POETRY -- NOVEMBER 2017

CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Yale Younger Poets

INFO: The Yale Series of Younger Poets is seeking submissions for its 2017 competition. This contest champions the most promising new American poets. The winning poetry manuscript will be selected by the series’ current judge, critically acclaimed poet Carl Phillips, to be published by Yale University Press in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The competition is open to emerging poets who have not previously published a book of poetry and who reside in the United States.

APPLICATION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: November 15, 2017

youngerpoets.org 

 

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY POETRY PRIZE

The Tishman Review

INFO: Send up to five poems per entry. There is no line-limit. Poems may be any length, any style, or any subject. Multiple entries by a single poet are accepted, however each group of five poems must be treated as a separate entry, each with its own cover sheet.

Judged by Major Jackson

Winner and accepted for publication entries will be announced by January 30th and published in the January issue.

ENTRY FEE: $15

AWARD: $500

DEADLINE: November 15, 2017

thetishmanreview.com/contests/

 

TWF POETRY Contest

Tennessee Williams Festival

INFO: The contest is open to emerging writers who have not yet published a book of poetry with an ISBN number. Please submit work that has not won other prizes or contests (even if poems were unpublished).  

ENTRY FEE: $15

AWARD:

  • $1,000
  • VIP All-Access Pass ($600 value) for the Festival
  • Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine
  • Public reading at the next Festival

·       The top nine finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on this site.

DEADLINE: November 15, 2017

tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit/42271/twf-poetry-contest

 

30 BELOW CONTEST

Narrative Magazine

INFO: Narrative invites all writers and poets between eighteen and thirty years old to send their best work. Works of prose and of poetry, including short stories, all poetic forms, novel excerpts, essays, memoirs, and excerpts from book-length nonfiction. Prose submissions must not exceed 15,000 words. Each poetry submission may contain up to five poems. The poems should all be contained in a single file. 

AWARDS:

  • First Prize: $1,500
  • Second Prize: $750
  • Third Prize: $300
  • Up to ten finalists will receive $100 each

SUBMISSION FEE: $24 fee for each entry (includes three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage).

DEADLINE: November 19, 2017

http://www.narrativemagazine.com/node/382367

 

2018-19 WRITING FELLOWSHIP

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

INFO: The Fine Arts Work Center awards seven-month Writing Fellowships to five poets and five fiction writers each year from October 1 through April 30.  

Applications will either be sent to our Fiction Jury or our Poetry Jury.  Those whose works fall between those two categories or employ both may also apply; however, all applicants must either choose "Fiction" or "Poetry" on the application form.  Writers applying in more than one genre must submit separate applications, including a non-refundable processing fee for each genre.

The Fine Arts Work Center actively seeks applicants from all backgrounds, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.  

AWARD: Writing Fellows are provided with a private, furnished apartment and a monthly stipend of $750.  Fellows are required to remain in residence at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, during the seven-month Fellowship.

SUBMISSION FEE: $50

DEADLINE: December 1, 2017

web.fawc.org/writers

 

Tupelo Press Anthology of Indigenous Writing

INFO: The editors at Tupelo Press are excited to begin reviewing submissions for an anthology of contemporary Indigenous poetry. This book will feature a selection of poems from each contributor, alongside an original essay on craft or aesthetics, as well as a chosen influential text with which the poet’s work enters into dialogue. The influential text is an occasion for each poet to articulate their own literary genealogy and acknowledge the history of Indigenous writing. The result will be a transcendent, wholly new offering of inter-generational writing by Indigenous poets.

To submit, please send the following items via our online submission manager:

  • A selection of 5-7 published or unpublished poems. Multiple submissions are welcome.

After an initial review, they will ask for these items at a later date:

  • The influential/influencing poem.
  • An essay in which you discuss the relationship between the influential poem and your own work. Please note that their definition of craft essay is expansive. The essay can be brief or more developed, as they are not requiring a specific length. The style of this prose piece can be as traditional or untraditional as you wish.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2017

tupelopress.submittable.com/submit/90460/tupelo-press-anthology-of-indigenous-writing