Announcing Omnidawn’s 2025 Poetry Chapbook Contest judged by Ewa Chrusciel!
We’re excited to read your work!
Omnidawn is a nonprofit independent press. All contest submission fees go to support Omnidawn Publishing, to pay our staff of poetry editors, to compensate the judge, and to pay a prize to the conest winner. All submission fees and donations large or small meaningfully contribute to our operating costs, and to our ability to continue publishing works of literary insight and cultural vitality.
Every person who submits to an Omnidawn contest will receive a 25% discount on all Omnidawn books sold through our distributor, and 25% off all Omnidawn classes. We offer two writing classes per year, one in the fall and one in spring.
how to submit: via submittable
https://omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
judge: Ewa Chrusciel
deadline: May 1 through June 16, 2025, 11:59 pm Pacific
contest fee: $30
prize: $1000, publication, and 20 copies
guidelines for submitting: click here
Suggested manuscript length: (in other words it’s up to you)
—Approximately 25 pgs to 45 pgs for submitting in an 8.5 x 11 size page
see past winners of the Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest
Upcoming Poetry Contests
Guidelines for Omnidawn Poetry Book and Chapbook Contests
Guidelines for the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Contest
2025 Omnidawn Poetry Open Book Contest:
7/1 to 8/16
Judged by Jose Luis Moctezuma
Prize: $3000, publication, and 20 copies
Contest fee: $30
see past winners of the Omnidawn Poetry Open Book Contest
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