Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
The Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award is an annual series of awards to encourage poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit. The Poetry Awards include three age categories: Adult, Youth 13-18, and Youth 12 & Under.
Deadline: postmarked by July 1
Entry Fee: $15 for up to three poems. No fee for youth entries.
Prize:
Adults - $1,000
Youth (13 to 18) - $200
Youth (12 and under) - $200
The Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Contest
Categories: CHILDREN/YOUTH/ADULT
Entry Fee: Adults;$15 Children/Youth;FREE
Open to: Writers from all countries (English poems only)
Prizes:
CHILDREN/YOUTH - $25, $15, $10
ADULT - $300, $200, $100
Deadline: Entries must be submitted electronically (as Word attachments) no later than February 15, 2006.
Entry Guidelines:
Poems may be of any subject matter, type or style. Entries must be original, unpublished, not submitted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, not accepted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, and not entered simultaneously in any other competition. This includes different "versions" of the same poem.
Length of each entry must not exceed 30 written lines. This may be one poem, or up to three short poems, whose cumulative total does not exceed 30 lines.
Payment must be by cheque or money order, in Canadian funds, payable to The Writers' Circle of Durham Region or via PayPal at the WCDR site.
Winners will be announced in the first week of June and the names and winning entries posted here on the WCDR website by the end of June. Only winners will be contacted.
PLEASE NOTE: Submissions for the Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Contest will be ONLINE ONLY this year. (DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE WORD DOCUMENT...ONLY THE TITLE(S) OF YOUR POEM(S) AND THE POEM(S).) You MUST include your full name, full mailing address, POEM(S) TITLE(S), AND your date of birth, in the body of your email.
Féile FilÌochta International Poetry Competition
Guidelines
POETRY
ANNUAL
Féile FilÌochta
An international poetry competition with a prize fund of 17,000 euro from D&Mac250;n Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, three age categories and a range of additional prizes from cultural organisations and embassies, the Féile FilÌochta is internationally recognised as a showcase and stimulus for the craft of poetry writing.
The competition is open to all adults and young people, who may submit up to four poems in each language in their age group. These age groups are: Adult; Young People Under 17; and in the Irish and English languages, a Young People Under 12 category. Entry is free of charge.
Entries are invited in Irish, English, German, French, Italian, Welsh, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic and Swedish
Closing date for receipt of entries is mid November. Multilingual information and entry forms available from the Web site.
The official entry form can be downloaded in either Adobe PDF or Word format.
Closing date: Mid November
There is no entry fee.
As a signature is required on the entry form, poems will NOT be accepted by e-mail.
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award [The Poetry Society - UK]
Any writer between the ages of 11 and 18 can enter.
Poems can also be sent by email or postal mail.
Poets can enter as many poems as they choose, of any length and on any theme.
Deadline: The closing date is 31 July.
Entry fee: None
Award: All winners and runners-up will receive book prizes donated by publishers Bloodaxe and Faber & Faber, plus free youth membership of the Poetry Society for one year, and will be invited to an awards party on National Poetry Day, 7 October 2004. The 15 overall winners will be invited to attend the prize-winners’ writing course at the Arvon Centre, Lumb Bank in February 2005.
How to claim your free copy of this anthology To receive a free copy of this anthology on entering the competition simply enclose an A5 self-addressed envelope with a 35p stamp with your poems.
There are three categories of student writers: Grades 1-5; Grades 6-8; Grades 9-12. Fee per entry is $10 per entry for members of Willamette Writers and $15 per entry for non-members.
Writing categories are: Fiction - maximum 2500 words; Non-Fiction - maximum 2500 words; Poetry - Two complete poems may be submitted as one entry, any subject or form. Maximum length five pages for total entry; Juvenile Short Story or Article - Fiction or Non-Fiction - Maximum length 1500 words; and Screenwriting.
Deadline: Contest begins February 1 with a deadline of May 15.
Entry fee: None
Award: Student writers are awarded $50 for first place in three grade divisions, $20 for second place, and $10 for third place. The Liam Callen Memorial Award of $500 goes to the best overall contest entry in all divisions.
Fledgling Voices - A Poetry Contest for Younger Writers
Prizes: Two of £50,
three of £30, fifteen of £20
Closing date: 26 November 2005
Poems have to be in English and should be all your own original work. You can write about whatever you like. If you want some help choosing a subject, it could be good to discuss it with a friend in your community or at home.
Poems may be any length up to but not more than 40 lines.
The competition is for people from 13 to 18 years old; so we ask you to tell us your month and year of birth.
There is an entry fee of £2, which you can pay by Postal Order bought at a Post Office or by cheque made out to "Kick Start Poets". With this single payment you may enter either one poem or two.
Type or write your poem(s) on one side of A4 paper. Do not put your name, address or anything else on that sheet. Be sure to keep a copy for yourself, as we shall not return the one you send us.
Paul A. Witty Outstanding Literature Award
Administerd by IRA's Special Interest Group, Reading for Gifted and Creative Students, this award recognizes excellence in original poetry or prose written by students.
Guidelines and application (pdf): http://www.reading.org/downloads/awards/sig_witty.pdf
Deadline: February 2.
Entry fee: None
Award: Elementary and secondary students whose work is selected will receive an award of not less than US$25 and a citation of merit.
Kentucky State Poetry Society Student Poetry Contest
Deadline: April 15 of each year.
Entry fee: None
Award: The winning poem in each category will be published in the Society's poetry journal Pegasus, and winners receive certificates and small monetary prizes presented at the annual awards banquet in October where they will have the opportunity to read their poem.
The Manningham Student Poetry Awards [National Federation of State Poetry Societies]
For grades 6-12 to submit original works of poetry to the youth chair of their state poetry society for consideration for awards. The name of the youth chair is available from the president of the student's state society (to find the state president's address, go to State Links). Only poems submitted to youth chairs are eligible for these awards.
This competition is open to all students attending public, private, or parochial schools. There are two divisions: Junior, Grades 6-8, and Senior, Grades 9-12. Each state is allowed to submit 10 poems from each division, a total of 20 poems.
Poems may have been printed in school or state anthologies and may have won previous prizes.
Deadline: March 15This competition is open to all students attending public, private, or parochial schools. There are two divisions: Junior, Grades 6-8, and Senior, Grades 9-12. Each state is allowed to submit 10 poems from each division, a total of 20 poems.
Entry fee: None
Award: Prizes will be awarded to the top ten poems in each division: 1st prize, $75; 2nd prize, $50; 3rd prize, $40; 4th prize, $35; and five honorable mentions, $10 each.
Meet Your Muse is a high-school poetry contest sponsored by Conspirare, Austin's (Texas) only professional choir.
Deadline: postmarked by April 23, 2004
Entry fee: None
Award: The winner of the contest will have his or her poetry set to music by Jake Heggie, composer of the opera Dead Man Walking, and performed live at a future Conspirare concert.
Click here for the full Meet Your Muse contest guidelines and teacher resources. [pdf format]
Mississippi Poetry Society Student Award
Contests for every grade level.
Deadline: postmark of April 4
Entry fee: None
Each winner will receive a contributor's copy of the MPS student contest journal, Fledglings.
Nicholas A. Vergilio Memorial Haiku Competition for High School Students
Deadline: March 25
Entry fee: None
Award: One award of $50
The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop . In addition, the winning poem will be published in The Kenyon Review. The second and third place winners will also see their poems published.
The contest is named in honor of Patricia Grodd in recognition of her generous support of The Kenyon Review and its programs, as well as her passionate commitment to education and deep love for poetry. Ms. Grodd is a member of the Kenyon Review Board of Trustees.No further information was available for this listing when it was added.
Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Inc., Announces its Pegasus Contest 2003 for Pennsylvania students in grades 5 through 12 or for students in those grades who are dues-paid members of PPS, Inc.
Deadline: Postmark deadline, Midnight February 15
Entry fee: None
Award: First-$25 Second-$15 Third-$10 Plus Honorable Mentions. Poems which win prize money will be published.
Poetic Licence Contest for Canadian Youth
Information out of date
Deadline: September 5 Deadline
Entry fee: None
Award: Three awards—$150, $100 and $50
Open to Oklahoma Students Grades 1 through 12. Each Grade will write poems about a designated Oklahoma emblem, symbol, or tradition.
Deadline: Postmarked no later than January 31]
Entry fee: None
Award: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will read winning poems, receive Anthologies,Certificates, and Money Prizes. Honorable Mentions will receive Certificates and Anthologies.
The Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award - Endowed under the wills of Louise Louis Whitbread and Ruth M. Bourne, this prize is awarded for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States.
Deadline: December 22
Entry fee: None
Award: $250
The Poetry Society of Virginia Annual Student Contest
For grade levels 1 through undergraduate
Deadline: Postmarked between Nov. 1 and Jan. 19
Entry fee: None
Award: $25, $ 15, $10
Silver Lake College High School Literary Contest
The Silver Lake College English Department is sponsoring its third annual literary contest open to all high school students. Entrants may submit works in one or both categories of poetry and/or fiction. Three winners from each category will be selected.
To mark the occasion of the English department’s addition of a new creative writing major and minor, first prize winners will receive $2000 renewable Silver Lake College scholarship. In addition to the scholarships, first prize selections from both categories will be published in Silver Reflections, a literary journal published annually by Silver Lake College. Cash prizes of $75 for second and $50 for third place will also be awarded. All awards will be presented at a ceremony to be held Thursday, February 9, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in the Generose Enrichment Center located on the Silver Lake College campus, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
SouthWest Writers: Young Writers Contest
Open to high school students living in New Mexico
There are four categories:
* Fiction
* Non-Fiction
* Poetry
* Journalism
Deadline: Postmark May 1 There are four categories:
* Fiction
* Non-Fiction
* Poetry
* Journalism--New This Year
Entry fee: None
Award: Cash prizes are awarded in all four categories:
* 1st Place - $300
* 2nd Place - $200
* 3rd Place - $100
* Honorable Mention - $50
The Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students. Eligible poets must be high school students living within 100 miles of St. Louis.
Deadlline: Postmarked by February 1
Entry fee: None
Award: First prize, $50. Second prize, $35. First and second prize and honorable mention winners will be invited to perform their poems at the annual poetry concert in April. Winning poems will be published in a chapbook available at the concert.
Weekly Reader Contests
Ann Aryls Bowler Poetry Contest
Students in grades 6 through 12 are eligible
Deadline: January 31
Entry fee: None
Award: $100, a medal engraved with your name, and publication in Read magazine. In addition, six runners-up will receive $50 and publication on Read's Web site.
Submitting Materials to Voices
All students are welcome to submit their poems, short-short stories, letters, jokes, puzzles, cartoons, and illustrations to Voices.
Friendship Poetry Contest (Grade 3)
WFoP is offering its 17th annual poetry contest for students attending public, private or parochial schools or being home-schooled in Wisconsin: For students in Junior (6-8) and Senior (grade 9-12) divisions.
Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Saturday, February 3
Entry fee: none
Award: 1st $30, 2nd $20, 3rd $10, Honorable Mention $5 JUNIOR DIVISION (grades 6-8) and SENIOR DIVISION (grades 9-12).
Word Works Young Poets Competition
W. Perry Epes of THE WORD WORKS invites Washington, DC area high school students to submit their original poetry for consideration in its annual Young Poets Competition. There will be two winners selected. The winners and other notable entrants will be recommended for a reading at the Nora School Poetry Series held in Silver Spring, Maryland, on the second Thursday of the month during the school year.
Deadline: Submission period: January 1 to March 31 each year.
Entry fee: none
Award: The winners will:
- Receive an honorarium.
- Read their original work in an outdoor setting near the Joaquin Miller Cabin in Rock Creek Park one evening in June or July (to be arranged).
- Appear with an established poet at that reading.
Writer's Digest sponsors several writing contests, including contests for writers age 13+. If you'd like to receive contest news via email, subscribe to the Writer's Digest Competition Update.
Young Poets of Delaware County Competition
For all school age residents of Delaware County, Wisconsin, grades 1 - 12.
Deadline: to be announced
Entry fee: none
Award: Prizes will include savings bonds for first place winners & publication in a booklet for all 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners.
The Anthology of Poetry, Inc. would like to (1) make a selection of detailed lesson plans available for teachers to use, and (2) allow teachers to have their own poetry contests and submit the 3 winning poems from a class or grade to be included in our Anthology Of Poetry - Teacher Selection volumes.
Deadline: Not specified
Entry Fee: NONE
Prize: Not specified
The Younkin-Rivera Prizes for Young Writers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
This is a nationwide competition for creative writers aged 15-18.
Entries will be accepted during the month of April in the genres of poetry and prose.
The prize in each category is $250 and a full tuition scholarship to the 8th Annual Young Writers Workshop. For detailed information about entering this competition download the Younkin-Revera Prize information.
Eentry fee: $5.
Program Date: late June 28 - early July
Program Times:
Program Location: SIU Carbondale Campus
Registration Deadline: early June
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