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Legend:
FO = Formal-only, i.e., accepts only formal or metrical poetry.
FF = Formal-friendly. Let's not list everyone here, okay? Just those that seem especially receptive to formal or metrical poetry.
P = Print zine
W = Webzine
One or two of these should probably also have an A for Awful, but hey, I just maintain the list, I don't endorse everything in it.
I'll leave the discontinued and possibly-discontinued entries up, at least for now, so that I don't forget they've been discontinued and mistakenly re-add them later.
Formal-Friendly Poem/Book Competitions
Legend:
B = book or chapbook competition
P = poem competition
| Name | Website | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize | http://waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html | B | |
| The Donald Justice Poetry Prize | http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtml/Forum10/HTML/000875.html | B | |
| The Edgar Bowers Award | http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests.htm | P | |
| The Helen Schaible Shakespearean/Petrarchan Sonnet Contest | http://www.illinoispoets.org/pdf/sonnetcontest2007.pdf | P | Reportedly, this is an annual contest. Here, read this. |
| The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award | http://english.evansville.edu/Nemerov.htm | P | |
| The Morton Marr Poetry Prize | http://www.southwestreview.org/SubmissionGuidelines.htm | P | |
| The Richard Wilbur Award | http://english.evansville.edu/WilburAwardGuidelines.htm | B | |
| The Science Fiction Poetry Association | http://www.sfpoetry.com/2007poetrycontest.html | P |