Genre: Poetry

Prize for Poetry and Medicine

Hippocrates Prize
Entry Fee: 
$8
Deadline: 
February 14, 2025
A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,271) and publication in the Hippocrates Prize anthology is given annually for a single poem on a medical theme. A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,271) and publication in the Hippocrates Prize anthology and on the website is also given for a single poem on a medical theme written by a health professional. Submit a poem of up to 50 lines with a £6 entry fee (approximately $8) by February 14. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Creative Writing Fellowships

National Endowment for the Arts
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 12, 2025
Approximately 35 grants of $25,000 each are given annually in alternating years to poets and prose writers to “enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.” This year fellowships will be given in fiction and creative nonfiction. Writers who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States and who have published at least five short stories, essays, or novel or memoir excerpts in two or more literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or other publications that regularly feature literature; a novel or novella; a short story collection or volume of short fiction; or a volume of creative nonfiction between January 1, 2015, and March 12, 2025, are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of 20 to 25 pages of prose, a brief project description, and a list of publications by March 12. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Translation Projects Fellowship

National Endowment for the Arts
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 16, 2025
Approximately 20 grants of up to $25,000 each are given annually to translators of poetry and prose. Writers who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States and who have published, alone or in collaboration, at least 20 pages of literary translation in digital or print publications, or at least one book or other volume of translation of at least 20 pages between January 1, 2010, and January 16, 2025, are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit 10 to 15 pages of translation along with the corresponding pages from the original work, a project description, a bio, a résumé for the original author, a justification of retranslation (if applicable), a list of published translations into English, and proof of the right to translate the specified work by January 16. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

First/Second Poetry Book Contest

Omnidawn Publishing
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
February 16, 2025
A prize of $3,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Daniela Naomi Molnar will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 40 to 90 pages with a $30 entry fee by February 16. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 

Arrowsmith Press
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
February 15, 2025
A prize of $2,000 is given annually for a poetry collection by a writer who is not a citizen of the United States published in English during the previous year. Authors or publishers may submit two copies of one or more books published in 2024 with a $20 entry fee by February 15. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

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