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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

• Griffin Poetry Prize (the international prize)
  • Annual.
  • C$40,000.
• Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Annual
  • Not exclusively for poetry. This is considered the foremost prize for literature in the world.
• Nosside International Poetry Prize
  • Any language
  • 1,000 euros.
• Rhysling Award for science-fiction poetry
  • Annual.
• Stokestown Poetry Prize
  • English and Gaelic
  • 4,000 euros.

Major British awards

• Forward Poetry Prize
  • Annual
  • 16,000 GBP total prizes; including 10,000 GBP for best collection
• T S Eliot Prize
  • Annual
  • 10,000 GBP prize
• Whitbread Poetry Award
  • Annual

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  • Unpublished satirical or humorous verse not more than three pages long.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
  • Annual
• 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

• Premio Adonais
  • Annual.
  • For poets under thirty-five.
  • No remuneration.
• Premio de la Poesía Fernando Paz Castillo
  • 1,500,000 bolivars.
• Premio de Poesía Hermanos Argensola
  • Collection or book of poems.
  • Annual.
  • 3,000 euros.

Major U.S. awards

• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
  • Annual.
  • U.S.$10,000.
  • "For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author"

• Bollingen Prize for Poetry
  • Given every two years.
  • U.S. $25,000.

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