Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize
Deadline December 15 (must be received by this date), formerly Feburary 15. Highly Recommended free contest awards publication and $3,000 prize for a first or second book by a writer of African descent "that is, or intersects with, poetry" (e.g. poetry, hybrid work, speculative prose, and/or translation). Open to the full range of writers embodying African American, African, and African diasporic experiences. Enter your manuscript, between 48-168 pages, online. Co-sponsored by the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics at the University of Pittsburgh and Autumn House Press.
Source: https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/caapp-book-prize/
Published: November 28, 2025
