Awards & Bursaries: Words - Poetry
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Below is a list of organisations which offer awards or bursaries in poetry. Click on the title for more details.
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Canada
Gerald Lampert
Memorial Award
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further information: The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is given in the memory of Gerald Lampert,
an arts administrator who organized authors' tours and took a particular
interest in the work of new writers. The award recognizes the best first
book of poetry published by a Canadian in the preceding year. The Award
carries a prize of $1,000 and is sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets.
It is presented each year at the League's Annual General Meeting in May
or June, with the shortlist announced in April.
Pat Lowther Memorial
Award
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further information: Given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the
preceding year. Previous winners and submission details.
UK
Arvon Foundation Bursaries
Deadline: see website
Award: Course fee for residential creative writing courses
Further information: For people of all ages and backgrounds.
Cholmondeley Awards for Poets
Deadline: Spring
Award: £8 000 (shared)
Further information: Awards are honorary and submissions are not accepted.
CLPE Poetry Award
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further information: Organised by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award
Deadline: July
Award: see website
Further information: For writers between the ages of 11 and 18.
Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards
Deadline: October
Award: £24,000 (total)
Further information: Awarded to British poets under the age of 30.
The James W Hackett Annual International Award for Haiku
Deadline: November
Award: £70
Further information: Poems must not be published or under consideration in other competitions or awards.
Top 100 Poets of the Year
Deadline: October
Award: £10 000 (total)
Further information: Encourages poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit.
John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry
Deadline: see website
Award: £500
Further information: Entrants have five minutes to impress the judges.
USA
Allen
Ginsberg Poetry Awards
Deadline: April
Award: see website
Further information: Annual contest seeks original, unpublished
poems, no more than two manuscript pages in length, on any themes, and in
any genre. Prize money totals $1,300. Sponsored by the Poetry Center
at Passaic County Community
College.
Bridport Prize
Deadline: June
Award: see website
Further information: An
international creative writing competition for poetry (under 42 lines) and
short stories (under 5,000 words). Prize money totals ten thousand pounds.
Entry fee: Six pounds.
Frances Locke Memorial
Poetry Award
Deadline: June
Award: $1 000
Further information: Annual contest offers a $1,000 cash award, plus
publication, for an imaginative work. Reading fee: $10.
Poetry Society of
America Awards
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
More info: Presented annually for original poetry - includes
awards for first books and small press, the Frost Medal for lifetime
achievement, and the Shelley Memorial Award. Winners, guidelines, PSA
activities, and various literary links.
Short Grain Contest
Deadline: January
Award: $6 000
More info: Annual contest seeks original, unpublished poems in four categories.
Max Swenson Poetry Award
Deadline: September
Award: $1 000
More info: Seeks original manuscripts, 50-100 pages, on any theme. Prize: $1,000,
plus publication. Reading fee: $25.
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awards
Deadline:see website
Award:see website
Further information: Designed
to support the working poet. For original poetry in English by a U.S.
resident. There is a special award for a first book. Winners and entry
requirements.
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