The Colorado Prize for Poetry
Deadline: January 14, 2027
The Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University invites submissions to the Colorado Prize for Poetry until January 14, 2027, allowing for a five-day grace period. Authors do not need to reside in Colorado or the United States. Our final judge will be Juliana Spahr.
The winning book will be published by the Center for Literary Publishing and distributed by the University Press of Colorado in the fall of 2027. The poet will receive a $2,500 honorarium.
The Colorado Prize for Poetry is an international poetry book manuscript contest established in 1995. Manuscripts may consist of poems that have been published, but the manuscript as a whole must be unpublished. Please do not submit self-published books. Please do not submit manuscripts that have made use of AI to generate, revise, or edit (use of spelling and grammar checks within word processors is allowed).
We have a limited number of fee waivers available for writers experiencing financial hardship. Email creview@colostate.edu directly to request one of these waivers.
See the complete guidelines on our website, and submit online via Submittable.
