( Added: October 26, 2009 ) - The Yale Series of Younger Poets champions the most promising new American poets. Awarded since 1919, the Yale Younger Poets prize is the oldest annual literary award in the United
States.
Submissions for the 2010 Competition must be postmarked no earlier than October 1, 2009 and no later than November 15, 2009. See Guidelines for Submission below for precise information regarding your entry.
Each year, Yale University Press seeks one book-length poetry
manuscript to be published in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The competition is open to any American citizen under forty years of age who has not published a book of poetry (contestants must be under the age of forty at the time they submit the manuscript to the competition). The winner receives
royalties when the book is published.
All poems must be original - translations are not accepted. Writers who have had chapbooks of poetry printed in editions of no more than 300 copies are eligible. Only one manuscript may be submitted each year. Manuscripts submitted in previous years may
be resubmitted.
Submissions for the 2010 Competition must be postmarked no earlier than October 1, 2009 and no later than November 15, 2009. See Guidelines for Submission below for precise information regarding your entry.
Each year, Yale University Press seeks one book-length poetry manuscript to be published in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The competition is open to any American citizen under forty years of age who has not published a book of poetry (contestants must be under the age of forty at the time they submit the manuscript to the competition). The winner receives royalties when the book is published.
All poems must be original - translations are not accepted. Writers who have had chapbooks of poetry printed in editions of no more than 300 copies are eligible. Only one manuscript may be submitted each year. Manuscripts submitted in previous years may be resubmitted.
Website: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/youngerpoets.asp