Omnidawn Open (Poetry Book Contest) ($3000 & Publication)
The Deadline for the Omnidawn Open (Poetry Book Contest) has been extended to August 31, 2021
The winner of each of Omnidawn's poetry book and chapbook contests wins an immediate cash prize ($3,000 for the 1st/2nd Book and Open Contest, $1,000 for the Chapbook Contest), publication of the book by Omnidawn with a full color cover (unless the author prefers black and white), 100 free copies of the winning book, and extensive display advertising and publicity. Large display ads will appear in Poets & Writers Magazine, American Poets Magazine, Rain Taxi Review of Books and other publications. Our winning books are highly regarded in the book publishing and academic worlds, and our extensive publicity results in increased exposure and reviews in major print and online publications. Winning books have been reviewed in major print publications including Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Colorado Review, Boston Review, Harvard Review, Kenyan Review, The Huffington Post, American Book Review, and major online publications including The Volta, Constant Critic, The Rumpus, Verse, Jacket2, and The Drunken Boat. Two recent winning books from the Omnidawn Open contest have gone on to become finalists for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and one of those books went on to win the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and the other was a finalist for the 2021 PEN America Jean Stein Award. If you are a poet in need of a free entry see guideline 12 below because Omnidawn offers 40 free entry passes at the beginning of each poetry contest. We encourage, but do not require, prize winners of the poetry competitions to submit their subsequent manuscripts to Omnidawn for publication. Prize winners who have published their second full-length book with Omnidawn include Michelle Taransky (2008 First/Second Book Contest), Zach Savich (2010 Poetry Chapbook Contest), Kelli Anne Noftle (2010 First/Second Book Contest), kate pringle (2011 First Book Contest), and Angela Hume (2012 Poetry Chapbook Contest).