January Deadlines: 11 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
Welcome 2018 with that new year’s courage: submit yourself to these fellowships, magazines, awards and internships. & as always, submit poetry for free to our New Voices.
The Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press 2017 Chapbook Contest
This chapbook contest from Button Poetry ends in just a few days, so gather that rowdy family of poems, tie ’em together with a little bow, and send them to Button Poetry & Exploding Pinecone Press. Winner receives publication, $500, and a trip to Minneapolis to perform for Button’s video series. Submit here.
Entry Fee: $15
Deadline: January 5
The Sixth Finch
Send up to 8 poems to land your name in this great little mag and press. Submit here.
Entry Fee: Free
Deadline: January 5
Dartmouth Poet In Residence at Frost Place
For a month and half this summer, you’ll live and sleep in Robert Frost’s “very rustic” farmhouse in Vermont. They’re looking for a poet with a collection already out, and who is “at an artistic and personal crossroads.” Also, $2000 worth of grants. Submit here.
Entry Fee: $28
Deadline: January 5
NEA Grant for Translation Projects
Translators! This one’s for you. Get your $12,500 or $25,000 grant (while you can) for a book-length translation project. Getting a government grant is a little extra bureaucracy, so make sure you start the process early. Submit here.
Entry Fee: Free
Deadline: January 11
Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize
This prize is specifically for the debut collection of a Latinx poet. Winner will recieve $1000 and publication by the University of Notre Dame Press. The judge this year is Ada Limón. Submit here.
Entry Fee: Free
Deadline: January 15
Anomaly’s Egyptian Writers Folio
Egyptian poets: this is a good opportunity to share your voice alongside other talented Egyptians. Send them up to five poems, and support this great effort to increase visibility for new voices. Submit by emailing hfahmy [at] wesleyan.edu.
Entry Fee: Free
Deadline: January 15
Vassar Review
From their call for the Flesh & Form issue: “Inviting embodiment as a medium, “Flesh & Form” engages failure and curiosity for new avenues of possibility at the edge of being.” Send 6 poems, and keep in mind that they are particularly looking for content that queers the body. Submit here.
Entry Fee: Free
Deadline: January 19
2017 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
For debut poets, this contest will award $3000 and publication with the respected Red Hen Press, judged by Richard Blanco. Poets also get a 4 week solitude-residency at PLAYA. Open to everyone, and the contest has been going for almost two decades. Submit here.
Entry Fee: $25
Deadline: January 31
River Styx
River Styx has been pushing great work since the 70’s. Send them 2 to 4 poems, and make sure to read some of their back issue content before deciding which ones. Submit here.
Entry Fee: $2.50
Deadline: January 31
Undergrads! Amazing opportunity for you: 3 week seminar in June this year. Ten spots are up for grabs, and you’ll get learned by the incredible poets Kaveh Akbar, Ada Limón, and Phillip B. Williams, Katie Hays, Dierde O’Connor, Monika Sok, and David Winter. Submit here.
Entry Fee: Free
Deadline: January 31
Award for College Writers
The only award for black college writers alone, the Hurston/Wright Award offers cash prize and an invitation to a reading in D.C. If you’re black and currently enrolled in undergrad or graduate school, low-residency MFAs included, this is an excellent opportunity to be seen. Send 3 poems, no identifying info on the manuscript. Submit here.
Entry Fee: $25
Deadline: January 31 (though Submittable shows a deadline for 1/3—wait at your own risk)
