The Poet’s Billow offers three awards: The Atlantis Award for a single poem, the Pangaea Prize for a series of seven poems, and the Bermuda Triangle Prize for three poems on a theme.
We choose from these awards our nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology.
Guidelines:
Our contest entries will be read blindly, your name and contact information should not appear on the poems themselves. For general submissions, you may have identifying information.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as you send a message through Submittable that a poem needs to be withdrawn.
Multiple submissions are allowed with a paid submission fee for each set of three poems.
Please do not submit previously published work. We would like the first Serial Rights. After publication, all rights will revert back to the author.
Please submit all poems in one document
The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets.
Current Theme: Unity
We are open to interpretations on the theme: harmony, partnership, belonging; losing relations, discord, chaos; the complexity among ecosystems or among the human-made governing bodies. Send us your interpretation however literal or liberal.
Each winning poem will receive $50, for a total cash prize of $150. The poems will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery. Finalists will be considered for publication. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology.
Guidelines:
As entries will be read blindly, your name and contact information should not appear on the poems themselves.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as you send a message through Submittable if you need to withdraw a piece.
Multiple submissions are allowed. Please send it as a new submission.
The Pangaea Prize is awarded for the best series of poems ranging between two and seven poems in a group. Judging will be based on poems as individual entities as well as their cohesiveness – that can be in terms of common themes, images, narrative, or however else you would like to group your poems. All poems must be previously unpublished. There are no restrictions to length or style.
The winning poet receives $100 and will be featured on The Poet’s Billow website. The winning poems will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Guidelines:
As entries will be read blindly, your name and contact information should not appear on the poems themselves.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as you send an email if a poem needs to be withdrawn.
Multiple submissions are allowed. Please send it as a new submission.