Category: Contests (No Entry Fee)

NO FEE Chapbook Publishers and other Chapbook Listings

The individual listings below are the chapbook publishers I found which do not charge submission fees, reading fees, or contest fees. The majority of chapbooks are published via contests and do typically require a fee from $10 – $25. Research each market thoroughly and make sure submitting is […]

FREE ENTRY – Pith of Prose & Poem Contest ($300 in cash prizes) - concÄ«s, DEADLINE: Sept. 15, 2016

I recently came across concÄ«s, a fairly new lit mag that not only pays contributors, but also supports Room to Read, an organization dedicated to educating children in need in Asia and Africa. You can opt to donate your payment and concÄ«s will double it. They also provide a Donation Tracker so […]

FREE ENTRY – Pith of Prose & Poem Contest ($300 in cash prizes) - concÄ«s, DEADLINE: Sept. 15, 2016

I recently came across concÄ«s, a fairly new lit mag that not only pays contributors, but also supports Room to Read, an organization dedicated to educating children in need in Asia and Africa. You can opt to donate your payment and concÄ«s will double it. They also provide a Donation Tracker so […]

Listen to the PSH conversation with the poetry contest judges: M. Brett Gaffney, Trish Hopkinson, and Helen Townsend

If you missed listening to the Poetry Super Highway conversation with the judges live, it’s now available as a recording to listen to at your earliest convenience! You can hear what we’re looking for in the poetry contest entries, who our favorite poets are, and hear us reading […]

Live conversation with poetry contest judges (including me)! THIS SUNDAY 8/14/16 online w/ Poetry Super Highway @ 2pm Pacific

I’m so excited to be judging this contest this year along with two talented and wonderful poets, M. Brett Gaffney and Helen Townsend. This Sunday @ 2pm Pacific we will be live on the air with Rick Lupert of Poetry Super Highway reading poems, having a conversation about […]

2 FREE writing contests, submission call, and interview! Lunch Ticket’s 1st DEADLINE: Aug 31

I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. I wanted to know a little bit more about what they have going on and they are up to a lot of amazing things! Including two free writing contests […]

2 FREE writing contests, submission call, and interview! Lunch Ticket's 1st DEADLINE: Aug 31

I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. I wanted to know a little bit more about what they have going on and they are up to a lot of amazing things! Including two free writing contests […]

Poetry Super Highway Contest (non-profit), $1/Poem entry fee, DEADLINE: Oct. 1, 2016

I’m so excited to be judging this contest this year along with two other talented and wonderful poets, M. Brett Gaffney and Helen Townsend. You can read samples of our work featured in July here. We’ve already started receiving some wonderful submissions, so definitely send in your best! […]

5 NO ENTRY FEE Contests open in August, next deadline: Aug 3, 2016

Make sure to check out the blog Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity. They post regular lists of places to submit on their Calls for Submissions page. End of July they posted an awesome list of free contests running in August. I've filtered the list to the remaining open contests and […]

7 NO ENTRY FEE Contests open in July, next deadline: July 20, 2016

Make sure to check out the blog Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity. They post regular lists of places to submit. Like this one: 24 Calls for Submissions in July 2016 - Paying Markets. End of June they posted an awesome list of free contests also running in […]

Trish Hopkinson