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DL 10/1: 24th annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
$3,500 for the best poem in any style, $3,500 for the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. Fee: $25 for 1-3 poems. Top 12 poems published online.
https://loom.ly/9-kEkRU
with @duotrope.com
Our Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest - The Poems that Started It All
Over 25 years, and no one does gibberish like David Taub...
https://winningwriters.com/resources/wergle-flomp-the-poems-that-started-it-all
"Danish Mayfly Named Insect of the Year", a poem by Ron Koertge
https://poems.com/poem/danish-mayfly-named-insect-of-the-year/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and @redhenpress.bsky.social
Deadline July 1: North Street Book Prize
Sponsored by Winning Writers. For self-published and hybrid-published books. Prizes: $10,000, 9 X $1,000, 9 X $500. Fee: $95, includes free feedback option if you submit online.
https://winningwriters.com/our-contests/north-street-book-prize
30 Magazines Publishing Hybrid Writing, curated by @authorspublish.com
"These magazines accept hybrid/genre-bending/cross-genre works. They also accept other genres, like fiction, nonfiction, and poetry."
https://loom.ly/BxTa6Nk
10 Different Types of Self-Help Books
https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-write/writing-inspiration/10-self-help-book-genres
#selfpublishing
Join writers Jendi Reiter and Andrea Lawlor for an interview with Joe Osmundson about his queer parenting memoir. June 17, 7 pm, IRL, Odyssey Books @odysseybks.bsky.social, South Hadley, MA.
#queerparenting #queermemoir #southhadley #odysseybookshop #westernmass
Deadline Jun 15: 42 Miles Press Poetry Award
Submit an unpublished manuscript of 50-120 pages to win $1,000 and publication. Fee: $25.
https://42miles.submittable.com/submit/347114/42-miles-press-poetry-award-2026
via @42milespress.bsky.social
"Mise en Abîme", a poem by Rhoni Blankenhorn
https://poems.com/poem/mise-en-abime/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and @triohousepress.org
