Source:
http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/margaret/ma_guidelines.php

Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse

Welcome to the third annual Margaret Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. First prize is $1,000. A total of $3,500 in prizes will be awarded (up from $2,000 in 2005). Winning entries will be published. Click here to read about the past winners.

Submission Period
Entries accepted November 15-June 30

What to Submit

Source:
http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/

The Bridport Prize

The Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition started in 1973 as a local project with minimal entry fees and nominal prizes, to raise funds for the development of Bridport Arts Centre. in 1980 the Bridport Prize became a regional competition with a first prize in each category of £100. Although coverage was intended to be only regional, right from the start the competition attracted entries from all parts of the UK and even some from overseas.

Source:
http://www.chapteronepromotions.com/open_poetry.htm

OPEN POETRY COMPETITION

Annual Poetry Competition where the top twenty poems, as selected

by our judge Anna Robinson, will be placed on our website and

voted on by the public to determine the winners!

1st Prize £1000

2nd Prize £500

3rd Prize £250

Details

Maximum Length: 30 lines

Status: unpublished

Fee: £5

Deadline: Midnight on Thursday 1st June 2006

All entries must include the poets details on a separate sheet.

Payment Options

* Submit poem online and pay online

Guidelines for the War Poetry Contest

Now in its fifth year, this contest seeks today's best poems on the theme of war. We will award $3,000 in prizes. Click here to read the winning entries from past contests.

Submission Period
Entries accepted November 15-May 31

What to Submit
1-3 original, unpublished poems on the theme of war. Their combined length should not exceed 500 lines. Contestants may enter once per year.

Prizes
First Prize, $1,500 cash and publication on WinningWriters.com
Second Prize, $500 cash and publication on WinningWriters.com

Wergle Flomp Poetry Contest

Sponsored by Winning Writers

We seek the best humor poem that has been sent to a 'vanity poetry contest' as a joke. Cash prizes totaling $1,609.00 will be awarded. Free to enter.

2006 Prizes

First Prize of $1,190.00 and publication on Winningwriters.com

Second Prize of $169.00 and publication on WinningWriters.com

Third Prize of $60.00 and publication on WinningWriters.com

Five honorable mentions will receive $38.00 each and publication on WinningWriters.com.

Deadline: April 1, 2006.

For more details, go to:

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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:22:02 -0800
To: Creative Writing Students
From: Creative Writing
Subject: 2006 Carver Awards

Posted by writer Marianne Villanueva at the Flips mailing list: flips (at) uni.edu --

Friends, please help me spread the word. If you or anyone you know knows a high schooler who lives in San Francisco, and that high schooler has written or is thinking of writing a play, then encourage them to apply to this festival:

Deadline for submissions: DEC. 23, 2005 (postmark deadline)

SUBMIT YOUR PLAY to be a part of the 1st Annual San Francisco Young Playwrights Festival and see your work produced before all of San Francisco!

CONTEST RULES    
    

OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW AND AMATEUR WRITERS OF NEW SHORT STORIES OR NOVELETTES OF SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY

NO ENTRY FEE IS REQUIRED

ENTRANTS RETAIN ALL PUBLICATION RIGHTS
 

The Poetry Judge for Poetry of the Sacred Contest 2006 is Sena Jeter Naslund

Guidelines for the Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Contest 2006

What is poetry of the sacred? Poetry that expresses, directly or indirectly, a sense of the holy or that, by its mode of expression, evokes the sacred. The tone may be religious, prophetic, or contemplative.

- Deadline for submissions: December 31, 2005

- First Prize, $500; Three Honorable Mention Prizes, $50 each