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The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry 2023
DescriptionThe competition is organized by Tampa Review, a literary magazine produced at The University of Tampa in Tampa, United States.

Entrants should submit a collection of poems. Manuscripts must be at least 48 typed pages.

The entry fee is US$25.

The winner receives a cash prize of US$2,000 and book publication.

Deadline: 31 December 2023

The 2024 Colorado Prize for Poetry
DescriptionThe Colorado Prize for Poetry is an international poetry book manuscript contest.
Manuscripts must be at least 48 pages but no more than 100 pages.

There is a $28 online entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Colorado Review.

The winner receives a $2,500 honorarium and publication of his or her book by the Center for Literary Publishing.

Deadline: 14 January 2024

Café Writers Open Poetry Competition 2023
DescriptionYou may submit poems of up to 40 lines. Entries must be your own original work and in English.

Entry fees: £4 per poem or £10 for 3 poems.

Prizes:
• 1st £1,000
• 2nd £300
• 3rd £200

Deadline: 30 November 2023

The Moth Poetry Prize 2023
DescriptionThe Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for a single unpublished poem.

The competition is open to anyone over the age of 16.

The entry fee is €15 per poem.

• 1st prize: 6,000 €
• 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000
• 8 prizes of €250 for commended poems

Deadline: 31 December 2023

2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
DescriptionThe competition is organized by Overland, an Australian literary and cultural magazine.

This is a prize for original pieces of short fiction written in English, up to 3000 words in length.

Entry fee: $12 AUD for subscribers and $20 AUD for non-subscribers.

The winner will receive $5,000 AUD. Two runners-up will each receive $750 AUD.

Deadline: 20 October 2023
The 2023 Society of Classical Poets Poetry Competition
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone.

You may submit 1-3 poems on any topic. Poems must contain meter (beginners and students may simply count syllables).

The entry fee is $20.

The winner will receive $2,000.

Deadline: 31 December 2023

The Masters Review Chapbook Open 2023
DescriptionThe competition is open to emerging writers.

Entries can be collections of flash fiction, creative nonfiction essays, short stories, and anything in-between. Manuscripts should be between 25-45 pages.

The entry fee is $25.

The winning writer will receive $3000, manuscript publication, and 75 contributor copies.

Deadline: 17 December 2023

Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition 2023
DescriptionThe competition is open to original, unpublished poems in the English language of 40 lines or less.

Entry fee: €7 per poem.

• 1st Prize: 2,000 €
• 2nd Prize: 500 €
• 3rd Prize: 250 €

Deadline: 30 November 2023

Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2023
DescriptionThe competition is open to women of any nationality from any country.

Poems may be in any style, of any length, on any subject.

Entry fee: £10 for three poems.

The winner will receive £2,000.

Deadline: 4 December 2023

2024 Rattle Chapbook Prize
DescriptionThe competition is organized by the Rattle, an American poetry magazine.

Each poet may submit 15 – 30 pages of poems.

The $25 entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle magazine.

The three winners will each receive $5,000 and 500 author copies of their chapbook.

Deadline: 15 January 2024