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Poetry Prizes and Awards
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Thousands of
poetry
awards and prizes are given throughout the world, ranging from very
well-respected down through ones that are nothing more than con schemes
designed to milk gullible would-be poets.
Lists of poetry prizes and awards
Major international awards
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Griffin Poetry Prize (the international prize)
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Nobel Prize in Literature
- Annual
- Not exclusively for poetry. This is considered the foremost prize
for literature in the world.
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Nosside International Poetry Prize
- Any language
- 1,000 euros.
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Rhysling Award for science-fiction poetry
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Stokestown Poetry Prize
- English and Gaelic
- 4,000 euros.
Major British awards
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Forward Poetry Prize
- Annual
- 16,000 GBP total prizes; including 10,000 GBP for best collection
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T S Eliot Prize
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Whitbread Poetry Award
Major Canadian awards
- Griffin Poetry Prize (the Canadian prize)
- Annual.
- C$40,000.
- For best collection of poetry in English published during the
previous year to a living Canadia poet or poetry translator.
Major French awards
Major German awards
A guide to German literary prizes and contests:
http://www.uschtrin.de/preise_genre.html#lyrik
- Wilhelm-Busch-Preis für satirische und humoristische Versdichtung
- Annual contest.
- Euro 7,000.
- Unpublished satirical or humorous verse not more than three pages
long.
Major Italian awards
Major Korean awards
- Dong Suh Literary Prize, poetry category
- Kim Su-yông Contemporary Poetry Award
- Korean Literature Prize
- Poetry Prize
- Poetry Prize Chosen by Poets
- Sowol Poetry Award
- Annual
- 150,000,000 Korean won (ca. U.S. $150,000)
Major Russian awards
Major Spanish-language awards
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Premio Adonais
- Annual.
- For poets under thirty-five.
- No remuneration.
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Premio de la Poesía Fernando Paz Castillo
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Premio de Poesía Hermanos Argensola
- Collection or book of poems.
- Annual.
- 3,000 euros.
Major U.S. awards
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Annual.
- U.S.$10,000.
- "For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author"
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Bollingen Prize for Poetry
- Given every two years.
- U.S. $25,000.
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