Tupelo Press awards a prize for a previously unpublished, full-length poetry manuscript.
Calls for Submissions
Levis Reading Prize
The Levis Reading Prize is awarded annually for the best first or second book of poetry published in the previous calendar year.
Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award
The Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award is granted to an LGBTQ writer who has shown exceptional talent and the potential for continued literary success and significance in the future.
Michael Waters Poetry Prize
The Michael Waters Poetry Prize was established in 2013 to honor Michael’s contributions to Southern Indiana Review and American arts and letters.
Yeats Society Poetry Competition
The W.B. Yeats Society of New York welcomes submissions to their international poetry competition.
Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award
The Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award is granted to an LGBTQ writer who has shown exceptional talent and the potential for continued literary success and significance in the future.
Steinbeck Fellow Program
The Steinbeck Fellows Program of San José State University offers writers of any age and background a $15,000 fellowship to finish a significant writing project.
Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing
This annual fellowship is designed to support writers completing their first books.
Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition
The Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition encourages the creation of lasting nonfiction that is outside the realm of conventional journalism and has relevance to North Carolinians.
Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award
The Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award is granted to an LGBTQ writer who has shown exceptional talent and the potential for continued literary success and significance in the future.
Steinbeck Fellow Program
The Steinbeck Fellows Program of San José State University offers writers of any age and background a $15,000 fellowship to finish a significant writing project.
Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing
This annual fellowship is designed to support writers completing their first books.
Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction
The Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction honors lesbian/queer-identified women and trans/gender non-conforming authors who are committed to nonfiction work that captures the depth and complexity of lesbian/queer life, culture, and/or history.
