Poetry Contests 2021We've assembled a comprehensive list which features 74 of the most popular poetry contests in 2021, organized by entry deadline. Each poetry competition below has a link to the contest submission guidelines so you can learn a bit more about the contest, publisher and choose the poetry competition that's the best fit. We've also included the entry fee and prize money for each of the 2021 poetry contests listed on this page.
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What's Included in our 2021 Poetry Contest List?
Whether you're looking for competitions for books of poetry, want to enter your free-verse poems in a contest, or prefer to submit the structured meter of traditional poetic forms ... we hope you'll find something of interest in the large and eclectic list of poetry contests below.
ARDOR is no longer open for submissions, but we still want to encourage and support writers by providing useful resources and we'll make an effort to edit, update and expand our list of poetry contests and competitions which pay writers each year. If you see that we've missed a poetry contest please let us know (there's a poetry contest submission form at the bottom of this page) and we'll review and add it as soon as we have some time.
If you find this list of 2021 poetry contests useful - please share it with fellow writers so they can find and use this resource as well. Good luck with your poetry contest submissions!
ARDOR is no longer open for submissions, but we still want to encourage and support writers by providing useful resources and we'll make an effort to edit, update and expand our list of poetry contests and competitions which pay writers each year. If you see that we've missed a poetry contest please let us know (there's a poetry contest submission form at the bottom of this page) and we'll review and add it as soon as we have some time.
If you find this list of 2021 poetry contests useful - please share it with fellow writers so they can find and use this resource as well. Good luck with your poetry contest submissions!
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List of 2021 Poetry Contests
Click on the name of any of these poetry competitions to learn more or to read complete submission guidelines and instructions.
January Poetry Contests
Mississippi Review Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 1/1/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Bayou Magazine's Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry
Entry Deadline: 1/1/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Gemini Magazine Poetry Open
Entry Deadline: 1/3/2021
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $1,000
The Colorado Review Prize for Poetry
Entry Deadline: 1/14/2021
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $2,000
The William Matthews Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 1/15/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
The Third Coast 2021 Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 1/15/2021
Entry Fee: $16
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $16
Prize: $1,000
Meridian Editors' Prize for Poetry
Entry Deadline: 1/25/2021
Entry Fee: $8.50
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $8.50
Prize: $1,000
Crazyhorse Prize in Poetry
Entry Deadline: 1/31/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $2,000
February Poetry Contests
Wisehouse International Poetry Award
Entry Deadline: 2/29/2021
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $1,000
April Poetry Contests
The Magpie Award for Poetry
Entry Deadline: 4/17/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $500
USA Gold Pencils Student Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 4/29/2021
Entry Fee: None
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: None
Prize: $500
The Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $3,000
Redivider's Beacon Street Prize
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
Nimrod Literary Awards
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $2,000
The 2021 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize Competition
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $5,000
Willow Books Literature Awards
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $30
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Prize: $1,000
Noemi Press Book Awards
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
The Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize
Entry Deadline: 4/30/2021
Entry Fee: $27
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $27
Prize: $1,000
May Poetry Contests
Tupelo Quarterly Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/1/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $500
The Poetry of the Sacred Contest
Entry Deadline: 5/1/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/1/2021
Entry Fee: $30
Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $30
Prize: $2,500
Moon City Poetry Award
Entry Deadline: 5/1/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Fugue's Annual Writing Contest
Entry Deadline: 5/1/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
The Peseroff Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/1/2021
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $1,000
Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/5/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,500
The Idaho Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Loraine Williams Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize for Poetry
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $2,000
Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $16
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $16
Prize: $500
Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $24
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $24
Prize: $1,000
Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $2,000
BorderSenses Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $250
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $250
Gertrude Press Chapbook Competition
Entry Deadline: 5/15/2021
Entry Fee: $17
Prize: $250
Entry Fee: $17
Prize: $250
The Backwaters Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/31/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Black River Chapbook Competition
Entry Deadline: 5/31/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
Grist's Pro Forma Writing Contest
Entry Deadline: 5/31/2021
Entry Fee: $18
Prize: $750
Entry Fee: $18
Prize: $750
Tethered by Letters 2021 Spring Literary Contest
Entry Deadline: 5/31/2021
Entry Fee: $8/poem
Prize: $300
Entry Fee: $8/poem
Prize: $300
Juxtaprose 2021 Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 5/31/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $500
The Cossack Review's October Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 5/31/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $400
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $400
June Poetry Contests
Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 6/1/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,500
2021 TIFERET Writing Contest
Entry Deadline: 6/1/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,500
Boulevard Emerging Poets Contest
Entry Deadline: 6/1/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
The Bitter Oleander Press Library of Poetry Award
Entry Deadline: 6/15/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Guy Owen Award
Entry Deadline: 6/15/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Akron Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 6/15/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,500
Annual Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award
Entry Deadline: 6/27/2021
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $100
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $100
May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 6/30/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
New Measure Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 6/30/2021
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $1,000
Barrow Street Book Contest
Entry Deadline: 6/30/2021
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $1,000
Cider Press Editors' Prize
Entry Deadline: 6/30/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
The Autumn House Press Contests
Entry Deadline: 6/30/2021
Entry Fee: $30
Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $30
Prize: $2,500
July Poetry Contests
Bellevue Literary Review Prizes
Entry Deadline: 7/1/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Auburn Witness Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 7/15/2021
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,000
Vallum Award for Poetry
Entry Deadline: 7/15/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $750
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $750
Rattle Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 7/15/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $10,000
Dream Quest One Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 7/31/2021
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $250
Entry Fee: $5
Prize: $250
Red Paint Hill Byant-Lisembee Book Prize (Poetry)
Entry Deadline: 7/31/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $300
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $300
New Millenium Writings Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 7/31/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
BOATT Poetry Chapbook Competition
Entry Deadline: 7/31/2021
Entry Fee: $14
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $14
Prize: $500
Seattle Review Poetry Chapbook Contest
Entry Deadline: 7/31/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
August Poetry Contests
Makeda Bilqis Literary Awards
Entry Deadline: 8/15/2021
Entry Fee: $12
Prize: $100
Entry Fee: $12
Prize: $100
The Brighthorse Prize
Entry Deadline: 8/16/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
The New Guard Contest in Poetry
Entry Deadline: 8/20/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,500
September Poetry Contests
Patricia Dobler Poetry Award
Entry Deadline: 9/5/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Los Gatos Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 9/10/2021
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $600
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $600
Miller Williams Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 9/30/2021
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $28
Prize: $5,000
Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 9/30/2021
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $1,500
October Poetry Contests
The Jake Adam York Prize
Entry Deadline: 10/15/2021
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $25
Prize: $2,000
James Hearst Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 10/31/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Rhino Poetry Founders' Prize
Entry Deadline: 10/31/2021
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $500
November Poetry Contests
Tethered By Letters Fall Poetry Contest
Entry Deadline: 11/1/2021
Entry Fee: $8
Prize: $300
Entry Fee: $8
Prize: $300
December Poetry Contests
Annual Gival Press Poetry Award
Entry Deadline: 12/15/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize
Entry Deadline: 12/15/2021
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Prize: $1,000
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Please Note - We're updating this list as additional great poetry contests are recommended to us. If you manage a literary journal and would like your contest added to this list, please complete the form to submit your poetry contest for review.
Please Note - We're updating this list as additional great poetry contests are recommended to us. If you manage a literary journal and would like your contest added to this list, please complete the form to submit your poetry contest for review.