• THE RUTH LILLY POETRY PRIZE - THE RUTH LILLY POETRY PRIZE honors a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition. Established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly, the annual prize is sponsored and administered by the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. Over the last twenty years, the Lilly prize has awarded over $1,000,000. ^pop (Added: 19-Oct-2006 Hits: 481 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest - The Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest accepts original poems of any length, style or theme. Both published and unpublished works are accepted. 30 cash prizes totaling $3,500 will be awarded. First prize: $1,000. Second prize: $400. Third prize: $200. ^pop (Added: 18-Feb-2007 Hits: 1206 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Balcones Poetry Prize - The prize of $1,000 recognizes an outstanding book of poetry published during the year. Books of poetry in English of 42 pages or more may be submitted by author or publisher. (Added: 2-Jan-2008 Hits: 142 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Best Illinois Poetry and Prose Contest - This statewide poetry contest encourages students to believe their words matter. It also shows young people the power of language to express and reflect on their life experiences. Only IATE member teachers can submit entries. (Added: 19-Oct-2006 Hits: 237 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• California Coastal Art and Poetry Contest - The California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest encourages youth to reflect on the beauty and spirit of California's beaches and ocean. The contest aims to inspire a greater sense of appreciation and stewardship for these natural places, since a population that cares about the coast is more likely to work to conserve and protect it. The contest is held annually, and all California students in kindergarten through the 12th grade are invited to participate. (Added: 25-Mar-2007 Hits: 165 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• First Book Competition and Open Competition - In each category, $1,000 and publication in the CSU Poetry Series is offered for the best full-length volume of original poetry. (Added: 29-Feb-2008 Hits: 128 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• HANDS ON STANZAS POETS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM - The Poetry Center recognizes outstanding work by Chicago poets teaching in public schools through the HANDS ON STANZAS POETS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, a long-term arts education program that last year served more than 3,500 students on a weekly basis, and supports emerging poets by offering month-long residencies. Winners receive $750 in honor of their efforts on the part of students, schools and communities. (Added: 19-Oct-2006 Hits: 147 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Helen and Laura Krout Memorial Ohioana Poetry Award - Award of $1,000 to an author whose body of work has made, and continues to make, a significant contribution to poetry, and through whose work as a writer, teacher, administrator, or in community service, interest in poetry has been developed. The recipient must have been born in Ohio or lived in Ohio for a minimum of five years. (Added: 20-Jan-2008 Hits: 84 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Mary Ann Campau Memorial Fellowship - The Mary Ann Campau Memorial Fellowship for Southern Arizona Poets recognizes talented writers who strengthen and inspire our literary landscape. The Fellowship provides a $1000 stipend and an opportunity to read in the Poetry Center Reading Series. Fellows are selected through community nomination and juried selection. (Added: 12-Jan-2008 Hits: 105 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• PEN Award for Poetry in Translation - The $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is conferred every spring in New York. The award recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English published during the current calendar year, and is judged by a single translator of poetry appointed by the PEN Translation Committee. (Added: 10-Dec-2007 Hits: 67 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• POETRY OUT LOUD - POETRY OUT LOUD will award a total of $50,000 in scholarships and school stipends at the National Finals, with at least one $20,000 college scholarship for the Poetry Out Loud national champion. The classroom teacher of each winner at the regional competitions receives Commonwealth, a book of Pennsylvania poetry by Pennsylvania poets, published by Penn State Press. (Added: 19-Oct-2006 Hits: 358 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships - Two Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships are awarded annually through a national competition open to undergraduate and graduate students in creative writing or English who are enrolled in a university or college at the time of the application. Students must be American citizens born on or after April 16, 1976, and must not have published a collection of poetry or had one accepted for future publication. Each Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship is in the amount of $15,000, for use in further studies of poetry. (Added: 6-Mar-2007 Hits: 224 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry Award - Each entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed six pages. Poems must be original, written in English, and previously unpublished. One $1,000.00 prizewinner and two honorable mentions will be published in HUNGER MOUNTAIN, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters. (Added: 4-Apr-2008 Hits: 267 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Stadler Emerging Writer Fellowship - The Stadler Emerging Writer program offers poets who have recently completed their graduate work the chance to contribute to a thriving poetry center while providing time for the completion of a first book of poems. The stipend is $20,000. (Added: 5-Feb-2008 Hits: 102 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Stadler Fellowship - The Stadler Fellowship offers a recent MFA, MA, or PhD graduate in poetry the opportunity to receive professional training in arts administration and literary editing along with time to complete a first or second manuscript of poems. The Fellowship stipend is $20,000. (Added: 5-Feb-2008 Hits: 163 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

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