hurt-healing/
LOCATION:Hurt & Healing Prize
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SUMMARY:P - The Palette Poetry Micro Chapbook Prize. Theme: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Micro Chapbook Prize—$2\,000 Awarded\n\n\n\n\nWe warmly invite you to submit to The 2025 Palette Micro Chapbook Prize! Palette Poetry will select four micro manuscripts to publish in print and digitally\, beginning in the fall of 2025. Poets are encouraged to submit a cohesive collection consisting of ten to fifteen pages of poetry\, but no more than ten poems. \nThe four winners will each receive $500 and 2025/2026 publication\, which includes a free downloadable digital chapbook on our website\, ten physical author copies to share and sell\, and the option to enable sales at Amazon\, Bookshop.org\, and Barnes & Noble\, earning 50% royalties on your micro chapbook. We will also host a virtual launch party to celebrate your micro chapbook publication date. Additionally\, thousands of readers\, editors\, and journals will receive micro chapbook access through our newsletter. The winners will be offered the opportunity to work with Palette editors to revise the manuscript. \nWe hope that you enjoy curating a micro chapbook from your body of work that would best fit one of the following themes: \nWinter \nPoems about retreat\, rescue\, camaraderie\, coldness\, mentorship\, stirring\, archiving\, forests\, chopping\, sinking\, wrapping\, and dreaming. \nSpring \nPoems about travel\, colors\, digging\, dancing\, sewing\, singing\, feathers\, heartbreak\, parks\, seeking\, citrus\, and softness. \nSummer \nPoems about emptiness\, sky\, expanse\, eating\, flowing\, running\, reaching\, towers\, shouting\, fingertips\, swimming\, and glass. \nFall \nPoems about cobblestones\, fire\, arguments\, graveyards\, ink\, candles\, blankets\, apartments\, planning\, reading\, and watching. \nSubmission Guidelines: Please read carefully! \n\nFor this prize\, we are only accepting collections consisting of ten to fifteen pages (not including cover page\, table of contents\, or acknowledgments) containing no more than ten poems.\nSubmissions are open internationally\, to any poet writing in English—inclusion of other languages is welcome\, as long as the poem is largely written in English.\nSome of your micro chapbook may contain poems that have been previously published. We ask that at least one-third of the micro chapbook is unpublished at the time of submission. Of course\, it is not necessary for any of the poems to be previously published—we are excited to celebrate micro chapbooks of brand-new work as well!\nWe accept simultaneous submissions—just please send us a note if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.\nYour submission must be no more than ten poems and no more than fifteen pages. Please submit all your poems in ONE document. Please begin each poem on a new page and include each poem’s individual title. In the same document\, please also include: a cover page with the micro chapbook title and your name\, a table of contents\, and an acknowledgements page with any previous publication credits.\nWhen you submit\, you can indicate which season you think your micro chapbook best fits. However\, we will also consider it for other seasons\, so don’t feel the need to get this designation exactly right.\nWe do accept multiple submissions; for example\, if you would like to submit a different micro chapbook for a different theme\, each submission will include the $20 reading fee.\nPlease include a brief cover letter in the cover letter box with your publication history\, if any. To safeguard our reading staff\, please include content warnings in the cover letter\, if applicable\, as well.\nReview our FAQ page for frequently asked questions.\nNOTE: If after submitting you notice an error in your submission\, please message us rather than withdrawing and resubmitting your submission. We can open it to editing once so you can correct the error.\nPalette Poetry does not accept AI-produced work.\nSubmitters will be notified of their submission status sixteen to twenty weeks after the contest’s closing date.\n\nIncluded Unique Opportunities and Discounts \nAs a thank you for your support for Palette\, we’d like to offer a 10% off discount code on a writing class from The Writing Salon. Find a class and use the code included in the confirmation message at checkout. \nEditorial Feedback Option \nThis manuscript review costs $99 and will provide you with three pages of detailed and actionable feedback on your micro chapbook. Our guest editors will evaluate the themes\, strengths\, and opportunities for revision in your micro chapbook as a whole\, and may give more specific feedback on individual poems. Our guest editors are paid a significant portion of the fee and are all incredibly astute poets.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-palette-poetry-micro-chapbook-prize-theme-winter-spring-summer-fall/
LOCATION:The Palette Poetry Micro Chapbook Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Passionfruit Poetry Contests Seeking Entries Grappling with the Theme of: Love and Loss
DESCRIPTION:Love and Loss\n\n \n\nSubmissions are open until 23:59 31st January 2025 (GMT) \n1st prize £400\n2nd prize £75\n3rd prize £25\nAbout the theme:\nFor this poetry contest\, we are calling for poems that engage with experiences of love and loss. \nLove and loss go hand in hand: nothing lasts forever\, and to love anything – or anyone – is to know that love will be lost one day. Countless poets have grappled with these themes throughout history. We want your take on poems that deal with love or loss (or both). \nAs always\, we are open to broad interpretations of the theme: feel free to surprise us and to stretch our imagination! \nA note from the judge:\n‘We are eager to see your poetry inspired by one of the most profound of human experiences. We await with gratitude what you share with us.’ \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nThe entry fee is £3 per poem\, or £5 for 3. If the fee prevents you from entering the contest\, get in touch with us at editor@passionfruitreview.com\nSubmissions are open to all poets writing in English.\nPoems must be previously unpublished.\nStrong language is fine – abusive or discriminatory language is not.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly through the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.\nPoems up to 40 lines will be considered (we consider longer poems as general submissions!)\nPoets whose work is known by or recognisable to the judge will be disqualified.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-passionfruit-poetry-contests-seeking-entries-grappling-with-the-theme-of-love-and-loss/
LOCATION:Passionfruit Poetry Prize
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SUMMARY:PFN - After Happy Hour Contest. Theme: Food
DESCRIPTION:We’re putting together a feast of words for our 4th contest issue. For this call\, we’re looking for stories\, essays\, and poems that feature food. That could be as a central image\, an aspect of the plot (cooking it\, eating it\, growing it\, etc.)\, a defining trait of the characters (cooks\, servers\, baking show contestants\, etc.)\, or a key detail of the setting (restaurant\, farm\, canning factory\, etc.). However it’s used\, food should feel necessary for and integrated into the work–we’re looking for more than just a passing mention of breakfast on the character’s way out the door. \nFood isn’t just limited to Earth/human fare\, either. Anything that a being consumes for sustenance counts as “food” for the purposes of this theme: predators hunting prey\, plant-based lifeforms that “eat” sunlight\, synthetic protein pastes\, or any other means of gaining nutrients a lifeform could use. Beverages can also count\, though we’re not interested in the typical “bunch of people in a bar” stories (unless you’re doing something very new\, cool\, and different with it). \nThe contest will be judged by the After Happy Hour editors. We read submissions anonymously\, so please remove your name and other identifying information from your file before sending it.\n \n\n\nPoetry: Send up to 3 individual poems\, no line or word limits. \nFiction: Send a single short story or up to 3 flash or micro pieces (fewer than 1\,000 words each) in a single document. We have no upper word limits\, and aren’t opposed to publishing stories upwards of 5\,000 words that justify their real estate. \nCreative non-fiction: Send a single short work or up to 3 flash or micro pieces (fewer than 1\,000 words each) in a single document. We are specifically looking for creative non-fiction for this issue\, not scholarly essays about literary genres or subgenres (though if you’re using the tropes of scholarly essays within the context of a narrative or lyric piece\, that we do want to see). \nSuites: Send up to 5 linked works that will be considered as a set. Individual works within a suite can be poems or flash or micro-length prose (under 1\,000 words each). \nHybrid/Cross-Genre: Yes\, please. Follow whichever of the above guidelines makes the most sense. \nPrize Info: \nThe winners and honorable mentions for this contest will receive a percentage of the total entry fees paid (including purchases of After Happy Hour print issues): \n·         Up to 3 “ranked winners” will split 30%. \n·         Up to 3 honorable mentions will split 15% \nAll submitted works will also be considered for publication in the issue. If we publish your work and you don’t win a prize\, you’ll be paid at the standard contributor rate ($2.50 per printed page\, with a minimum of $15 and maximum of $50). \nHow much will I win\, though? \nIn the first 3 years\, the prize ranged between $103-$320 for winners\, and from $56-$160 for honorable mentions. We’ll post periodic updates on the Submittable page as the reading period moves along so you can get a sense for what you stand to win. \n\nGENERAL GUIDELINES\n\n\nPlease include a brief (100 word max) 3rd-person bio in your cover letter.\nTo limit editor and reader bias\, we read all submissions anonymously. To this end\, we ask submitters to remove their name and contact information from the document itself.\nWe are not opposed to sex\, violence\, or profanity when they are necessary to the story—we’re fans of all three\, in fact. Having said that\, we will not accept any work that contains hateful or discriminatory content\, including racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, and transphobia. Gratuitous sex and violence will probably get you rejected\, too.\nUse standard manuscript format (12-point Serif font\, standard margins and spacing). It’s not like we’ll reject you for a bad font (probably) but it makes it easier to read\, and that makes us happy. The exception is poetry that uses non-standard formatting for stylistic reasons. Prose writers have no excuse.\nWe accept submissions only through Submittable. If the Submittable platform presents an accessibility barrier\, please email us at AfterHappyHour@gmail.com and we’ll find a workaround.\nWe accept and encourage simultaneous submissions. All we ask is that you be a good literary citizen and withdraw your submission through Submittable if it’s accepted elsewhere (if you’re withdrawing part of a submission\, you can send us an e-mail). It is also expected that you’ll withdraw your submission from consideration by other journals if After Happy Hour accepts it.\nPlease send only one submission per category at a time. We’ll happily consider submissions in multiple categories from the same author (e.g. a poem and a story).\nIf you work in mixed genres (hybrid poetry/fiction\, illustrated stories\, etc.) submit the work in the category that seems to fit the best\, and we’ll figure it out.\nOur response time is generally less than 6 weeks\, but we are humans (mostly) and have been known to fall behind. If you haven’t heard from us in 3 months or more\, you can send an e-mail and give us a nudge. You can also check on the status of your submission at any time by logging into your Submittable account.\nAccepted submissions may be edited for grammar. All changes are sent to the author for approval before publication.\nWe acquire first publishing rights and electronic archive rights. All rights revert to the author following the work’s publication in After Happy Hour you can re-publish and anthologize your work at will. Content can be removed from the website on request\, but cannot be removed from the the issue in which it was published.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-after-happy-hour-contest-theme-food/
LOCATION:After Happy Hour Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The Myslexia Women's Pamphlet Poetry Competition 2024 is Now Open
DESCRIPTION:Women’s Pamphlet Competition 2024\n\n\n\n   1st Prize:\n£250\, plus publication by Bloodaxe Books\n\n\n   Deadline:\n9 December 2024\n\n\n   Judge:\nImtiaz Dharker\n\n\n\n\n\nEntry\n£20.00\n\nDescription \n\nYour Pamphlet\nThe competition is open to collections of 18-20 poems\, of up to 24 pages\, by poets who have never had a full-length collection published. \nPrizes\n1st: £250 plus publication by Bloodaxe Books. \nA selected poem from the winning pamphlet will be published in Mslexia. \nDeadline\nThe deadline for entries is 23.59GMT\, 9 December 2024. \nResults\nEntrants will be notified of the outcome of their entry in May 2025. \nThe winner will be announced on 1 June 2025. \nHow to Enter\nAdd the entry fee to your basket and proceed through the checkout (you will be asked to set up\, or sign in to you Mslexia account during the process). Once the order is completed you’ll be taken to a ‘Submit’ page where the entry form is located. You can submit at a later date by logging into your Mslexia online account and going to the ‘competitions’ tab. \nVisit our Entry Instructions for a more comprehensive guide on how to enter\, and be sure to read our Rules before submitting.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-myslexia-womens-pamphlet-poetry-competition-2024-is-now-open/
LOCATION:Mslexia Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The Myslexia Women's Single Poem Poetry Competition 2024 is Now Open.
DESCRIPTION:   1st Prize:\n£2\,000\n\n\n   Deadline:\n9 December 2024\n\n\n   Judge:\nJane Hirshfield\n\n\n\n\n\nEntry\n£10.00\n\nDescription \n\nYour Poems\nThis competition is open to unpublished poems of any length\, on any subject. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems. \nPrizes\n1st: £2\,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250 \nUnpublished Poet Prize* is an additional award for the best unpublished poem by an unpublished poet: £250. \nThe four winners\, plus sixteen additional finalists will have their poems published in the March 2025 issue of Mslexia. \nDeadline\nThe deadline for all entries is 23.59GMT\, 9 December 2024. \nResults\nEntrants will be notified of the outcome of their entry in February 2025. \nThe winner and finalists will be announced on 1 March 2025. \nHow to Enter\nAdd the entry fee to your basket and proceed through the checkout (you will be asked to set up\, or sign in to you Mslexia account during the process). Once the order is completed you’ll be taken to a ‘Submit’ page where the entry form is located. You can submit at a later date by logging into your Mslexia online account and going to the ‘competitions’ tab. \n*If you are an Unpublished Poet (i.e. you’ve never had a poem selected for publication\, in print or online\, by an editorial selection process) then you can enter our Unpublished Poet Prize. This is an additional prize awarded to poets who have yet to have their work published. Simply tick the box on the entry form when uploading your poems or\, if submitting by post\, mark your entry with a U\, and your work will be entered into the award. \n  \nUnsure of what we mean by Unpublished? Want more information on formatting and how to submit? Visit our Entry Instructions for a comprehensive guide. And be sure to read our Rules before submitting.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-myslexia-womens-single-poem-poetry-competition-2024-is-now-open/
LOCATION:Mslexia Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Fox Tales Contests' Fall Black Prize Theme: Fragments of Time
DESCRIPTION:Fall Black Prize: Fragments of Time \nBlack Fox is accepting submissions for its Fall 2024 Black Fox Prize. The theme for this round is “Fragments of Time.” We are open to loose interpretations of the theme in any genre\, as always. \nWhen we think of time\, we often think of a ticking clock. But time is more than merely seconds\, minutes\, hours\, or measurements. Time also has the power to shape our lives. It can be a fleeting moment\, a seemingly endless stretch\, or a loop. Time can be a guardian of memories\, the signal for change\, and the constant that connects us to the world around us. \nFor this contest\, we’re looking for writers to explore the intricacies of time: How does it mold us\, ruin us\, or set us free? Is time a friend or an enemy? Does time heal or wound? Whether it’s traveling through centuries\, racing against the clock\, or pausing in a single\, spectacular moment\, we want work that investigates the mysteries\, difficulties\, joy\, or wonder of time. \nPlease submit your strongest fiction\, nonfiction\, or poetry\, and we will choose one winner that we feel interprets the theme best. The prize is $325 and publication in the Winter 2025 issue. All submissions are considered for publication in the Winter 2025 issue. The contest entry fee is $12\, and submissions must be submitted before midnight (EST) on December 1\, 2024. \nPlease make sure your manuscript is double-spaced with 12-point font. Submissions should be no more than 5\,000 words. For poetry\, send up to three poems in the same document. For flash fiction\, send up to two stories in the same document. Author’s name and page number should appear in the top right-hand corner of every page. We also ask that you specify the category/genre of your work in the cover letter. Submissions are accepted through our submission manager\, found here. \nPlease DO NOT submit work that isn’t ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it. \nWe will select a winner by the end of January 2025\, and each entrant will receive a response to their submission. \n***Writers\, please note that entry fees are non-refundable\, and payment to winners is awarded via PayPal. We reserve the right to extend the contest deadline if necessary.*** \nThe Black Fox team looks forward to reading your wonderful submissions!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-fox-tales-contests-fall-black-prize-theme-fragments-of-time/
LOCATION:Fox Tales Contests
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Fiction Potluck Contest Seeking Submissions on the Theme: A Very Speculative Holiday
DESCRIPTION:A Very Speculative Holiday\nup to 6\,000 words \nHolidays abound across cultures and worlds—Christmas\, Hanukkah\, Kwanzaa\, and New Year’s on Earth; myriad celebrations in far-off planets or kingdoms waiting for discovery. Craft your short speculative story around a holiday that has meaning in whatever world you choose; in whichever speculative fiction genre you choose. Give us characters to care about\, settings and conflicts that leave the reader breathless\, strong voices\, and luscious prose that stops us in our tracks—tales that stick long after that all-important final line is read. \nPrizes!\nThis quarter is officially sponsored by Duotrope; the first place winner of this quarter’s challenge receives Duotrope service for free for two years (valued at $100)! \nGeneral Rules\n\n\nAll entries must be in English and original works of fiction.  \n\n\nThe competition runs on UTC time\, beginning and ending at midnight. \n\n\nYou must keep your entry private until after we post the top three winning stories. \n\n\nThe judges’ decisions are final. \n\n\nThe judges will contact everyone who includes the Title Information listed below.  \n\n\nThe judges cannot provide feedback for every piece submitted. \n\n\nWinning entries will be published as received. \n\n\nThe following are not accepted:​ \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions \n\n\nPreviously published works \n\n\nAI-generated content \n\n\nFanfiction\, erotica\, religious\, or political content \n\n\nPieces longer than the word count limit \n\n\nPieces submitted outside the competition month \n\n\nPieces submitted in .pdf or pasted into the body of the email \n\n\nPieces without the correct Title Information (below) will be rejected unread.  \n\n\n\nSubmissions\nOctober: up to 6\,000 words \nKeep formatting professional. You can find recommended settings on the submissions page. \nEntries must include this Title Information in this order at the top of the document body\, aligned left:  \nName or Pseudonym\, email \nEntry Title \nFiction Potluck \nWord Count  \nAccepted file types: .doc\, .docx\, .odt \nLive\, unlocked Google Docs or Microsoft Word links are accepted via email (submissions [at] writersworkout.net). We must be able to download your file. We will not request access and we are not responsible for locked docs. \n  \nThe selection team reads all entries that follow the submissions guidelines as explained below. Entries are read blind. The team chooses the finalists and contacts everyone.  \nFinalist author names and bios are posted on this page and announced in our monthly mailer.  \nThe guest judge reads the finalist pieces and chooses three winners. Each of the three winning pieces is published on our blog and linked through this page. Winning entries will be published as received.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-fiction-potluck-contest-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-a-very-speculative-holiday/
LOCATION:Fiction Potluck Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize. Theme: Love\, Faith\, & Sex
DESCRIPTION:Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize — $2000 Awarded\n\n\n\nEnds on Thu\, Nov 7\, 2024 11:59 PM \n\n\n\nThe reading period for the Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize runs from September 21 to November 7 (LC’s birth anniversary to death anniversary).\n$1000 will be awarded to a poem that explores the intersection of love\, faith & sex. Four finalists will each be awarded $250.\n\nABOUT THE PRIZE\nPoet\, novelist\, singer/songwriter\, artist\, music producer\, Buddhist monk\, Leonard Cohen has won countless hearts. \nI found his music six years ago and haven’t listened to much else since. Now every morning when I drop my daughter off to preschool\, she and I sing along to “Suzanne” on the way. Having spent countless hours with the Leonard Cohen Archive at the University of Toronto\, I’m in awe of the devotion he had for his craft\, blackening page after page. \nHis ability to blend the sacred and the profane\, the spiritual and the sensual remains unmatched. We are indebted to him for bridging the world of literature with the world of music. \nA couple of times in concerts\, he sang this two-liner: “no\, it wasn’t any good\, there’s no reason why you should remember me” while having given us a million reasons to remember him. \nWe hope this will push people who are aware of Cohen’s genius as a musician to turn to his poetry. It gives us deep honor to name this prize after the one and only Leonard Cohen and carry a part of his infinite legacy on our slim shoulders. \nAs Leonard would say\, forgive the poverty of these words for they do not reflect the abundance of our gratitude. \n— Karan Kapoor\, Editor-in-Chief\, ONLY POEMS \n  \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n\nSend us up to 3 pages of poetry. \nEach poem starts on a new page. \nIn the spirit of Leonard Cohen\, we ask that your poems deal in some way with the intersections of Love\, Faith\, & Sex. \nWe only accept previously uncurated work. \nWe love cover letters and would prefer knowing whose work we are reading. You are welcome to share your love for Leonard Cohen\, your publication history\, if any\, though that would not influence our decision. Please make sure that the document of your poems is stripped of any biographical information—use the cover letter field on Submittable for this. \nPlease withdraw your poems if they get accepted elsewhere. \nWe will respond to everyone by the end of this year. Winners will be announced and published in January. \nThere will be no deadline extensions. \nYour submission comes with an exclusive 33% discount off any of the annual ONLY POEMS membership tiers ($33-$82 value). \n\nPLEASE NOTE:\nThe Leonard Cohen Family Trust does not endorse this award\, ONLY POEMS\, or the prize winners. It is for their generosity we are allowed to name this prize after Leonard Cohen\, the Poet Laureate of the World.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-leonard-cohen-poetry-prize-theme-love-faith-sex/
LOCATION:Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241028T080000
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SUMMARY:P - Finding the Words Literary Festival Poetry Competition. Theme: Finding the Words
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the return of our biennial poetry competition\, which will be judged by the eminent novelist\, poet and Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst and acclaimed poet and playwright Inua Ellams. \nThe competition theme is Finding the Words\, representing the difficulty that any of us can face when trying to express our feelings. It covers grief\, life changes\, the end of a relationship or a new beginning. It could be about strength and resilience\, or about hope and vulnerability. The survivors of torture we support come to the UK as refugees and often struggle to find the words to explain their journey\, feelings and the trauma they experienced\, as they cope with language barriers in a new country. It can\, of course\, mean many different things to different people\, and your entry should represent what Finding the Words means to you. \nEntry costs just £5 but is free for anyone with lived experience as a refugee. Poems can be submitted from anywhere in the world\, of any style\, with a preferred length limit of 40 lines\, and must be the entrant’s original work. Entries must not have been published\, self-published\, broadcast or featured among the winners in any previous competition. \nAll funds raised will support our creative group projects for survivors of torture such as art\, music and writing groups\, including Write to Life\, the longest-running refugee writing group in Britain\, and the only one specifically for survivors of torture. \nDEADLINE\n5pm\, 28th October 2024 \n\nFirst Prize \n\n1-1 Mentoring session with Booker Prize winning author Alan Hollinghurst\nTwo VIP tickets to our London Library Event\nYour poem published in our quarterly newsletter The Survivor\, circulated to some 26\,000 supporters across the UK\, and on our website\nYour poem will be printed in the London Library event programme\, circulated to 150 esteemed guests including authors\, poets\, publishers and celebrities\nA year’s supply of Papier personalised notebooks and bundle of books\n\nRunners Up \n\nBook bundle\n All winners will have their poem featured on Freedom from Torture’s website with winners promoted on social media and promoted to press and media in the run up to the event10/28/2024) Finding the Words Literary Festival Poetry Competition: Finding the Words (P – fee-based)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-finding-the-words-literary-festival-poetry-competition-theme-finding-the-words/
LOCATION:Finding the Words Literary Festival Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241021T170000
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SUMMARY:F - Saints and Sinners Short Fiction Contest. Theme: Saints and Sinners
DESCRIPTION:The winner will be selected from this year’s submissions of original\, unpublished short stories between 3\,000 and 7\,000 words with LGBT content on the broad theme of “Saints and Sinners.” This contest would not be possible without a generous grant from The John Burton Harter Foundation. \n\n\n\n\nOne grand prize of $500 and two second place prizes of $100 will be awarded. In addition\, the top stories will be published in an anthology. There will also be a book release party and reading held during the 22nd annual Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2025. A list of the top finalists will be posted on our website and in our e-newsletter.\nEligibility: \n\nThe annual fiction contest is open to LGBTQ+ authors at all stages of their careers\, from all over the globe\, with stories in all genres.\nOnly previously unpublished stories will be accepted.\nStories that won this contest in previous years are ineligible; their authors remain eligible\, but must submit new work.\nStories submitted to this contest in previous years that were not finalists are eligible.\nStories that have won any other writing contests are ineligible.\nStories that do not adhere to the guidelines below will be disqualified. Please review our guidelines carefully.\n\n Guidelines: \n\nSubmissions should be in English\, standard manuscript format (double-spaced\, one inch margins\, 12 point Times or Times New Roman or similar font.)\nDo not double space between paragraphs. Use indent.\nPlease include a word count on first page under the title.\nYour name and contact information must NOT appear on the manuscript.\nNo bios or resumes. We only consider manuscript quality.\nWord Count: 3\,000 to 7\,000.\nSubmit only original\, unpublished short stories.\nPlease spell check and review your submission for typos.  Excessive typos may disqualify your submission.\n\nEntry fee: $20 per story. There is no limit on the number of stories each author may enter. \nDeadline:  October 1\, 2024 through Submittable.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-saints-and-sinners-short-fiction-contest-theme-saints-and-sinners/
LOCATION:Saints and Sinners Short Fiction Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241014T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241014T170000
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UID:6076-1728892800-1728925200@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - The 2024 Waltham Forest Poetry Competition. Theme: Friendship
DESCRIPTION:FRIENDS! We declare the 2024 Waltham Forest Poetry Competition is now OPEN! Send your poems on the theme of ‘Friendship’ and who knows? Our judge Jacqueline Saphra could be picking your work of art out as the winner. Main prize £400\, and lots of other lovely prizes too. \nSend us up to 6 poems of 40 lines maximum per poem (not including title) on the theme of FRIENDSHIP – we hope the theme allows for a variety of interpretations but you can interpret it any way you want. PLEASE read the rules before you enter. We’re offering over a thousand pounds in prizes in total. Entry fee for adults is from £3 and it’s FREE entry for young poets under the age of 18. CLOSING DATE IS MONDAY 14 OCTOBER 2024. \nThe competition is open to everyone (UK and international). There are Adult and Young Poet prizes\, plus separate Waltham Forest local prizes for people who live\, work or study in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. There’s also a prize for the funniest poem overall. \nThe top three poems in each category\, plus the funniest poem\, plus a number of Commended poets\, will be published on our website. Our awards ceremony will be held at the Trades Hall\, Walthamstow\, London on Tuesday 10 December 2024 where all winners and Commended poets will be invited to read their winning poem/s and our judge will also perform. \nAdult prizes (18 or over)\nEntry fee: 1st poem £3\, subsequent poems in the same submission £1 – up to 6 poems in total\, 40 lines maximum per poem (not including title). Poets who live\, work or study in Waltham Forest will also be automatically included in the Waltham Forest local prize for no additional fee. \n\nMain prize: 1st £400\, 2nd £200\, 3rd £100.\nWaltham Forest prize (sponsored by The Stow Brothers): 1st £50\, 2nd £30\, and 3rd £20\n\n  \nYoung poet prizes (under 18)\nNo entry fee. Send up to 6 poems in total\, 40 lines maximum per poem (not including title). Poets who live or study in Waltham Forest will also be automatically included in the Waltham Forest local prize. \n\nMain Prize: 1st £50\, 2nd £30\, 3rd £20.\nWaltham Forest prize (sponsored by The Stow Brothers) for poets living or studying in Waltham Forest: 1st £50\, 2nd £30\, and 3rd £20.\n\nThere will be a separate prize for the funniest poem\, which should also be on the main theme\, whether from an adult or a young person\, and the winner will receive £100. The judges are Paul McGrane and Barry Coidan. \nRules\nPoems must be 40 lines maximum\, not including the title. \nSend no more than 6 poems in total. \nAdults should pay for entry (either by Eventbrite\, cheque or directly into our bank account)\, then email or post their poems. Young poets don’t need to pay so please email or post your poems without payment. \nPoems should be on the theme of FRIENDSHIP – though we’ll leave it to you how you interpret the theme. \nThe judge will read all poems entered into the competition. The judge’s decision is final and neither the judge nor anyone associated with the running of the competition will enter into any correspondence. \nPoems are judged anonymously\, so please don’t put your name or any identifying information on your poems. \nAt the time of entering the competition\, you must be 18 or over to enter the Adult prize and under 18 to enter the Young Poets prize. \nUnder no circumstances can alterations be made to poems once entered. \nNo one associated with the running of the competition is eligible to enter. \nPoems must be typed\, in English\, and the original work of the entrant. Poems generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not be be accepted. \nPoems must not be previously published or self-published (including online)\, broadcast\, accepted for publication elsewhere\, or the translated work of another poet. If your poem is currently appearing on your social media pages\, please delete it before submitting it to our competition. \nSimultaneous submissions are NOT accepted. Please don’t send us your poems if you have already sent them to another competition or publication and you’re waiting for the result. \nDue to the sheer volume of entries\, only successful entrants will be notified. Details of the full winners list will be announced publicly on our website after the awards ceremony in December 2024. \nHow to enter\n\nThe easiest way for Adults to pay is via our EVENTBRITE page (Young Poets can ignore this step as entries for under 18s are free – simply email or post your poems as directed below).\nThen put all your poems in one document\, making sure your name is nowhere on the document and email your entry to poetrycompetition@yahoo.com with COMPETITION in the subject line. (We accept Word\, odt\, or pdf documents).\nInclude in the body of the email:\n\n\nyour name\nyour address\ntitle/s of your poem/s\nadd ‘LOCAL’ if you live\, work or study in the borough of Waltham Forest\nadd ‘YOUNG POET’ if you’re under 18\nIf paying by cheque\, address your envelope to Waltham Forest Poetry Competition\, 82 Somers Road\, London E17 6RS. Entries to the Adult competition should be accompanied by a cheque payable to ‘Forest Poets’. We can’t accept debit/credit card payment. Please enclose a stamped\, self-addressed envelope if you would like confirmation that we have received your poems. On a separate piece of paper from the poem/s\, enter your name\, address\, daytime contact number and email (if you have one)\, and the poem title/s. This will ensure that poems are judged anonymously. Please don’t use staples on your manuscripts and don’t put any identifying details on the poems. \nYou can also pay directly into our bank account – please state that your payment is for the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition. \nAccount Name: Forest Poets\nAccount Number: 51602934\nSort Code: 40-02-02 \nAny questions? Email poetrycompetition@yahoo.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-2024-waltham-forest-poetry-competition-theme-friendship/
LOCATION:Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PF- The 2024 Hedge Apple Halloween Contest. Theme: Fate Comes Knocking
DESCRIPTION:We are currently open for submissions to the annual Halloween contest. \n\nWe love to see work from Hagerstown Community College students\, staff\, faculty\, alumni\, and community members\, but we also love showcasing work from authors and artists around the world. \nIn other words\, if you are reading this\, we are interested in seeing your work! \nEmail your work to hedgeapple@hagerstowncc.edu. Scroll down for details! \nGeneral Submission Guidelines: \n\nNo cover letter is necessary\, although you are welcome to send us a few sentences of author bio if you want to.\nBy sending us your work\, you grant us permission to publish it both online and in print\, but you retain the rights to publish or show it anywhere else that you wish.\nFICTION/POETRY SUBMISSIONS: Please stay under 2000 words. Most pieces we publish are under 1000 words.\n\n  \nGENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES \nAt the Hedge Apple\, we believe that literature and artwork are essential parts of humanity. These powerful channels can offer us hope and healing\, bring us together\, and give voice to the marginalized. They aren’t highbrow pursuits reserved only for intellectuals—literature and art are for everyone. Fresh voices are essential\, and we love fledgling artists. We are passionate about helping you find your niche\, whether it’s through our feedback or the resources provided on our website\, and yes\, we want to hear from you veteran crafters too\, so please send us your stuff as well. We want to hear what you have to say. \nWe are looking for mixed media submissions of all genres. We are especially drawn to pieces that showcase vulnerability and draw from real life experiences. That does not mean we don’t enjoy comedic takes on life\, fantasy epics\, and unconventional pieces. We like to uphold the unique\, showcase the weird\, and embrace the uncomfortable. \nPayment: \nContributors will receive a complimentary copy of their work if it is published in print. With deep apologies to our international contributors\, we are unable to mail copies outside of the United States at this time. \nSubmission Guidelines: \nPlease send fiction\, poetry and nonfiction to hedgeapple@hagerstowncc.edu with the subject “Fiction/Poetry Submission.” Please feel free to include a brief bio written in the third person\, pasted into the body of your email\, if you’d like. If you choose not to include an author bio in your email\, please understand that it be understood that you are choosing not to have one published with your work. \nWe do accept simultaneous submissions; however\, please be courteous and withdraw your story/poem from consideration upon acceptance at another venue. \nBy submitting\, you are agreeing to light editing that does not change the meaning or style. If your work is accepted for publication\, you will receive a galley of your submission. We encourage you to review this email and respond with either corrections or approval. However\, nonresponse will be considered approval of minor editing changes. \nBy sending your work to be considered for publication in our magazine\, you are granting us North American serial rights\, which means that we will publish the work online and in print\, and then the copyright will return to you. If the work is republished\, we ask that the Hedge Apple be credited.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-the-2024-hedge-apple-halloween-contest-theme-fate-comes-knocking/
LOCATION:Hedge Apple
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - After the End Poetry Competition 2024. Theme: Time and Temporality
DESCRIPTION:The competition will recognise previously unpublished newcomers\, established names\, and emerging talents. \nPoems can be on any issue related to themes of time\, temporality and endings and in any style. Individual poems should be no longer than forty lines and can include previously published poems as long as they fit the brief. \nThe After the End Poetry Competition offers to winners a first prize of £750\, second and third place winners will be offered £125 each. All three winners will be published on the After the End website\, and poems may be shared on media channels connected to the After the End project. \n\n\n\n\nRules\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll entries must be formatted as a single-spaced word document or PDF. \n\n\nEntries should be up to 5 pieces of poetry or a spoken word video performance \n\n\nEach poetry piece should be no longer than 40 lines. \n\n\nSpoken word video performance must be under 4 minutes total \n\n\nSpoken Word submissions should be submitted in mp4 format via wetransfer.com to admin@ethox.ox.ac.uk. Please also send the poem in word or pdf in an email attachment to admin@ethox.ox.ac.uk. \n\n\nAll entries are judged anonymously\, therefore\, please do not include your name or any identifying information in the documents you upload. You should include this information only in the body of the email. \n\n\nThis is an international competition\, and all entries must be in English. \n\n\nAll entries must be the entrant’s own original work\, and must not have been generated\, in whole or part\, by a chatbot or other artificial intelligence. \n\n\nThe author must have the right to publish the poem on aftertheend.squarespace.com. The copyright remains with the author. \n\n\nNo corrections post-entry can be accepted. \n\n\nThe results of the competition will be published online and the decision of the judge(s) will be final. \n\n\nNo correspondence will be entered into regarding the judging process. \n\n\nThe closing date for entries is midnight (UK time) on 3rd October 2024. Winners will be notified by email four-six weeks after the closing dates. \n\n\nEntries will not be eligible where the writer is part of the judging process\, or anyone involved in the management/administration of the Prize\, or a close family relative of any such person.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-after-the-end-poetry-competition-2024-theme-time-and-temporality/
LOCATION:After the End Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Peonies & Prose Poetry Contest. Theme: Threads of Connection
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Threads of Connection\nDeadline: October 2\, 2024​\nSubmission Guidelines:\n\n\nThreads of Connection: You are invited to explore and reflect on the power of connection\, empathy\, and support in the healing process. Connection is open to interpretation in the broad sense (e.g.\,human relationships\, animals\, and nature). \n\n\nPoems can be free verse\, narrative\, lyrical\, or experimental \n\n\nMaximum 2 submissions per poet \n\n\nOpen to poets worldwide \n\n\nPoems should be unpublished and original work\, in English \n\n\nMaximum 40 lines per poem\, font size 12 point\, sans serif. \n\n\nFile types: PDF or .docx. \n\n\nAI-assisted submissions not permitted \n\n\nInclude a brief bio (50 words or less) with your submission \n\n\nStart with your name in bold and write the biography in the 3rd person (e.g. She\, he\, they\, not ‘I’) \n\n\nNames of books in italics\, names of poems in single quotation marks. \n\n\nSingle spacing \n\n\nPoets retain all rights to their work. Participants grant Peonies & Prose the right to publish their poem in our anthology\, in print and/or on our website\, and on social media with attribution. \n\n\nEntry fee: $20 USD \n\n\nJudging/Prizes:\n\n\nJudging Criteria: Originality\, creativity\, and emotional impact \n\n\nPublication in the inaugural edition of our online literary space\, Peonies & Prose. \n\n\nSpecial recognition for outstanding poems: 1st place: $500 USD; 2nd place: $250 USD; 3rd place: $100 USD. \n\n\nTips & Inspiration:\n\n\nExplore the emotions and experiences of healing through the threads of connection \n\n\nWe’re looking for creative\, authentic poems that share a story \n\n\nDraw from personal experiences\, observations\, or imaginative scenarios \n\n\nUse language that is authentic\, evocative\, and meaningful.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-peonies-prose-poetry-contest-theme-threads-of-connection/
LOCATION:Peonies & Prose Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
DESCRIPTION:Submit poems on any theme\, up to 250 lines each. \nPrizes: \n\nTOM HOWARD PRIZE: $3\,500 for a poem in any style or genre\nMARGARET REID PRIZE: $3\,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style\nThe top two winners will also receive two-year gift certificates from our co-sponsor\, Duotrope (a $100 value)\nHonorable Mentions: 10 awards of $300 each (any style)\nTop 12 entries published online\nEnter via Submittable\n\nLength limit: 250 lines maximum per poem. No restriction on age of author. Authors from all countries eligible except Syria\, Iran\, North Korea\, Crimea\, Russia\, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). Final judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones\, assisted by Briana Grogan and Dare Williams. \nFirst time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist\, then click the button below to submit. Read the winning entries from the 21st contest. The results of the 22nd contest will be announced on April 15\, 2025. Fee: $22 per submission (one submission may contain up to 3 poems). Enter as many submissions as you wish. \nYou may submit published or unpublished work. Each submission may contain up to three poems. You may make multiple submissions. Please omit your name from your entries. We prefer 12-point type or larger. Please avoid fancy\, hard-to-read fonts. No restriction on age of author. All countries eligible except Syria\, Iran\, North Korea\, Crimea\, Russia\, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). \nFor the purpose of the Margaret Reid Prize\, a poem in a traditional style employs regular meter and/or rhyme\, or is written in a recognized poetic form. This includes traditional Western forms such as ballads\, sonnets\, and blank verse\, Asian forms such as tanka and haiku\, and other traditional forms. \nFirst time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist. \nEntry fee: $22 for each submission of 1-3 poems.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-tom-howard-margaret-reid-poetry-contest/
LOCATION:Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The APR Honickman First Book Prize
DESCRIPTION:The prize of $3\,000\, with an introduction by the judge and distribution of the winning book by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium\, will be awarded in 2025 with publication of the book in the same year. The author will receive a standard book publishing contract\, with royalties paid in addition to the $3\,000 prize. This year’s final judge is poet Nicole Sealey. \nThe prize is open to poets who have not published a book-length collection of poems with a registered ISBN. Poems previously published in journals or limited-edition chapbooks may be included in the manuscript\, but the entire manuscript itself must not have been published as a book-length work. Translations are not eligible nor are works written by multiple authors. The editors of The American Poetry Review will screen manuscripts for the judge. APR complies with the CLMP Code of Ethics in the administration of this contest. The judge will select a manuscript in an anonymous review process and will not award the prize to any writer whose personal relationship to the judge poses a conflict of interest. \nTo be considered for the prize\, submit a manuscript of 48 pages or more\, single-spaced\, paginated\, with a table of contents and acknowledgments. \n• Manuscripts must be received by October 1\, 2024 The winning author and all other entrants will be notified by January 15\, 2025.\n• You may simultaneously submit your manuscript elsewhere\, but please notify us immediately if it is accepted for publication. Submission of more than one manuscript is permissible; each must be under separate cover with a fee\, a return postcard\, and a notification envelope.\n• The winning author will have time to revise the manuscript after acceptance\, but please send no revisions during the reading period.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-apr-honickman-first-book-prize/
LOCATION:The APR Honickman First Book Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Frosted Fire Fifth Annual Single Poem Competition. Theme: "The Beginning...of the End"
DESCRIPTION:Prizes: £350 1st prize £150 2nd £75 3rd plus 3 runner up prizes of £25 \nAnthology publication for up to 20 longlisted and prizewinning poets \nCompetition rules | Entry form \nYou can call it many things: a tipping point\, the eleventh hour\, climate change\, the bell for the last lap\, a general election\, a jury retiring to reach a verdict\, an amber traffic light\, a month’s notice\, someone asking for a divorce\, being rushed into hospital\, pushing a bell on a bus\, pulling a train communication cord\, losing your balance\, the start of the last chapter\, a final written warning\, a notice to quit\, being charged with murder\, passing the point of no return. Whatever you call it\, it’s The Beginning of the End. \nWe can’t wait to read your poem. \nOur judges will be open to all forms of poetry whether it be rhymed or blank\, light or serious\, structured or free. They consider content\, quality\, and originality before form. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world\, and we hope that this\, our fifth annual single-poem competition will pass last year’s record number of countries from which competitors originated. \nThe judging team will read every entry\, and long-listed and short-listed entries will each be read by two judges. Our judges are Marilyn Timms and Katherine Parsons. \nAll entries presented to the judges are anonymous. Our entry system automatically sends only the actual poems to the judges. Details of author and payment details are stored separately\, filed under the title of each poem. The administration database is locked until judging is complete\, when the names of successful poets are discovered and linked with their poem titles. \n\n\n\nRules for The Beginning . . . of the End competition 2024\nClosing date: 30 September 2024 at 11.59 BST\n\nThe contest is open to all poets\, except those who act as volunteers for Wildfire Words/Frosted Fire or major prizewinners in the last two years of Frosted Fire/Wildfire Words competitions.\nAll poems must be entirely the entrant’s own\, unpublished work.\nInternational entrants are welcome\, but entries must be in English. Translations are not allowed\, unless the poet has translated their own poetry into English.\nYou may submit as many poems as you like\, in batches of up to 4 poems. Each poem should be a separate file\, and an entry fee must be paid for each.\nEach poem’s title should be at the top of the page\, and the file name of the poem must be the poem’s title.\nEach poem should be a separate file in Word or PDF\, and no longer than 50 lines\, including title and stanza break lines.\nDo not put any identification on the work. We will match your entry title to your email address after the anonymous judging is complete.\nTo maintain anonymous judging\, your entry must not contain a poem that might be recognized by any of the judges through workshops\, mentoring\, or public readings.\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but an entry must be withdrawn in the event of it winning a prize or publication elsewhere. Entry fees are not refundable once an entry has been received.\nWork will not be returned\, so please keep a copy.\nWe are unable to give feedback on individual entries or on the results of the competition — the judges’ decisions are final.\nResults will be emailed by late October to all who entered\, and published on this website and social media.\nThe entry fee is £4 per poem or £12 for 4 — but on 10 September will rise to £5 per poem or £16 for 4.\nEntries must be paid for on the entry form\, and your entry file uploaded\, by the closing time of 11.59 pm on 30 September 2024. Our banking for credit or debit card payments is provided by PayPal\, but you do not need a PayPal account to pay by card.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-frosted-fire-fifth-annual-single-poem-competition-theme-the-beginning-of-the-end/
LOCATION:Frosted Fire Single Poem Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PF - Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize. Theme: Time
DESCRIPTION:Short Story\n\n\n1st Prize: £1000\n2nd Prize: £100 \n3rd Prize: £50\nWorldwide publication for all shortlisted entries.\n\nEnter ONE Short Story \n(1000 – 5000 words)\nPreferred format: Arial 12p 1.5 line spacing \nYour name must NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript itself\, as the contest is judged anonymously.\n\n \n\nPoetry\n\n\n1st Prize: £1000\n2nd Prize: £100 \n3rd Prize: £50\nWorldwide publication for all shortlisted entries.\n\nEnter ONE Poem \n(max. 40 lines)\nPreferred format: Arial 12p 1.5 line spacing \nYour name must NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript itself\, as the contest is judged anonymously.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-hammond-house-publishing-international-literary-prize-theme-time/
LOCATION:Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Didcot Writers Writing Competition. Theme: Contronyms
DESCRIPTION:Our current theme is: contronyms\nA contronym is a word that can mean two things\, which are opposites. We can dust a cake to add something to the surface\, or we can dust a shelf and remove something. Something can be held fast\, meaning it cannot move\, or it can be moving fast. A sanction can mean permission for something or punishment for something. See what contronyms you can come up with (feel free to google) and see what direction it takes your creative writing. \nDeadline for submissions: 30th September 2024 \nSubmission guidelines:\n\nSubmit your entry via the google form linked under ‘How to Submit’ below. Please note the entry fee for those who are not participants at our free online events.\nRespond to the theme/challenge/prompt. If you’ve got the perfect piece of work but it doesn’t fit the current challenge\, get in touch to suggest a theme for next time!\nThere is no lower word limit. The upper word limit (not including title) is 500 words.\nThere are no strict formatting requirements\, but nothing too weird please.\nPlease title your document with your entry title\, and also put the title at the top of the work. Do not include your name in the document as entries will be read anonymously. Full credit will be given to the author if the work is published.\nNo really bad swear words or explicit content\, please.\nSubmissions are welcomed from around the world\, but must be in English.\nWe don’t mind simultaneous submissions\, or if your entry has been published elsewhere in the past\, but please make sure your work is copyright cleared for it to be published online if chosen. (For example\, if you need to include the line ‘first published in…’ to comply with a former publisher’s terms\, let us know.)\nIf your work is selected as winner or ‘Reader’s Choice’ it will be published on our website. We reserve the right to make minor edits. We would like to leave your work on our site indefinitely\, but if you would like it removed after a minimum of 12 months online please get in touch.\nThere will be no monetary payments to authors for work accepted as this is a non-profit competition run by volunteers; there is a possibility your work may be included in a printed/ebook anthology in future – we will get in touch if we want to include your work.\nWe will keep your data in accordance with GDPR\, and use your email address only to contact you to announce the competition winners and let you know of new competition opportunities (maximum one email a month after the announcement of winners). You can unsubscribe at any time\, just email didcotwriters@gmail.com.\n\nHow to submit:\nIf you have not attended one of our events (online or otherwise) in the last 12 months you will need to pay a fee of £4 per entry. If you are unable to pay this fee\, all you have to do to receive a free entry is attend one of our events (there are lots of free events and many are online – see bit.ly/didcotwriters-calendar for dates\, and email didcotwriters@gmail.com for the links). \nPay the competition entry fee via PayPal here or via SumUp here (it’s the same price to you in both places\, but SumUp take less commission\, so we like them better). \nFor multiple entries: even for event participants only your first entry is free\, no matter how many events you have attended. So for second and subsequent entries to the same competition please pay the £4 fee using the link above. If you want to pay for multiple entries to the same competition you can do it as one transaction. \nSubmit your entry via the google form here (you will need to sign in). \nPlease make your document title the same as the title of your entry\, and include your title in your document (it’s not counted in the word count). All this saves us a headache later.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-didcot-writers-writing-competition-theme-contronyms/
LOCATION:Didcot Writers Writing Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The Passionfruit Poetry Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:The theme is love – and it’s yours to interpret as broadly\, as interestingly\, and as tenuously as you wish. \n1ST PRIZE: £400\n2ND PRIZE: £75\n3RD PRIZE: £25\nThe judge will also select up to 15 additional poems to be published alongside the prizewinners in a special issue of The Passionfruit Review. \nABOUT THE JUDGE\nAaron Poochigian earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. His latest collection\, American Divine\, winner of the Richard Wilbur Award\, came out in 2021. His work has appeared in Best American Poetry\, The Paris Review and POETRY. \nHe was also a contributor to Issue 5 of The Passionfruit Review. \nA NOTE FROM THE JUDGE\nLove\, love\, love—what better theme can there be? Love can expand outward into most anything and still be what it is. As Chaucer’s Madame Eglantine’s brooch pin says: Amor vincit omnia (Love conquers all). \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n\nThe entry fee (per submission of up to 3 poems) is £4.\nSubmissions are open to all poets writing in English.\nPoems must be previously unpublished.\nStrong language is fine. Abusive or discriminatory language is not.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly via the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.\nPoems up to 40 lines – including spaces – will be considered. We consider longer poems as general submissions!\nThe review process will be kept strictly anonymous. Do not include any identifying information in your attached documents. Poets whose work is known by or recognisable to the judge will be disqualified.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-passionfruit-poetry-prize-2024/
LOCATION:Passionfruit Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PF - The Allingham 2024 Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions
DESCRIPTION:2024 POETRY AND FLASH FICTION COMPETITIONS\nThe Allingham Festival 2024 Flash Fiction and Poetry Competitions are now open! Entries will be accepted through Sunday\, September 29th. \nInternational entries are welcome! \nThe 2024 Allingham Festival will take place in Ballyshannon from November 6-10. Winning entries from past years are posted on the Allingham website – www.allinghamfestival.com \nThis year’s submission deadline is 29 September 2024 for both on-line and postal entries. \nFirst Prize in both Flash Fiction and Poetry is €300. Winners will be invited to read their winning entries at the Literary Lunch on Saturday 9 November. \nThe following rules are for the Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions for adult writers who will be 18 or older by Wednesday\, 6 November 2024. The rules\, entry forms and deadlines for Allingham Children’s Art and Writing Competitions are listed separately on this website. \nTerms and Conditions for Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions for adults:\n\n\nAll entries must be the original work of the entrant. Entrants must be 18 years old or older on or before 6 November 2024. \n\n\nAI-enhanced work is strongly discouraged. William Allingham spent a lifetime expressing himself in his own voice\, and you should\, too. \n\n\nEntries must not have been published elsewhere (online\, digital\, or in print) before 6 November 2024. Entries which are declared first-place winners in other writing competitions before 6 November 2024 will not be eligible. \n\n\nFirst-place winners of 2022 and 2023 Allingham Poetry or Flash Fiction competitions are not eligible to re-enter in 2024. \n\n\nMembers of the 2024 Allingham Festival Organising Committee and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the Poetry or Flash Fiction Competitions. \n\n\nAll entries must be written in English. \n\n\nEntries must be typed or printed using a standard font – see specifications below. Handwritten entries will not be considered. \n\n\nEntries can be submitted on-line or by post. The deadline for receipt of both postal and on-line entries is 23:59 on Sunday\, 29 September 2024. \n\n\nEach entrant may submit up to 5 poems\, maximum 40 lines per poem. \n\n\nEach entrant may submit up to 5 flash fiction pieces\, maximum 700 words each. \n\n\nJudges’ decisions are final. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the shortlist or the winners. Entries will not be returned. \n\nHOW TO ENTER\n\n\nSubmit online entries as doc\, docx\, or pdf files. Each entry – each poem or flash fiction piece – must be submitted as a separate file. Postal entries must be typed or printed on A4 pages. \n\n\nPage number format must include page number and total page count for each entry. Example: Page 1 of 3\, Page 2 of 3\, etc. \n\n\nFlash Fiction pieces must be submitted in 12 point Arial or Times New Roman font\, with 2 cm margins on A4 pages. Use 1.5 or double-spacing. Include title of entry and page number(s) on all pages. 700 words maximum. \n\n\nPoetry formatting\, including spacing\, is at the discretion of the author. Include title of each entry and page number(s) on all pages. 40 lines maximum. \n\n\nEntries must be accompanied by an application form. For online entries\, the entry form serves as an application form. For postal entries\, print an application form and include it with your entry or entries. \n\n\nInclude the title of your story or poem and its page number(s) on all pages\, but not your name or any other personal details. Personal information must appear only on the application form. \n\n\n\n\nENTRY FEES\nThe entry fee is €7 for each poem or flash fiction piece. \nPoetry and flash fiction competitions are separate\, and entries to the two competitions must be made separately. \nExample: if you wish to submit one piece of flash fiction and three poems\, fill out an entry form for the flash fiction and submit the entry along with the fee. Fill out a separate entry form for the three poems and send the form and the three poems along with the fee. \nPoems and flash fiction entries must be submitted in separate emails or in separate envelopes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-the-allingham-2024-poetry-and-flash-fiction-competitions/
LOCATION:Allingham Festival 2024 Flash Fiction & Petry Competitions
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:judged by jane yeh & glyn maxwell \n\nfirst prize £2\,000\nsecond prize £1\,000\nthird prize £500\nplus 20 commendeds\nplus — winners read with judges at 2024 online international prize-night celebration on mon 9 dec\n\n  \n\npoems on any subject (see below)\nsubmit via email by mon 23 sep 2024\nresults announced mon 9 dec 2024\n\nrules\n\nPoems: Poems may be submitted from any country\, may be on any theme\, & must be in English\, must each be no longer than 45 lines\, must show title & poem only\, must not show poet’s name\, must be the original work of the entrant (no translations) & must not have been previously published; no text alterations accepted after submission; no limit on number of poems or number of subsequent submissions.\n\n\nSubmission: Email only\, no postal entries: email your poems as attachments (.doc\, .docx\, .pdf\, .rtf only) to poems@coffeehousepoetry.org; include in email: Poet’s Name & Address\, Phone Number\, List of Titles\, Number of Poems\, Total Fees\, & PayPal Receipt Number.\n\n\nFees: £6/€7/$8 per poem (Sterling/Euro/US-Dollars only); pay online (see below\, PayPal account not required).\n\n\nTimeline: Submit by midnight (your local time) on Mon 23 Sep 2024; prize-winners will be contacted in week commencing Mon 2 Dec 2024.\n\n\nAcknowledgement/Results: Submissions acknowledged within 14 days of receipt; results posted on website after Mon 9 Dec 2024; judges’ decision is final; no correspondence entered into.\n\n\nEmail Address: By including email address you agree to receiving emails regarding annual Troubadour International Poetry Prize.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-troubadour-international-poetry-prize-2024/
LOCATION:Troubadour International Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Palette Poetry Rising Poet Prize
DESCRIPTION:Palette Poetry invites innovative work from emerging poets for The 2024 Rising Poet Prize. This contest is open to poets who have not yet published a full-length collection at the time of submission. We look forward to celebrating new and exciting work\, so please send us your best poems. The first-place winning poet will be awarded $3\,000\, publication\, and an interview in Palette Poetry. The second-place and third-place winners will receive $300 and $200\, respectively\, as well as publication. The top ten finalists will be selected by Palette editors\, and Guest Judge Morgan Parker will choose the three winners from among the ten finalists. \nMorgan Parker is the author of five books\, most recently the essay collection\, You Get What You Pay For. Previous titles include Who Put This Song On?\, a young adult novel; and the poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night\, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé\, and Magical Negro\, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Parker is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship\, winner of a Pushcart Prize\, and has been hailed by The New York Times as “a dynamic craftsperson” of “considerable consequence to American poetry.” She lives in Los Angeles with her dog\, Shirley. \nSubmission Guidelines: Please read carefully! \n\nFor this prize\, we are only accepting unpublished work from new and emerging poets: poets without a full-length collection published at the time of submission. Poets with no publication history are especially encouraged to submit. Poets with only chapbooks published are also eligible. Poets with self-published full-length collections\, however\, are ineligible.\nSubmissions are open internationally\, to any poet writing in English—inclusion of other languages is welcome\, as long as the poem is largely written in English.\nDO NOT INCLUDE your name or identifying information in the document OR submission title box.\nWe are only accepting unpublished work. If your poem has been published elsewhere\, even on a blog or on social media\, it is not eligible.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions—just please send us a note if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.\nYour submission must be no more than three poems and under ten pages. Please submit all your poems in ONE document. Please begin each poem on a new page and include each poem’s individual title.\nWe do accept multiple submissions (of one to three poems apiece)\, but each submission will include the $20 reading fee.\nPlease include a brief cover letter in the cover letter box with your publication history\, if any. This is where you can include your name and/or bio! If you select the editorial feedback option\, this cover letter is also where you can name which poem you’d like feedback on. To safeguard our reading staff\, please include content warnings in the cover letter\, if applicable\, as well.\nReview our FAQ page for frequently asked questions.\nNOTE: If after submitting you notice an error in your submission\, please message us rather than withdrawing and resubmitting your submission. We can open it to editing once so you can correct the error.\nPalette Poetry does not accept AI-produced work.\nContest closes September 22\, 2024. Submitters will be notified of their submission status 8-12 weeks after the contest closing date.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-palette-poetry-rising-poet-prize/
LOCATION:Palette Poetry Rising Poet Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Queens English Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:POETRY COMPETITION – WIN £100\nWe are delighted to announce our next poetry-writing competition to be judged by our resident poet\, Dorothy Pope. The competition is open to all and entry is free. Each entrant may submit two poems not previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please keep copies as those submitted will not be returned.\n\n\n\n\nThe competition has an open theme; entrants may write on any subject or subjects of their choice. Poems should reach Dorothy Pope by 15 September 2024 by post to 10 Runnelfield\, Harrow on the Hill\, Middx HA1 3NY or by email to\n\ndorothy.pope@hotmail.com\n\nResults will be announced on 30 September 2024. Poems sent by post should each be typed on a separate sheet with contact details on the reverse. Each emailed poem must be sent separately with contact details well separated from the poem. Every poem must be headed ‘Queen’s English Society Poetry Competition’ and must be a maximum of 20 lines in the author’s choice of form.\n\nThe author of the winning poem will receive £100 and the poem will be published on the Queen’s English Society website\, Facebook platforms\, and occasionally in the next issue of the Society’s quarterly magazine\, Quest. The runner-up will also be published.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-queens-english-poetry-competition/
LOCATION:Queens English Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - 53-Word Story Contest. Theme: A Set
DESCRIPTION:Image by Alex Green\, licensed through Pexels \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Prompt for September: Are you ready? Picture this: your fingers in place over the keys\, the blank-page backdrop is waiting for your story. What words will you collect there? Do you already know what you want to write? Will it follow the rules? Which way will all the words flow? It’s time to put them down. \nWrite a 53-word story about a set \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe winner for September will receive a free copy of What Dwells between the Lines: Fifty-Three 53-Word Story Contest Winners Plus Tips on Writing Remarkably Brief Fiction\, and their story will appear on this page for the month of October and will be published in Issue 269 of Prime Number Magazine on January 1\, 2025. \nPlease read our guidelines carefully\nNO ATTACHMENTS\, PLEASE!\nPaste your story in the body of your email to 53wordstory@gmail.com\nHINT: Each month\, when we offer a new prompt\, we introduce it with a short 53-word description that suggests several ways you might consider the prompt. Even the photo can offer a different way to look at it. What are we looking for? A story that surprises us in its approach to the prompt\, something unusual and creative. The first idea that pops into your head probably popped into the heads of others too\, so you might want to take another look at how your story can be different. Challenge yourself to find an unusual way to write a 53-word story about the prompt\, and don’t think you have to use the prompt in your story\, literally; implying the word works too. Surprise us! That’s what we are looking for. \nHere’s how to enter (please read our guidelines carefully before sending us your story): \n–Your story must be 53 words—no more\, no less—titles are not included in the word count. Stories with fewer than or more than 53 words will be disqualified. Send only stories; poetry with line breaks will not be considered.\n–There is no age limit. This is a FREE contest\, so there is no age restriction.\n–Be careful of word count. Hyphenated words count as one word.\n–Titles are not included in the word count. If your story is not titled\, we will create a title for publication.\n–One submission per person. ‘Nough said.\n–NO ATTACHMENTS! Paste your story into the body of your email. Stories sent as attachments\, or images embedded in the email\, will not be considered.\n–By entering this contest the author grants Press 53 First Serial Rights to publish the story in Prime Number Magazine and to archive it permanently on our website. All other rights remain with the author.\n–Email your story directly to 53wordstory@gmail.com by the 15th  day of the month\, midnight Eastern Time. NO ATTACHMENTS\, PLEASE! \nOur judges for the 53-Word Story Contest are the editors of Press 53 and Prime Number Magazine. Our winner for this month’s contest will receive a free book from Press 53\, and the winning story will appear here on the 53-Word Story Contest page for the entirety of the month following the contest\, and will also be published\, along with the author’s *photo and 53-word bio\, in the next issue of Prime Number Magazine. \n(*we will request your photo and 53-word bio if your story is our winner\, so be prepared!)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-53-word-story-contest-theme-a-set/
LOCATION:53-Word Story Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Writing Magazine Competitions. Theme: Friendship
DESCRIPTION:30th July is International Friendship Day\, so send us stories in any style or genre where friendship of some kind is a key element. \nYour entry should be 1\,500-1\,700 words. The closing date is 15th September 2024. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrize\nThe winner will receive £200 and publication in Writing Magazine\, with £50 and publication in Competition Showcase for the runner-up. \nEligibility\nEntry is open to any writer and entries must be the original and unpublished work of the entrant which is not currently submitted for publication nor for any other competition or award. There is no limit to number of entries. Entrants retain copyright in their manuscripts.\nNotification\nWinners will be notified within three months of closing date after which date unplaced entries may be submitted elsewhere. Winning entries may not be submitted elsewhere for twelve months after that date without permission of Writing Magazine who retain the right to publish winning entries in any form during those twelve months.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-writing-magazine-competitions-seeking-submssions-on-the-theme-of-friendship/
LOCATION:Writing Magazine Competitions
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The Garden Party Poetry Contest 2024. Theme: Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Contest Details\n\n\nWHAT WE OFFER: \n\n\nAt least 3 poems will be picked as winners by the lead judge and the collective\, with featured publication and promotion! \n\n\nEach winning poet will have their choice between 1) a $50 payment\, or 2) choosing a charity of their choice (either in their community or we can share a small list of reputable choices)\, which GPC will match for a total donation of $100! \n\n\n​ \nGUIDELINES: ​ \nAll submission entries should be accompanied by a 2-4 sentence bio with any relevant links in the body of the email. Please attach your poetry contest manuscript as a pdf / doc / docx to the email. \nADDITIONALLY:  \n\n\nEntries must be ~3 pages max\, with up to 3 poems \n\n\nIE—at maximum\, you can submit a single 3-page poem\, OR three 1-page poems\, OR a 2-pager and a 1-pager\, etc. \n\n\n\n\n​Please start each poem on a new page \n\n\nNo previously published work \n\n\nAll styles are welcome—traditional\, experimental\, hybrid\, etc. \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please keep us in the loop if you hear back elsewhere  \n\n\nPlease include your pronouns in your bio/submission so we can properly refer to you <3​ \n\n\n& one entry per person\, please​ \n\n\n​ \nAny entry received after the selected dates will not be considered for publication. We read every manuscript\, and will select our winners within two months of submissions!​ \n​ \nThank you for your trust in us!!!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-garden-party-poetry-contest-2024-theme-mental-health/
LOCATION:The Garden Party Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - WestWord Past Times Prize: Stories set in the 1970s
DESCRIPTION:Historical Era for 2024 Prize\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nENTRY RULES \n\nSubmit stories written in English through Submittable using the button above by 23.59 GMT on the deadline date (sorry late entries will not be included). Please use a clear font of at least size 12 so that we can read it easily!\nPlease use the name of your story as your Submission title and the document you upload.\nDo not include your name on the story document or submission title but provide a short bio as requested in the submission form. All stories are read anonymously so any showing the author’s name will be disqualified.\nPlease include the word count at the start or end of the story document.\nStories must be your own original work and not have been published online or in print\, or have won any other competitions (longlisted and shortlisted in other competitions is fine if the story remains unpublished).\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed but if your story wins a prize or is published prior to the winner’s announcement your entry will become ineligible. No refunds of entry fees will be paid.\nBy entering the competition you agree to your story being published in the winners’ online anthology.\nStories can be in any genre apart from children’s fiction.\nYou can enter as many times as you like but all entries must be made separately and the entry fee paid each time.\nThe judge’s decision is final.\nCash prize payments will be made through PayPal or via BACS.\nThere are no alternative prizes.\n\n  \nDeadline: 31st August 2024 \nWords: Up to 500 (excluding the title)\nEntry fee: £6 submission only / £21 with feedback\nThe winning and shortlisted stories will share up to 66% of the entry fees (after Submittable fees are deducted) . \n\n1st: 20%\n2nd: £15%\n3rd: £10%\nShortlisted stories (max 7): 3% each\n\nAll winning and shortlisted stories will be published in WestWord in November 2024.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-westword-past-times-prize-stories-set-in-the-1970s/
LOCATION:WestWord  Past Times Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PF - The SaveAs Writers' 2024 International Writing Competition. Theme: Risking All
DESCRIPTION:SaveAs Writers’ International Writing Competition 2024 \nRisking All\nWe are very pleased to announce our next annual writing competition – on the theme of ‘risking all’ – in a tribute to the Everest climbing team who set off on an ambitious expedition aiming to reach the summit\, 100 years ago. Please spread the word as we invite you to send in your own creative piece in prose or poetry\, inspired by the ideas below … deadline is 31 August 2024. \n\n\nStatement from our sponsor The Canterbury Festival: \nSaveAs Writers are inviting entries of prose and/or poems on the theme of “RISKING ALL” – the theme can be broadly interpreted Your story of poem can relate to mountaineering or to love\, finance\, sport or any situation / emotion / idea which has a link to “risking all”. \nPoems: 60 lines maximum \nShort Stories: 3\,500 words maximum \n  \nPrizes:\n\nPoetry: The Canterbury Christ Church University Poetry Prize of £200\, Second £100\, Third £50 \nProse: The Canterbury Festival Fiction Prize\, sponsored by Canterbury Festival\, of £200\, Second £100\, Third £50 \n\n  \nFor details and how to enter\, go to: https://saveaswriters.co.uk \n  \nEntry fees: £4 per poem\, £10 for three \n£5 per short story\, £12 for three \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReading and writing are\, or should be\, such an integral part of our lives and mental wellbeing\, that we must all do our utmost to promote literature in all its forms.  To this end the Canterbury Festival is proud to sponsor the SaveAs Writers International Writing Competition Prizes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-saveas-writers-international-writing-competition-risking-all-fee-based-2/
LOCATION:SaveAs Writers’ International Writing Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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