Manuscripts are judged anonymously and all finalists will be considered. Recommended 4888 pages of poems, but submissions of all lengths will be considered. The berkshire prize is an open competition with a cash prize. The annual tupelo press berkshire prize award for a first or second book of. Contests to enter a list of chapbook contests in order of their corresponding deadlines.
Berkshire prize for a first or second book of poetry sponsored by. Berkshire prize for a first or second book of poetry duotrope. Mills is also the author of two other books of poems, hawk parable, winner of the prestigious 2017 akron poetry prize, and tongue lyre, winner of the 20 crab orchard series in poetry first book award. Home meta nav our sponsors tupelo press dorset prize. They specialize in poetry, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction and are a nonprofit organization. The annual tupelo press berkshire prize award for a first or second book of poetry is an open competition for a poetry manuscript with a.
Duotropes listing for berkshire prize for a first or second book of poetry. She is author of the chapbook, anchor chain, open sail finishing line press, 2006. Her first fulllength collection of poetry, flinch of song, was published in 2009 by tupelo press, and won the tupelo press crazyhorse first book prize. Cave canem poetry prize graywolf press is one of the publishers of the cave canem poetry prize, a first book award dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by african american poets. Tupelo press will publish mills 2018 poetry book, the city scattered. Read halve the tupelo press first second book award. Announcing the results of the 2019 july open reading period.
Tupelo press, which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction and nonfiction by emerging and established writers. About jennifer michael hecht academy of american poets. A camouflage of specimens and garments tupelo press, 2016, finalist for the eric hoffer book award and the sheila margaret motton. Tupelo press submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital. His second book won the gival press poetry award we deserve the gods we ask for and appeared in september, 2014. Winner of the tupelo press crazyhorse first book prize. Submissions are accepted between september 1 and november 1 of each year. Her first book is the vital system from tupelo press, and her poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies including poetry, callaloo, jubilat, ploughshares, and best american experimental writing 2015. Funny university of wisconsin press, 2005, winner of the 2005 felix pollak prize. Translations are not eligible for this prize, nor are previously selfpublished books.
Tupelo press does not publish childrens books, inspirational books, graphic. The lenamiles wever todd prize for a book length collection of poetry will open september 15, 2019 and close november 15, 2019. Tupelo press the american literary translators association. Jennifer militello is an american poet and professor. Poetry collection first or second book submission length. Kundiman will not be running our poetry prize in 2020. The idaho prize kore press first book award iowa poetry prize kathryn a. Awards given by tupelo press include the dorset prize, the berkshire prize for a first or second book of poetry, and the snowbound series chapbook award. Anna maria hong is the visiting creative writer at ursinus college and was a bunting fellow in poetry at the radcliffe institute for advanced study. Tupelo press is delighted to announce that afterfeast by lisa hiton of deerfield, illinois, has been selected by mary jo bang to win the 2019 tupelo press dorset prize. Manuscripts must be typed, paginated, and 50 70 pages in length.
Levines tupelo press, founded eight years ago, had been almost universally praised for setting a new standard among independent literary presses and for sponsoring three successful poetry contests. Jennifer militello is the author of the pact, forthcoming from tupelo press in 2021 and knock wood, winner of the dzanc nonfiction prize dzanc books, 2019, as well as four additional collections of poetry. Tupelo press the berkshire prize for a first or second book. A notsosecret press the berkshire eagle pittsfield breaking. Tupelos dorset prize, while open to all poets has gone to a first book more than half the time since its inception 12 years ago. Graywolf publishes every third winner of the prize. The kundiman poetry prize is dedicated to publishing exceptional work by asian american poets at any stage of their career. Jul 22, 2011 tupelo press has announced the winner plus runnersup and finalists of their 2011 firstsecond book award as selected by d. Tyler mills receives tupelo press 2019 snowbound chapbook. The berkshire prize for a first or second book of poetry 2020. Upcoming poetry book prize contests for poc writers decanon. We are a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization and rely on public support to fulfill our mission to publish extraordinary work that may be outside the realm of large commercial. Malachi black of provincetown, massachusetts for storm toward mor. In their clients they are looking for a blend of urgency of language, imagination, distinctiveness, and craft.
December 31, 2018 postmark or online submission date final judge. Manuscripts are judged anonymously and all finalists will be considered for publication. What we look for is a blend of urgency of language, imagination, distinctiveness, and craft. For jenny molberg, the invisible and barely visible are forms of memory, articulations of our place in the cosmos. Under the influence of broadcasts such as national public radios marketplace a daily roundup of stock reports and business news, daniel khalastchi composed a series of characterdriven poems whose recurrent narrator is physically and mentally manipulated while the world around him takes little notice. Berkshire prize for a first or second book of poetry. A project of tupelo press see other related projects. Tupelo press is an awardwinning independent literary press that publishes fine fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in books that are a joy to hold as well as read.
Morton prize in poetry literary sashimi award the magellan prize main street rag book contest marianne moore poetry prize marsh hawk poetry prize midlist press first series awards naomi long madgett poetry award national poetry series. Her second book, master suffering, will be published by tupelo press in 2021. Tupelo offers one of the most talkedabout online literary journals, tupelo quarterly, which has already been recognized by the best american series, and elsewhere. Recently, his fiction won the bevel summers fiction prize from shenandoah, was a finalist for the. Winner of the berkshire prize, tupelo press s first second book award, selected by jeffrey harrison. Burroughs earned her mfa from the university of pittsburgh. The first of platypuss teaspoonsized delicacies that i sampled was ode to the far shore, a collection of five poems by khaty xiong, a hmong american poet xiongs fulllength poetry collection poor anima, released by apogee press in 2016, was the firstever fulllength poetry book to be published by a hmong american woman poet. Submit to the berkshire prize for a first or second book of poetry from tupelo press. Winner of the berkshire prize, tupelo press s first second book award, selected by jeffrey harrison honorable mention, 2017 sheila margaret motton book prize. The dorset prize is an open competition for a poetry manuscript, with a cash prize. Readings, launch parties, and author signings at our booth. An independent literary press fostering the literary arts since 1999. Marvels of the invisible by jenny molberg tupelo press. In this awardwinning debut collection, the smallest things of the world bear enormous emotive weight.
If youd like to add a contest to our listing, you can do so here. Tupelo press announces the results of the 2020 dorset prize. Winnerlantern puzzle by ye chun of columbus, missouri photo credit. See what theyre looking for in submissions and get statistics on acceptance rates, response times, and more.