TULSA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
đTulsa, OK
DEADLINE: May 7, 2026 at 6:00 pm CT
INFO: Tulsa Artist Fellowship supports artists as vital contributors to Tulsaâs cultural life.
We invest in long-term creative practice, offering artists the time, resources, and community to develop ambitious work rooted in Tulsa.
Our approach is artist-centered and flexible, grounded in the understanding that meaningful creative work takes timeâand that artists thrive when trusted to define their own paths.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship is a place-based, durational award supporting visionary artists and arts workers across disciplines.
Open to artists and arts workers with at least five years of field experience, the Fellowship selects up to ten awardees, who will be announced live on November 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Each awardee is provided a comprehensive support package that includes a $150,000 stipend, housing support, fully subsidized studio space, and access to shared art-making facilities.
Awardees commit to developing ambitious, community-engaged work that contributes to Tulsaâs cultural life and advances the Fellowshipâs mission to support independent arts practitioners.
Program details may evolve to best support participating artists and the Fellowshipâs mission.
Competitive applications will demonstrate:
A rigorous and innovative arts practice
A meaningful connection to making work in Tulsa
A forward-thinking, achievable project with strong community engagement and impact
AWARD STRUCTURE:
Each Fellow is supported through a comprehensive three-year award package designed to strengthen artistic development, stability, and well-being.
Financial Support
$150,000 project development and artistic practice stipend (over 3 years)
$36,000 housing support (over 3 years)
$1,500 studio move-in stipend
$3,600 studio assistant support (over 3 years)
$3,600 health and wellness support (over 3 years)
Community & Connection
Cohort gatherings and shared meals
Open studio events and public programs
Opportunties to engage with visiting arts professionals
Studio Workspace
Access to a fully subsidized private studio (337â583 sq ft)
Shared facilities include a ceramics studio with kilns, a woodshop, metal equipment, a media lab, an archival printer, a roof terrace, a performance rehearsal space, a podcast recording studio, and meeting rooms with video and audio capabilities
(Estimated value: $36,000 over 3 years)
Wellness & Care
YMCA membership for household
Caregiver reimbursements for key Fellowship activities
APPLICATION MATERIALS:
All applications are completed online and free to submit. Detailed instructions are provided in the application portal.
Basic information, including contact details, residence, citizenship, identity, and household information
Artistic background, including resume/CV, website, social media platforms, biography (up to 250 words), and collaborator information
(Collaborators must submit individual applications)Artistic Practice Statement (up to 500 words) and Fellowship Statement (up to 500 words)
Three-year project proposal, including project title, description (up to 500 words), role statement (up to 200 words), and optional visual or media support materials
Proposed use of the fellowship stipend, estimated budget for the $150,000 award, including living expenses, artistic production, and project-related costs.
Three professional references from the arts field
tulsaartistfellowship.org/award
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ARTIST AS CATALYST LA
The Peace Studio |đLos Angeles, CA
DEADLINES:
Priority - May 8, 2026
Last call - May 15, 2026
INFO: Artist as Catalyst (AAC) is a three-day immersive experience designed to equip young storytellers, artists, and cultural catalysts (ages 18â30) with the tools, opportunity, and community to use their craft in the service of peace-building.
Throughout this multi-day intensive, participants engage in a dynamic blend of workshops, keynotes, collaborative labs, and community eventsâall within a diverse and generative environment. AAC brings together some of LAâs most influential artists, cultural leaders, activists, and peace builders, featuring world-class talent and thinkers who are at the forefront of their fields.
This program balances artistic excellence with restorative practices, providing catalysts from various disciplines the opportunity to network, make lasting connections, and collaborate on a group-based âPeace Project.â Participants also have the chance to apply for micro-grants to further develop their ideas in partnership with their cohort.
By centering story as a tool for connection and impact, AAC nurtures a new generation of artists prepared to shift culture and catalyze meaningful change.
PROGRAM DATES: June 12 - 14, 2026
LOCATION: Santa Monica, CA
TUITION: This program is fully funded for all accepted participants.
PARTICIPANT PROFILE: Los Angeles-based artists & cultural leaders, ages 18-30
We welcome creative people of all disciplines to apply. This program is right for you if you agree with the three statements below:
I am creative.
I believe I am capable of making positive change in the world through the stories I tell.
I believe there is strength and power in community.
2026 THEME: The Power is In The People
"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal." - Toni Morrison
The power to shift culture is in the hands of the people, our stories, and our connection to one another. No matter where we are on our artistic journey you hold the power within you to think critically, craft, and create. There is power in making tangible art, of telling true stories, and it will be what sustains us through any era of societal unrest and uncertainty. Our collective work, collaborative economics, along with our innovation and tenacity will outlive any artificial intelligence threatening our cultural landscape and wellness. Our humanity cannot be reproduced or replicated. Our uniqueness is what makes us whole and irrefutable. Sharing our offerings, skills, assets, and abilities with one another makes our collective power undeniable. We are the original technology. However we contribute our ability to tell stories, no matter the industry, is our way to disrupt oppressive systems that agitate our peace. As an artist, it is our duty to answer the call on our life by sharing our gifts. Who are you and what can you offer? We are constantly evolving, elevating, learning and changing. When we bring our full selves to the collective, there is nothing we cannot do. The Power is in the People.
The Peace Studio is committed to offering equitable opportunity to all. For accommodation requests or any questions, please contact aacla@thepeacestudio.org.
thepeacestudio.org/what-we-do/leadership-development/artist-as-catalyst
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call for submissions: Opus II, Issue III: âVesperâ
Half Mystic Journal
DEADLINE: May 8, 2026
SUBMISSION FEE: $2 / submission
INFO: Half Mystic Journal is an international and independent publishing project dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms, run by queer, disabled, and BIPOC editors.
Submissions are open for Opus II, Issue III. Our thirteenth issue celebrates the theme of Vesper: in English, a song signifying nightfall; in Latin, the planet Venus as the evening star. Weâre looking for penumbras, sleep paralysis, obsidian, susurration, event horizons, violin strings caught between quasars, burnt-out lightbulbs, bells tolling in a vacuum, shattered mirrors held to the night sky, the ouroboros, lunar maria, cicada-song so harsh & generous it punctures the vein of twilight. Darkness is a door opening endlessly into itself, exhaling smog around the edges of sound. Bring us the dream you canât wake from, and let us hold it under a while longer.
GUIDELINES:
Half Mystic Journal publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations, and hybrid work. We ask that each piece links to music and the vesper theme.
Submit up to five pieces of up to 3000 words each. We don't accept previously-published writing; we do accept and encourage simultaneous submissions.
In your cover letter, include a brief biographical note and the genre(s) of your submission. For translations, enclose the full text of the piece in its original language and a statement declaring that you have the authorâs permission to publish the translation, or that the original text is in the public domain. Translations must be to or from English. In all submissions, authors are responsible for acquiring the rights to print copyrighted material.
We recommend that you read Half Mystic Journalâs past issues to familiarise yourself with our goals, aesthetics, and style.
COMPENSATION: We pay US$20 per accepted piece and charge US$2 per submission. We recognise that submission fees present a barrier to access, so if you're in need of a fee waiver to share your work with us, please reach out to journal@halfmystic.com. Limited waivers are available for writers in need on a first come, first serve basis.
You can expect to hear from us within four weeks. Thank you for honouring us with your work. We don't take that privilege for granted.
halfmystic.submittable.com/submit
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Creative Residency Program
Martin House
Deadline: May 13, 2026
INFO: The Martin House Creative Residency Program is a project-based residency that provides creative individuals a designated time and space to develop new works of the imagination inspired by one of the great examples of 20th century architecture.
The primary goals of the program are to:
Nurture creativity by offering individuals from multiple disciplines a thought-provoking environment in which to produce works and present them to our community.
Expand interpretation of our site through active solicitation of diverse perspectives and voices.
Provide audiences an opportunity to discover and engage more fully with the Martin House and the creative arts.
Strengthen the Martin House and the region as a center for architecture, art, design, and culture.
The residency is a competitive program that is open to applicants who seek the resources to support ongoing projects or the creation of new work. Creative makers who are selected to participate will generally spend 2-4 weeks onsite either consecutively or incrementally within the specified residency term. Length of stay is project-based and determined by the needs of the applicant and in alignment with the Martin House schedule.
Residents are also expected to deliver a free public program, performance, exhibition, or other creative presentation in order to share their Martin House-inspired work with the larger public.
Residency proposal must relate directly to the Martin House. End-products may revolve around any of the themes central to the site. Subjects of inquiry may relate to architecture, art, art history, landscape, building and design, social history, state and local history, issues of gender, race and class, modernism, urbanism, housing and gentrification, business and industry, the history of technology, cultural studies, engineering and applied sciences, for example.
The Martin House Creative Residency Program is made possible through the Herer Family Charitable Fund.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS:
Applications are accepted in two distinct categories:
Artists: The residency program supports the development and presentation of creative works representing a wide range of artistic styles and practices.
Researchers: The program also provides opportunities for writers, researchers, scholars, critics, and cultural theorists to publish texts or produce projects in various fields, specifically as they relate to Frank Lloyd Wright and the Martin House.
Individuals in all stages of their creative practice may submit proposals to the residency program from the following arts and humanities disciplines, including but not limited to: architecture, design, historic preservation, literature, music, dance, theater, film, and related areas of exploration. Creative makers from diverse backgrounds and perspectives are especially encouraged to apply.
Acceptance is competitive and based on the review of applications by a selection committee. The panel is composed of external jurors and a selection of Martin House staff. Applications will be rated on the following evaluation criteria:
Artistic and intellectual merit of the proposal as covered in the project description, work samples, resume, and previous creative experiences.
Feasibility of the completion of the project as proposed and within the time and resources offered.
Relevance of the project to the Martin House and the stated goals of the Martin House Creative Residency Program.
Quality of the proposed public engagement program, performance, exhibition, or presentation inspired by the Martin House.
BENEFITS OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM:
Residents will have wide-ranging access to our architectural campus composed of three Wright-designed homes set within a historic landscape, as well as an award-winning contemporary glass structure conceived by architect Toshiko Mori as an exhibition and visitor space.
Residents will receive a stipend of $5,000. 50% of the stipend will be provided upon arrival to Buffalo; the other 50% will be offered upon completion of the project. Travel expenses of up to $1,000will also be provided to residents who are from outside the Buffalo-Niagara region. Additional funding for materials will not be provided.
Individuals selected to participate will room on campus at the Gardenerâs Cottage as part of their residency.
Residents will have heightened access to Martin House collections and collections information. Other locally-accessible research resources are available through:
University at Buffalo Archives Darwin D. Martin + Frank Lloyd Wright Collections
Buffalo + Erie County Public Library Special Collections
Buffalo History Museum Research + Artifact Collections
The Creative Residency Program is an opportunity for the Martin House to respond to and engage with our community. We anticipate that it will lead to more robust interpretations of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Martin House, and the people who once lived and worked here so as to expand the dialogue as to what great architecture is and why it matters.
martinhouse.org/events/residency/
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2027 Residencies
Ragdale |đLake Forrest, IL
DEADLINE: May 14, 2026 at 11:59pm CST
APPLICATION FEE: $35
INFO: 18-day residency session for individuals. Based on personal financial considerations, artists determine their own residency fee and may opt to pay according to our suggested sliding scale. No financial aid application is required. Admitted residents are responsible for their own travel to and from Ragdale.
Ragdale awards a limited number of fellowships each year. All qualified applicants may apply for fellowships through this application. A fellowship award includes an 18-day fee-waived residency for individuals and a stipend of at least $1000. All applicants who apply for fellowships will be considered. Please note that applicants may be awarded a residency without a fellowship award. Fellowship awards are disclosed upon acceptance.
ELIGIBILITY:
Ragdale encourages applications from artists representing the widest possible range of perspectives and demographics, and to that end, emerging as well as established artists are invited to apply. While there are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements for application, applicants should be working at the professional level in their fields.
Ragdale encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply and does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of age, disability, gender, origin, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
GUIDELINES:
All applicants submit electronic materials through the Submittable application portal. Do not email or mail any application materials. Please note the following requirements to complete your application. A completed online application form includes:
An artist statement explaining your work, vison, or story (one page or less)
A brief work plan that outlines your studio needs (one page or less)
A one to two-page CV or resume
A works list outlining work samples
Work samples that show work from the past 2-3 years. All media is acceptable. Most electronic file types and sizes are accepted
If you would like to be considered for a fellowship, we require an eligibility statement of 500 words or less for each fellowship you would like to be considered for. An eligibility statement explains how you qualify for the selected fellowship and how a fellowship would support your work at this time
Letters of recommendation are not required or accepted
WORK SAMPLES:
Work sample requirements
Written work: 20 pages of written work (in up to eight files).
Visual work: 8 images (in up to eight files), plus an image list that includes the following information: title, year, media, dimensions, and an optional short description of each work.
Time-based work: Up to 10 minutes of audio or video per application (in up to eight files or links*), plus a works list that includes the following information: title, year, media, and an optional short description of each work. *A pdf with hyperlinks is an acceptable alternative to file uploads. Please include a password if applicable.
Please note: For proposals with more than one type of media: please be fair to reviewers and to fellow applicants; use your best judgement as to what is equivalent. For example, if you plan to submit written work and photos, you may submit 10 pages of written work and 4 photos.
EVALUATION:
Applications are reviewed by Ragdaleâs Curatorial Council jury and staff. Evaluations of work are based on the following criteria:
Work samples: Documented works are original, inventive, and exciting.
Work samples indicate relevance in their contemporary field.
Work sample presentation: Work samples are high-quality and technically proficient in execution, and are professionally presented and documented.
Artistâs experience: Artist statement and CV/Resume reflects continued development of ideas, serious inquiry into subject matter, and exceptional aesthetic investigation in the chosen medium.
Work plan: Artist demonstrates they will maximize the benefits of a residency at Ragdale. What is the reason for seeking time and space in this particular residency program and is there a sense of urgency reflected in the goals described?
NOTIFICATION:
Notifications are sent to applicants via email by September. Final packets, including scheduled session dates, are sent by October.
COLLABORATIONS:
Artists collaborating on a project must submit individual application forms and appropriate work samples, along with a joint description of the work they intend to do at Ragdale. Clearly specify your work and living space needs, i.e., how many private studios and/or sleeping quarters are needed. You may also submit an example of a previous collaborative work (either completed or in progress). Any specific questions about collaborations can be directed to the Residency Manager before applying. Collaborators must be accepted to the residency separately in order to attend as a group.
TIMELINE
May 14: 2026 Residency Application Submission Deadline
September: Notifications of residency or fellowship award sent.
October: Accepted residents' final welcome packets with session dates sent
QUESTIONS?
All inquiries should be directed to admissions@ragdale.org.
ragdale.submittable.com/submit
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FULLY-FUNDED FELLOWSHIPS
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
DEADLINE: May 15, 2026
INFO: Residencies can be transformative to an artistâs process and the effect on an artistâs career profound. A residency at VCCA gives artists the time and space to explore and go deeper into their work. Away from the constraints of âthe real worldâ and in an accepting environment of talented peers, one can dream and create with the feeling that anything is possible.
VCCAâs Mt. San Angelo location in Amherst, Virginia, typically hosts 360 artists each year in residencies of varying lengths (no minimum; up to six weeks) with flexible scheduling. A residency at Mt. San Angelo includes a private bedroom with private en-suite bath, a private individual studio, three prepared meals a day, and access to a community of more than 20 other artists in residence.
Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, VCCA is surrounded by natural wonders and hiking trails. Many local sites and additional inspiration can be found in short drives to Lynchburg (20 minutes), Charlottesville (1 hour), Roanoke (1.5 hours), or Richmond (2 hours).
The following fully-funded fellowships are expected to be available for the Spring 2027 residency period at Mt. San Angelo in Amherst, Virginia.
CHRISTINA CHIU LATINX WRITERS FELLOWSHIP
Who: Writers, with preference given to those of Latin American descent
What: Residency of up to two-weeks at Mt. San Angelo
When: Spring 2027 (January â April)
BARBARA CROOKER CAREGIVING FELLOWSHIP
Who: Artists in any discipline who are caregivers to an ill or disabled family member
What: Residency of up to two-weeks at Mt. San Angelo
When: Spring 2027 (January â April)
RICHARD E. CYTOWIC NONFICTION FELLOWSHIP
Who: Writers of long-form nonfiction, with preference given to writers who are gay, residents of Washington D.C., or caregivers to an ill or disabled family member
What: Residency of up to two-weeks at Mt. San Angelo
When: Spring 2027 (January â April)
GOLDFARB FAMILY FELLOWSHIP
Who: Writers of creative nonfiction
What: Two-week residency at Mt. San Angelo
When: Spring 2027 (January â April)
GREATER OPPORTUNITY FELLOWSHIPS
Who: Artists in any discipline who have not previously been in residence at VCCA, with preference given to those who self-identify as people of color
What: Residency of up to two-weeks at Mt. San Angelo
When: Spring 2027 (January â April)
MONTANA FELLOWSHIP
Who: Artists in any discipline who live in Montana
What: One-month residency at Mt. San Angelo
When: Spring 2027 (January â April)
TAHIRA ZAHEER FELLOWSHIP FOR SOUTH ASIAN WRITERS
Who: Writers, with preference given to those who are South Asian
What: Residency of up to two-weeks at Mt. San Angelo
When: Spring 2027 (January â April)
vcca.com/apply/fully-funded-fellowships/
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The Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize
American Poetry Review
DEADLINE: May 15, 2026
ENTRY FEE: $15
INFO: The Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize honors the late Stanley Kunitzâs dedication to mentoring poets. The winning poem will appear on the feature page of the September/October issue of The American Poetry Review, and the poet will receive a prize of $1,000.
All entrants will receive a copy of the magazine. Poets may submit one to three poems per entry (totaling no more than three pages). No limit on number of entries per poet. Previous winners of the Kunitz Prize include Ocean Vuong, Alex Dimitrov, Nicole Sealey, and Jane Wong.
GUIDELINES:
Poets must be under 40 years of age.
All entries must be previously unpublished poems.
Multiple entries are acceptable.
Entry fee covers up to three poems, totaling no more than three pages.
Submissions must be received on or before May 15, 2026.
The winner will be announced by July 1, 2026.
americanpoetryreview.submittable.com/submit
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2026 Lisa Brannan Prize
Poetry Project
DEADLINE: May 18, 2026 at 11:59pm ET
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: Submissions are now open for the 2026 Lisa Brannan Prize! This year's Prize will be judged by Sawako Nakayasu.
The Poetry Project is proud to offer The Lisa Brannan Prize, a $1,000 prize for emerging poets in honor of a former Poetry Project intern and poet. In addition to the financial prize, the winning poet will have one poem published in the Poetry Project Newsletter.
The generosity and dedication of our interns and volunteersâoften emerging poets themselvesâis invaluable to The Poetry Project, and we are so honored to offer this prize, which supports emerging poets, in the memory of our former intern, Lisa Brannan.
Lisa Brannan was a Poetry Project intern in New York City during the mid-1990âs. She was born in Utah, grew up in South Carolina, and moved to New York to study engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. While a student, Lisa began to develop an interest in the local literary and cultural scene of Lower Manhattan. She joined The Poetry Project as an intern in 1995 and helped the Project with event promotion and archiving. Lisa's time with the Project was one of the most joyous times in her life. She developed her writing by immersing herself in the world of the subjects and themes that interested her. Lisa passed away in 1997, at the age of 22 in Atlanta, Georgia.
ELIGIBILITY & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
There is no fee for poets interested in submitting to the Prize. We regret that we are unable to accept international submissions at this time. Poets interested in having their work considered should observe the guidelines below:
Eligible applicants must:
Be eighteen years of age and older and live within the US. We cannot accept international submissions at this time.
Not currently be enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree-Âgranting writing programs.
Not have published a full-length collection of poetry (chapbooks are ok).
Applicants must:
Submit a work sample that includes up to 3 pages of previously unpublished poems (PDF format); One entry per poet; Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Not include any personally identifying information within their work sample. The judge will review submissions without any identifying information attached.
Submit a brief CV that includes a bio (1 page max; PDF format).
Only work that is submitted via the above link will be considered. We do not accept Brannan Prize submissions by email.
Due to the volume of work we receive, if your submission does not follow the above guidelines you will not be eligible for consideration.
poetryproject.org/the-lisa-brannan-prize
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Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency
Adirondack Center for Writing |đ
DEADLINE: May 18, 2026
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: The Adirondack Center for Writing offers a two-week residency annually in autumn to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. Six residents will be chosen: three from the Adirondack region (aka âThe North Countryâ⊠see FAQ below for specifics) and three from anywhere in the world. Quality of written submissions is the primary consideration when accepting applications.
The residency is generously provided by the estate of Anne LaBastille, who wrote books capturing challenges of the region, including Woodswoman and Beyond Black Bear Lake from her cabin on Twitchell Lake. During the residency, writers will paddle to the site of her property and explore the lake with locals.
The Lodge at Twitchell Lake provides an abundance of physical space, and each resident has their own bedroom and bathroom. There are plenty of writing spaces in and around the property. Internet access is available.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Cover Letter: In the space provided in Submittable (no attachments), include a brief, third-person bio and a work plan detailing your goals for this residency.
Writing Sample: Please send up to 10 pages double spaced, or 2,500 words max of your best writing in the genre you will working in at the residency. Prose: 10 pages max. Poetry: 10 poems max. NOTE: Make sure your name does not show up anywhere in your writing sample. Writing samples that include your name will not be considered. Quality of written submissions will be our primary consideration when accepting applications.
Application Fee: $30. Your application fee ensures that the residency can remain free to selected residents.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Residency Dates: September 20 â October 4, 202
Notification: July 2026
Contact info@adirondackcenterforwriting.orgor 518-354-1261 with any questions.
adirondackcenterforwriting.org/residency/
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call for Poetry Submissions: ISSUE 6 â âvexedâ
Plantin Mag
DEADLINE: May 30, 2026
INFO: A call for BLACK IMMIGRANT WRITERS ONLY. If you are a 1st or 2nd generation US or international Black Immigrant and you have a short poem (max 20 lines, format it as you see fit to publish) please share with us. Please submit no more than 5 poems per reading period. If you have previously submitted in a past open-call, no need to submit again. Priority given to queer-identifying, trans, women, & non-binary applicants. Hablamos español. Non-english or bilingual entries welcome.
We are especially looking for fresh, unpublished authors. Young or old. Self-taught or degree-holding. We donât care about a cover letter or whether or not you have a list of credentials. We donât care whether you format it double spaced Times New Roman or use script. We donât care if the poem has been published or not. Just send us your piece as a PDF or Word Doc.
COMPENSATION: We are a small team, however, we would like to pay our writers $100 per accepted poem. Your poem will then be paired with an artist who will format/illustrate it.
ISSUE 6 THEME: Vexed
At this time, we are particularly looking for work relating to Black Immigrant narratives on being petty, vengeful, or just plain childish. Get your lick back. Right your wrongs. Have the last laugh. We want to read it all!
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CantoMundo Chapbook Prize
ASU Bilingual Press | Editorial BilingĂŒe x CantoMundo
DEADLINE: May 30, 2026 at 11:59 pm MST
ENTRY FEE: $20
INFO: The ASU Bilingual Press | Editorial BilingĂŒe is pleased to announce a new partnership with CantoMundo to present the CantoMundo Chapbook Prize.
Poets are invited to submit 15â25 pages of poetry in English by May 30, 2026. The winning poet will have their submission translated by an accomplished literary translator into Spanish. The Chapbook will then be published in a bilingual edition.
PRIZE: The winning poet will also receive $1,000, 10 copies of their published chapbook, and an invitation to be a featured presenter at the Desert Nights, Rising Stars (DNRS) conference in Tempe, Arizona, in 2027 with travel and lodging covered.
This contest is open to poets who have not yet published a full-length poetry collection (chapbooks are okay) and who are not currently under contract with a publisher. Submissions are welcome from all poets whose work speaks to the Latinx experience and who reside in the United States.
JUDGE: The final judge for the CantoMundo Chapbook Prize is Ariana Brown.
GUIDELINES:
We do accept simultaneous submissions; however, please notify us promptly by withdrawing your manuscript on Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Poets may submit one entry, consisting of a single PDF document. Poets are responsible for securing all permissions to reprint any poems that have been previously published. Please be sure to list all previously published poems in the Acknowledgements of the manuscript. Submissions must be original work, and we do not accept poems created using AI or generative AI tools, including ChatGPT.
Each manuscript must be accompanied by a $20 entry fee, payable through Submittable at the time of submission. CantoMundistas are eligible for a fee waiver.
Results will be announced in December 2026 on our website, social media platforms, and other national outlets once a winner has been selected.
If you have any questions about these guidelines, please email CantoMundo@asu.edu with the subject: Questions about CantoMundo Chapbook Prize.
hrc.asu.edu/bilingual-press/chapbook-contest
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Black River Chapbook Competition: poetry + PROSE
Black Lawrence Press
DEADLINE: May 31, 2026
ENTRY FEE: $20
INFO: Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or prose between 16-36 pages in length. The contest is open to new, emerging, and established writers.
PRIZE: The winner will receive book publication, a $500 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes are awarded on publication.
All entries are read without identifying information by our panel of editors. All manuscripts should include a title page (listing only the title of the work), table of contents (if applicable), and when appropriate, an acknowledgments page. Manuscripts should be paginated and formatted in an easy-to-read font such as Garamond or Times New Roman. Manuscripts should be 16-36 pages in length (double-spaced for fiction), not including front and back matter (table of contents, title page, etc.). Identifying information for the author should not be included anywhere on the manuscript itself, including in the name of your file or in the "title" field in Submittable. You are welcome to include a brief bio or something about yourself in your cover note on Submittable, which will only be made accessible to the editorial panel after the group of Semi-Finalist and Finalist manuscripts has been chosen.
A note regarding previously published work: Chapbooks containing individual stories or poems that have been previously published online or in print are absolutely eligible for the BRCCâplease simply note previously published work on an acknowledgments page. On the other hand, if your chapbookâor a significant portion of the work included in your chapbookâhas been previously published as a book or chapbook-length collection (including publication with a press, self-publication, online/digital publication, and publication in a small, limited-edition print run), then the manuscript is not eligible for the BRCC.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable and encouraged, but please notify us by withdrawing your manuscript on Submittable immediately if it is accepted for publication elsewhere.
Multiple submissions (the submission of more than one manuscript to the contest) are permitted.
Collaborative collections are welcome.
Hybrid/multi-genre submissions are also welcome; please enter under the submission category that best fits your work.
Prose category: Beginning with the Spring 2019 contest, our category previously titled âfictionâ has been re-categorized as âproseâ to accommodate fiction, creative non-fiction, lyric essay, and prose hybrid manuscripts. (Chapbooks of prose poems and poetry/prose hybrid projects can be submitted under either poetry or prose, per your preference.)
We cannot accept translations for the BRCC.
We will consider submissions including visual art (i.e. interior illustrations or photographs), but please note we do not regularly publish chapbooks with interior art. Please do not include suggested cover artwork with your submission.
blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit
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Call for submissions: AAPI Adoptee Poetry Anthology
Black Lawrence Press
DEADLINE: June 1, 2026 AT 11:59 pm
INFO: Weâre seeking work from AAPI Adoptee Poets for a collection of poems featuring emerging + established poets across the US.
Tie Your Roots To Mine, an AAPI Adoptee Anthology will gather contemporary voices of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Adoptee Poetry to explore identity, ancestry, and the complexities of adoption. This collection offers a rare and necessary perspective on diaspora, family, and culture. Highlighting both established and emerging writers, we aim to create a space where grief, resilience, love, and transformation coexist. We are searching for poetry that bends form, breaks structure, and moves around the page.
GUIDELINES: We invite you to submit 2-3 poems, with no page or word limit, as well as a short statement (300-500 words) about your experience being an adoptee, your perspective of adoption, or your relationship to an AAPI identity. Both items will be featured in the publication!
We are accepting submissions until June 1st, 2026 with planned publication in May, 2028.
EDITORS:
Ani Jones is a poet, editor, and workshop host in the Midwest. They hold a BA from the University of Cincinnati, and their first chapbook, Iris, debuted in October, 2023. They are a 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee, and their poems can be seen inTiny Spoon Magazine and Auskleiden Magazine, among others.
Nina Smilow received an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and a BFA in Theatre from NYU Tisch. She is a writer of all genres and her fiction, poetry, and non-fiction can be seen in Literary Mama, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Porridge, and Pacifica Literary Review. She splits her time between New York and Portland, OR.
blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit/349803/tie-your-roots-to-mine-an-aapi-adoptee-anthology
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2027 Emerging Writer Awards
Key West Literary Seminar
DEADLINE: June 1, 2026
APPLICATION FEE: $12
INFO: The Cecelia Joyce Johnson Award, Scotti Merrill Award, and Marianne Russo Award recognize and support writers who possess exceptional talent and demonstrate potential for lasting literary careers.
Each award is tailored to a particular literary form. The Merrill Award recognizes a poet, while fiction writers may apply for either the Johnson Award (for a short story) or the Russo Award (for a novel-in-progress).
Winners of the 2027 Emerging Writer Awards will receive full tuition support for our January 2027 Seminar and Writersâ Workshop Program, round-trip airfare, lodging, a $500 honorarium, and appear on stage during the Seminar. They will be in Key West from January 3 â 11, 2027.
Please review the criteria, complete the application form, and upload the required documents via Submittable. Due to an increased volume of applications and our thorough review process, we have implemented a $12 application fee to cover review costs.
ELIGIBILITY: Writers of any age who live in the United States and have not yet published a book with a major publisher are eligible to apply. If you are the author of a book that is self-published, published with an independent press, or had a print run of 500 or fewer copies, you may or may not be eligible. If you think your eligibility could be called into question, please provide relevant details about prior publications as part of your cover letter. We reserve the right to make all final decisions regarding eligibility.
kwls.org/awards/emerging-writer-awards
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Call for Submissions: âLiberation Poetics: Caribbean Feminisms Against Imperialism, from Cuba to Palestineâ
Intersect Antigua-Barbuda
DEADLINE: June 1, 2026
INFO: Imperialism is far-reaching, stretching across borders, and harming people across difference: from martyred people of the soil to stolen oil. This is a crucial period in which Caribbean feminists, emboldened by and spirited with a decolonizing, Queeribbean sensibility, must rise to meet this moment.
With this in mind, we invite you to submit critical essays, fiction, plays, poetry, posters, screenplays, art, and photography that address the urgency of leveraging Caribbean feminisms as a primary antagonism against imperialism and fascism.
We invite participants to submit pieces that address imperialism, from the perspective of gender, race, color, class, nation, and/or sexuality, in any of the following broad topics:
Queering resistance
Resisting the masculinization of revolution
Rootedness in Caribbean identity, poetics of relation, opacité, antillanité, creolité: Moving across the Afro-, Indo-, and Indigenous Caribbean
Caribbean feminist perspectives and stories on grief, trauma, healing, and joy
Ancestral insurgencies: lessons from past movement shakers and revolutionaries
We also invite participants to consider the following writing prompts:
How do the attention economy, new media, and generative AI technologies depoliticize, distort, and fracture relation?
How can Caribbean feminist thought be in dialogue and praxis with Sudanese and Congolese feminist thought and movements as they agitate against violent imperial extraction?
What does a turn to the âQueeribbeanâ offer as an antagonism against imperialismâs political, religious, and cultural conceits?
Whose stories, from plant, animal, and human life, are not being told in this moment?
Access the full call for submissions for the complete list of topics and prompts. Read excerpts from Maurice Bishopâs 1980 speech against imperialism here.
intersectantigua.com/blog/call-for-submissions
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Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Academy of American Poets
DEADLINE: June 15, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET
SUBMISSION FEE: $75
INFO: Established in 1975, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is a $25,000 award that recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous calendar year. The prize includes a ten-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York, and distribution of the winning book to hundreds of Academy of American Poets members.
The Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize honors the memory of Lenore Marshall (1897-1971), a poet, novelist, essayist, and political activist. She was the author of three novels, three books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and selections from her notebooks. Her work appeared in such distinguished literary magazines as The New Yorker, The Saturday Review, and Partisan Review. In 1956, she helped found the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, the citizensâ organization that lobbied successfully for passage of the 1963 partial nuclear test ban treaty. In 1994, the Academy was selected by the New Hope Foundation to administer the award.
JUDGES: The judges for the 2026 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize will be Luis J. Rodriguez, Tracie Morris, and Eleni Sikelianos. For questions, please contact awards@poets.org.
ELIGIBILITY:
Any poet who meets one of the below criteria on the date of the application deadline, in any given year, is eligible:
U.S. Citizen; or,
resident of the United States for the ten-year period prior to the submission deadline; or,
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Legal Permanent Status (LPS), or any subsequent categories designated by the U.S. authorities as conferring similar enhanced status upon non-citizens living in the United States.
Please note: By law the Academy of American Poets must report cash prizes awarded to individuals to the Internal Revenue Service. If individuals have a Social Security Number (SSN) or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), the individual will receive a 1099. If the individual does not have an SSN or ITIN, the individual will receive a 1042 and could be subject to a withholding of a percentage of the cash prize.
GUIDELINES:
The 2026 contest is open to any book of original poetry, in English, published in the United States during 2025 in a standard edition (48 pages or more) by a living poet.
Books must be submitted in the year after their publication, which means that books published in 2026 maynot be submitted for consideration until 2027.
Self-published books are not eligible.
Translations and new editions of previously published books are not eligible.
Publishers may submit as many titles as they wish.
To submit an entry, publishers must upload a PDF copy to Submittable. A $75 entry fee and completed entry form via Submittable signifying the publisherâs acceptance of these guidelines is required for each title submitted.
The Academy of American Poets agrees to purchase approximately two hundred copies of the winning book for distribution to its members. The Academy may purchase additional copies of the book for its own use, but not for resale. No royalties will be paid to the author on the copies purchased by the Academy. The publisher agrees to sell to the Academy of American Poets the number of copies requested at a standard paper, printing, and binding, or at-cost discount.
The publisher and poet agree to provide the Academy of American Poets permission to republish three (3) poems from the winning collection on Poets.org at no cost.
The decisions of the Academy of American Poets as to eligibility are final. Books will not be returned.
All correspondence concerning the contest should be addressed to the Academy of American Poets and sent to awards@poets.org.
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2026 James Laughlin Award
Academy of American Poets
DEADLINE: June 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
INFO: Offered since 1954, the James Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a second book of poetry forthcoming in the next calendar year.
The award was endowed in 1995 by a gift to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997), who founded New Directions in 1936. The winning poet receives a prize of $5,000, an all-expenses-paid weeklong residency at The Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, and distribution of the winning book to approximately one thousand Academy of American Poets members.
The judges for the 2026 James Laughlin Award are Patrick Rosal, Anastacia-Reneé, and Sherwin Bitsui. For questions, contact awards@poets.org.
ELIGIBILITY:
The James Laughlin Award is given to honor a second full-length print book of original poetry, in English, by a living poet, forthcoming in the next calendar year.
Any poet who meets one of the below criteria on the date of the application deadline, in any given year, is eligible to apply:
U.S. Citizen; or,
resident of the United States for the ten-year period prior to the submission deadline, or;
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Legal Permanent Status (LPS), or any subsequent categories designated by the U.S. authorities as conferring similar enhanced status upon non-citizens living in the United States.
Please note: By law the Academy of American Poets must report cash prizes awarded to individuals to the Internal Revenue Service. If individuals have a Social Security Number (SSN) or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), the individual will receive a 1099. If the individual does not have an SSN or ITIN, the individual will receive a 1042 and could be subject to a withholding of a percentage of the cash prize.
ELIGIBILITY:
To be eligible for the award in 2026, a book must be under contract with a U.S. publisher and scheduled to be published between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2027. Winning books must be published by December 31, 2027.
To be eligible, an author must have published one book of poetry in a standard edition (48 pages or more). The publication of chapbooks (less than 48 pages) does not disqualify an author.
GUIDELINES:
Entries must be at least 48 pages total (suggested length: 48 to 100 pages).
Entries must be submitted in manuscript form (or page proofs) so the jury can review them without considering the booksâ design. Galleys will not be accepted.
To submit an entry, publishers must upload a PDF copy of the manuscript to Submittable. A completed entry form via Submittable signifying the publisherâs acceptance of these guidelines is required for each title submitted.
There is no fee to enter.
The authorâs name should not be included in running heads or appear on any page. Acknowledgements may be included.
Submissions are welcome from small presses, university presses, and trade publishers that have previously published at least four books of poetry.
Translations and new editions of previously published books are not eligible.
The Academy of American Poets agrees to purchase approximately one thousand copies of the winning book for distribution to its members. The Academy of American Poets may purchase additional copies of the book for its own use, but not for resale. No royalties will be paid to the author on the copies purchased by the Academy of American Poets. The publisher agrees to sell to the Academy of American Poets the number of copies requested at a standard paper, printing, and binding, or at-cost discount.
The publisher agrees to announce and publish the winning book as the Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award Winner. The publisher also agrees to include a seal on all of the books, identifying the winning book as such. The Academy of American Poets will provide the publisher with the seal design as an electronic file. Any subsequent reprintings of the book must comply with the aforementioned stipulations.
The publisher and poet agree to provide the Academy of American Poets permission to republish three (3) poems from the winning collection on Poets.org at no cost.
The decisions of the Academy of American Poets regarding eligibility are final.
All correspondence concerning the contest should be addressed to the Academy of American Poets and sent to awards@poets.org.