| CONTEST | DEADLINE | ENTRY FEE | PRIZE | |
|---|
Sixteen Rivers Press Chapbook Contest for Poets Under Forty | 1st May 2012 Tuesday
| $ 15 | $ 500 - Publication - 25 free copies | |
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | 15th May 2012 Tuesday
| $ 25 | $ 25,000 | |
Watch Me Bounce "Resilience" Contest | 20th May 2012 Sunday
| Free | Publication (website) | |
Boulevard Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets | 1st June 2012 Friday
| $ 15 | $ 1,000 - Publication (magazine) | |
Knightville Poetry Contest & Machigonne Fiction Contest | 18th June 2012 Monday
| $ 15 | $ 1,000 | |
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest - Summer 2012 | 31st July 2012 Tuesday
| $ 5 - $ 10 | $ 250 - $ 500 | |
The Time & Place Prize | 30th November 2012 Friday
| $ 25 | Trip | |
Sunken Garden Poetry Prize | 1st December 2012 Saturday
| $ 30 | $ 1,000 - Publication | |
California Book Awards | 14th December 2012 Friday
| Free | Gold medal | |
American Book Awards | 31st December 2012 Monday
| Free | | |
Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry | 31st December 2012 Monday
| $ 15 | $ 500 | |
2012 Classical Poetry Competition | 1st January 2013 Tuesday
| Free | $1,000 | |
Gemini Magazine Poetry Open 2013 | 2nd January 2013 Wednesday
| $ 5 | $ 1,000 - Publication (magazine) | |
Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest - Winter 2012-2013 | 13th January 2013 Sunday
| $ 5 - $ 10 | $ 250 - $ 500 - Publication (website) | |
New Millennium Writings Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction | 31st January 2013 Thursday
| $ 20 | $ 1,000 | |
Pearce Publications Free Writing Contest | 31st January 2013 Thursday
| Free | $ 50 | |
Madison Review Poetry and Fiction Prizes | 1st February 2013 Friday
| $ 10 | $1000 - Publication | |
Next Generation Indie Book Awards | 22nd February 2013 Friday
| $ 75 | $ 1,500 - Trophy | |
Switchback Editor's Prize | 28th February 2013 Thursday
| Free | $ 200 - Publication | |
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