We are so so excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 Washburn Prize!

Congratulations to all the finalists!! 🎉🌟

It was such an honor and a privilege to read all the fantastic work submitted for the prize

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Good news, world! We're extending the deadline for the Richard Snyder Book Prize.

New Deadline: May 15, 2026 at 11:59pm.
2026 Judge: D.A. Powell
Submit here: ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com

Send us your manuscript!

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Many congratulations to our festival guest, Greg Rappleye for being longlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize.
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The Headlight Review’s Annual Poetry Chapbook Prize Enter the 2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize at The Headlight Review. Winner receives $500, publication, and 25 copies. Finalists judged by Alafia Nichole Sessions. Deadline: March 31.

The Headlight Review's 2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize closes March 31! 📖 Win $500, a professionally bound book, and 25 copies. First-round finalists get poems featured in an upcoming issue, judged by Alafia Nichole Sessions. Don't sleep on this one!

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In the middle is the artwork 'Slumbering sea, Mentone' by Tom Roberts, depicting a seaside scene, with a purple tint. The text reads: "Southerly Poetry Prize. Submissions now open. Submissions close 15 April 2026. Visit websits for T&Cs and to submit."

Purple text reads: "Southerly is excited to announce Australia's newest literary prize. As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugral Southerly Poetry Prize will open for entries 1st March with a submission deadline of 15th April 2026. All Australian poets are eligible to enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000 AUD, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026. Along with all shortlisted entries, the winner will also be published in Southerly online. The judges for this year's inaugral prize are Paul Dawson (Southerly's poetry editor), along with esteemed poets Kate Fagan and Bronwyn Lea."

As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize is now open to all Australian poets. Entries from both established and emerging writers are welcome.

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The Headlight Review’s Annual Poetry Chapbook Prize Enter the 2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize at The Headlight Review. Winner receives $500, publication, and 25 copies. Finalists judged by Alafia Nichole Sessions. Deadline: March 31.

The Headlight Review's 2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize is open through March 31. Finalists will be judged by Alafia Nichole Sessions and featured in an upcoming issue. The winner receives a perfectly bound full-color book, $500, and 25 copies. Submit your manuscript now. $18 fee.

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“I didn’t believe it at first.”

Shirley Anne Cook shares what it meant to win the Bridport Prize Poetry Award 2025 for her poem Bird Child — and how the moment has inspired her to keep writing.

Congratulations, Shirley Anne.

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There are 10 days left to submit to The Cardinal Poetry Prize! You can submit here: wesleyanuniversitypress.submittable.com/submit

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There are 17 days left to submit to The Cardinal Poetry Prize! You can submit here: wesleyanuniversitypress.submittable.com/submit

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Poets! Do you have an unpublished poetry manuscript ready to meet the world?

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We are excited to announce that The Cardinal Poetry Prize is open for submissions now, throughout the month of February 2026! Submit to The Cardinal Poetry Prize here: wesleyanuniversitypress.submittable.com/submit

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Submit your poetry to our competition (deadline 31 May) to be in with a chance of winning a share of the £7.5K poetry prize pot, as well as being published in our anthology. 42 lines max, no minimum!

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The @gooselane.bsky.social Claire Harris #poetryprize is open until 31st March. Manuscripts should be 48-100 pages. Free to enter. Top prize is $1,000, a contract for the publication under the icehouse poetry imprint + public readings in at least 3 Canadian cities. gooselane.com/pages/claire...

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Exciting #NorthSeaPoets news! ⭐

Karen Solie has won the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize for her collection 'Wellwater' (Picador Poetry). Congratulations Karen!

Read what the judges had to say: buff.ly/diwdaT6

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What? It's January's? But you haven't sent us your manuscript yet! The 2025 Richard Snyder Prize is reading: send us your book! (Give us something good to obsess over.)

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Australian Book Review is delighted to announce the twelve poets selected for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize longlist.
The shortlist will be announced on 30 December 2025. Keep an eye on our website for more details!

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Discover Systems of Vanishing, winner of the 2013 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry — a stunning collection that explores loss, resilience, and the quiet magic of everyday life. ✨📚

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2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER

BORIS DRALYUK

Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.

Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!

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ANNOUNCING THE FIRST JURY MEMBER OF THE 2026 MONTREAL POETRY PRIZE

FELICITY PLUNKETT

Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social !

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Poets! The time is now!

At 11:59pm Nov 1, our 3rd Broadside Contest settles in for its long winter's sleep.

If you've got a poem that ought to be on the wall, send today!

Guidelines:
ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com/submit

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It’s time to submit your poetry collection for the 2026 Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize! Be sure to review the submission guidelines listed on the Al Purdy A-frame Association website. One outstanding poet will be awarded $10,000! 📝✨ #PurdyPrize2026 #PoetryPrize #CallForSubmissions

Weston Morrow’s National Poetry Series-Winning Collection to be Published by University of Georgia Press The National Poetry Series has recently announced the recipients of the 2025 poetry prize. As one of five participating presses, the University of Georgia Press will publish Weston Morrow’s winning…

We're happy to announce that Weston Morrow’s poetry collection CLOUD BUILDER is one of this year's National Poetry Series winners! We will publish his collection next fall.
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In MY KILL ADORE HIM, Martínez Pompa interrogates #Masculinity, #Race, #Language, #Consumerism, and cultural #Identity in poems that honor los olvidados, the #Forgotten ones. #AndrésMontoya #PoetryPrize #NDPGems

Find the collection here: https://bit.ly/4mozC02

Call for entry from our colleagues Nightboat Books!

The Nightboat Poetry Prize is now open for application through November 15th, 11:59PM EST ✨

For more information, please visit nightboat.org/poetry-prize

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We’re thrilled to announce The Madrid Review’s nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology, curated by @sundresspub.bsky.social Congrats to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @fiddes.bsky.social @cpenty.bsky.social @steverinod.bsky.social #bestofthenet #poetryprize #prize #poetry #congratulations

We're thrilled to welcome Victoria Chang, award-winning poet & director of @PoetryatTech, as head judge of the Georgia Poetry Prize! Victoria will over see this year's submissions from 10/1-11/30. See blog for more!
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Announcing the 2025 Kingfisher Poetry Prize Longlist! - PULP Literature Poets to Chatter About From a hoard of admirable short poems, we are thrilled to announce which 2025 Kingfisher Poetry Prize entries caught our attention [...]

Announcing the 2025 Kingfisher Poetry Prize Longlist! pulpliterature.com/announcing-t...

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Congratulations to this year's poetry prize winners, judged by the one and only, Ellen Bass! Read the poems here: www.calyxpress.org/lois-cransto... #communityofwriters #poetry #poets #poetryprize #womenwriters #womenwritingpoetry #womenpoets

Poets! You've got under four hours left to enter the Kingfisher! (pro-tip: if you don't have time to submit the poem, just fill out the entry form and we'll hold it open for a day or so for incomplete entries) pulpliterature.com/the-kingfish...
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The Kingfisher Poetry Prize - PULP Literature Like the kingfisher who waits with perfect patience, then strikes her prey with unerring aim, we are searching for small sparkling poems that flash and glimmer from the depths.

The Kingfisher Poetry Prize closes TODAY! Get your entries in now for a shot at the top prize and publication in Issue 49, Winter 2026.

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