The Connecticut Poetry Society Presents The Vivian Shipley Award
Deadline: September 30, 2025
With your best poem, you could win the $1,000 top prize in the Vivian Shipley contest hosted by the Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS).
Vivian Shipley is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Connecticut State University. She received the Library of Congress’s Connecticut Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the Literary Community, and twice received the Connecticut Book Award for poetry. The most recent of her 12 poetry books, Archaeology of Days, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
A second prize of $100, and a third prize of $50 will also be awarded. Winning poems will be published in Connecticut River Review and winners will receive membership in the CPS.
Please submit 1-3 original poems in a single file, without contact information. Only electronic submissions through Submittable will be accepted. There is a $15 reading fee per entry.
Email contests.ctpoetry@gmail.com with questions.
