Our annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Top prize: $3,000. Deadline: September 30.
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Carve Magazine's Prose & Poetry Contest is open October 1 - November 15, 2020. Accepting submissions from all over the world, but work must be in English. Max 10,000 words for fiction and nonfiction; 2,000 words for poetry. Prizes: $1,000 each for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. All 3 winners published in Spring 2021. Entry fee $17 online only. Guest judges are Shruti Swamy for fiction, Kendra Allen for nonfiction, and Roy G. Guzmán for poetry.
Prizes: $3,500
Deadline: Apr 1, 2022
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Prizes: $8,000
Deadline: Apr 30, 2022
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Prizes: $13,750
Deadline: Jun 30, 2021
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Prizes: $8,000
Deadline: Sep 30, 2021
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