Nicholas Kennedy

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Prizes: $3,750
Deadline: Apr 1, 2025
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Prizes: $12,000
Deadline: May 1, 2025
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Deadline: Jul 1, 2025
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Prizes: $12,000
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
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Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source

Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
$350 prize, deadline change: received by January 14 | Visit source

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