Our annual contests are now open to submissions. This year, we are going digital (for the most part)! We strongly encourage digital submissions to our individual poem contests.
Poem Contest Submission Guidelines and Submission Forms are here.
Book Prize Submission Guidelines are here.
Contests close May 31, 2023.
Good luck!
Prizes and Recognition
Winners of individual poem contests will receive:
- $250
- Publication of winning poems on NEPC website
- Opportunity to read at the NEPC Prize-Winners’ Reading (travel expenses not included)
Winners of Book Prizes will receive:
- $250 award
- 250 NEPC Award book-cover seals (gold or silver-foil stickers which identify the book as prize-winning)
- Opportunity to read at the NEPC Prize-Winners’ Reading (travel expenses not included)