Category: Contests (No Entry Fee)

My review of Nicole Rollender’s ‘Louder Than Everything You Love’ published by Yellow Chair Press + their free weekly poetry contest!

My review of Louder Than Everything You Love by Nicole Rollender just went up on Yellow Chair Review! “Rollender brings us in close, provides visions and imagery so full and real I came to know these women, stood in their kitchens, felt their ghosts drift across my bones. There's both […]

My review of Nicole Rollender's 'Louder Than Everything You Love' published by Yellow Chair Press + their free weekly poetry contest!

My review of Louder Than Everything You Love by Nicole Rollender just went up on Yellow Chair Review! “Rollender brings us in close, provides visions and imagery so full and real I came to know these women, stood in their kitchens, felt their ghosts drift across my bones. There's both […]

What are the Tandem Reader Awards and how are they helping poets?

I’m blown away by the importance and the meaning packed into this project. The folks at the Tandem Reader Awards have attracted support from some outstanding literary community presses and lit mags, such as Milkweed Editions, Copper Canyon Press, Sundress Publications, and poets and artists such as, Kaveh Akbar, Siaara Freeman, Megan […]

Poetry Chapbook Contest $10 fee, 25 Copies – Two of Cups Press, DEADLINE: June 15, 2015

I read A LOT of submission guidelines, contest guidelines, and especially I spend A LOT of time wading through contests that charge fees to insure that when I spend my hard earned dough to submit to a contest, the press is not only legit, but offering a good […]

FREE Poetry Contest, Floodmark Poetry – DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your best poem to the free White Elephant poetry contest sponsored by Floodmark Poetry. The winner will receive a White Elephant inspiration bag filled with all kinds of handpicked goodies! The coolest part… each qualifier will receive feedback on their poetry submissions. Really, that’s cool. You […]

My review of chapbook Puzzle Pieces published by Yellow Chair Press + their free weekly poetry contest!

My chapbook review of Puzzle Pieces by Bernard Grant just went up on Yellow Chair Review! This chapbook was a wonderful read. If you’re interested in writing reviews, browse through some of the reviews on their Reviews/Articles page to get a feel for how they are written. Also, many presses/authors […]

NO FEE Submission Call w/ $200 in awards–Four Chambers Press, DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

To read more about Four Chambers Press or for more about their editors, read their Staff page here. Four chambers is a fairly new print literary magazine that published their first issue in 2013 as “an independent community literary magazine based in Phoenix, AZ whose mission is to give greater visibility to the literary […]

Poetry contest to help women in need–$500 prize value!/$8 fee, DEADLINE: May 7, 2016

This is such an amazing prize package for a low $8 entry fee! $6.61 from each entry goes directly to a woman in need. All proceeds from the entry fees benefit the Live Your Dream Award, sponsored by SI of Rittenhouse Square, PA, typically given to a single mother […]

Kore Press supports women writers + new poetry & contest deadlines in April!

If you identify as female and are a poet or writer, make sure to spend some time on Kore Press' web site! Kore Press believes that "publishing women is social justice work." They have been publishing women poets and writers since 1993 and are passionate about the work […]

Kore Press supports women writers + new poetry & contest deadlines in April!

If you identify as female and are a poet or writer, make sure to spend some time on Kore Press' web site! Kore Press believes that "publishing women is social justice work." They have been publishing women poets and writers since 1993 and are passionate about the work […]

Trish Hopkinson