Three Omnidawn Poetry Competitions:
Chapbook Competition (Jan-Feb, 2012)
1st/2nd Book Competition (May-Jun, 2012)
Open Book Poetry Competition (Nov-Dec, 2012)
The winner of each of the three Omnidawn poetry book competitions wins either a $1,000 or a $3,000 cash prize, publication of the book with a full color cover by Omnidawn, 100 free copies of the winning book, and extensive display advertising and publicity, including prominent display ads in American Poetry Review, Poets & Writers Magazine, Rain Taxi Review of Books and other publications. All three Omnidawn poetry book contests have very similar eligibility requirements, guidelines, and submission procedures, as completely described on this web page. Postal and online poetry contest submissions accepted. The only differences are the contest dates, the judge, the dollar amount of the prize, the reading fee, the manuscript page limit, an optional Omnidawn book offer, and for one contest only, the First/Second Book Poetry Contest, a limit on the number of previously published full-size books by a submitting poet. These differences are described immediately below, under the "Current Poetry Competition" and "Upcoming Poetry Competitions" headings.
Current Poetry Competition
2012 Chapbook Contest ($1,000 & Publication)
January 1–February 29, 2012
Judge: Joseph Lease
Open to writers with no limitations on the amount of poetry a writer has published. Submissions should be 20–40 pages of poetry, not including front and back matter (so that this will fit in a 5.5 x 7 inch published chapbook of approximately 50 pages or less). The judge is Joseph Lease. Postal and online poetry contest submissions accepted. (For international poetry contest entries, online submissions will automatically allow your credit card to convert other currencies to U.S. dollars based on the current exchange rate.) Reading fee is $15 for the poetry chapbook contest. For $2 extra to cover shipping cost, entrants who provide a U.S. mailing address may choose to receive any Omnidawn chapbook or this chapbook competitions winning chapbook. The poetry chapbook contests winner will be announced to our email list and on this web page in July 2012, and we expect to publish the winning chapbook in December of 2012.
If you have never entered an Omnidawn poetry contest OR simply prefer fully detailed easy instructions you can:
OR, if you have previously entered and are familiar with Omnidawn poetry contests, OR simply want short, concise instructions, you can either:
Go to the POSTAL submission procedure by clicking here.
OR
Go to the ONLINE submission web page and its concise procedures by clicking here, or paste the following link into your browser: www.omnidawn.net
Upcoming Poetry Competitions
2012 First/Second Book ($3,000 & Publication)
May 1–June 30, 2012
Judge: Brenda Hillman
First/Second Book poetry contest open to writers who have either never published a full-length book of poetry, or who have published only one full-length book of poetry, so that the winning book would become a poet's first or second published book of poetry. Writers who have published two or more full length books of poetry are NOT eligible. (Chapbooks do not count.) The manuscript page limit is 140 pages for this poetry book contest. (Most manuscripts we receive are 40-70 pages long.) The judge is Brenda Hillman. Postal and online poetry contest submissions accepted. (For international poetry contest entries, online submissions will automatically allow your credit card to convert other currencies to U.S. dollars based on the current exchange rate.) Reading fee is $25. For $3 extra to cover shipping cost, entrants who provide a U.S. mailing address may choose to receive any Omnidawn book (including 4 PEN USA winning books) or this poetry book contest's winning book. The winner will be announced to our email list and on this web page in November 2012, and we expect to publish the winning book in the fall of 2013. Click here for full details.
2012 Open Book ($3,000 & Publication)
November 1–December 31, 2012
Judge: Cole Swensen
Open poetry book competition for writers with no limitations on the amount of poetry a writer has published. The manuscript page limit is 140 pages for this poetry book contest. (Most manuscripts we receive are 40-80 pages long.) The judge is Cole Swenson. Postal and online poetry contests submissions accepted. (For international poetry contest entries, online submissions will automatically allow your credit card to convert other currencies to U.S. dollars based on the current exchange rate.) Reading fee is $25. For $3 extra to cover shipping cost, entrants who provide a U.S. mailing address may choose to receive any Omnidawn book (including 4 PEN USA winning books) or this poetry competitions winning book. The winner will be announced to our email list and on this web page in May 2013, and we expect to publish the winning book in the spring of 2014. Click here for full details.