Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize Annual (unpublished poet) $5,000
http://www.pitt.edu/~press/series/starrett.html

Allen Ginsberg Annual Poetry Contest $1000
http://www.pccc.cc.nj.us/poetry/allen.html

American Poetry Review. Annual $3000 Poetry Contest.
http://www.aprweb.org/bookprize/bookprize.shtml

Anamnesis Poetry Chapbook Award - $1000. Annual Poetry Award.
http://www.anamnesispress.com/contest.htm

Annual Cardiff International Poetry Competition. Poems less than 50 lines. 3,000 pounds sterling.
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/cominfo/arts/cardiff_poetry.htm

Annual contest for new manuscripts in poetry/fiction/creative non-fiction. Winner gets published and gets to attend their conference.
http://www.middlebury.edu/~blwc/bakeless.html

Annual Poetry Contest $1000 40 lines of poetry.
http://www.comstockreview.org/journal/index.html

Backwaters Press Annual Prize for Poetry Manuscript $1000 and publication.
http://www.thebackwaterspress.homestead.com/bwprize.html

Barnard New Women Poet Prize - $1500 and publication for an unpublished book length manuscript.
http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/english/newsevent.html

Beloit Poetry Journal Annual Contest $4000.
http://www.bpj.org/

Blue Mountain Greeting Cards Tri-Annual Poetry Contest $300.
http://www.bluemountain.com/esub/contest1/

Boston Review: Annual Poetry and Short Story Contests $1000.
http://bostonreview.net/contests.html

Campbell Corner Annual Poetry and Essay Contests $2500+.
http://www.slc.edu/campbellcorner/poetrycontest-frameset.html

Dana Awards for Poetry/Prose/Novel $1000 annual.
http://danaawards.home.pipeline.com/

Defined Providence Poetry Book Contest $1000 and publication.
http://www.definedprovidence.com/bookg.html

Filling Station Poetry contest - Contest open to Canadians and Canadian residents.
http://www.fillingstation.ca

Finishing Line Press - Chapbook manuscripts from women poets who have never before published a book or chapbook. Publication and 50 copies of your book.
http://hometown.aol.com/FinishingL/index.html

Glimmertrain Press Awards for Short Fiction/Poetry (Varying $).
http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html

Green Rose Poetry Prize - $1000 ~ (book by established poet).
http://www.wmich.edu/newissues/spring2001/greenroseguide.html

Grolier Poetry Prize - $200 honorarium to unpublished author of poetry.
http://www.grolierpoetrybookshop.com/contest.html

Hidden Brook Press ~ Variety of Annual Contests for Poetry.
http://www.hiddenbrookpress.com/

Indiana Review - Check under Current News for Contests.
http://www.indiana.edu/~inreview/ir.html

International Poetry Contest ~ top prize over $10,000.
http://www.poetrysoc.com/comp/rule2001.htm

Iowa Poetry Prize ~ Manuscript of Poems (open to all).
http://www.uiowa.edu/~uipress/prize-rules.htm

Irish Contests.
http://www.local.ie/content/9663.shtml/arts_and_culture/literature/competitions

Kalliope ~ Annual $1,000.
http://www.fccj.org/kalliope/k-contst.htm

Kimera Magazine - Poetry Contest.
http://www.js.spokane.wa.us/kimera/

Love Poems and Quotes.com
http://www.lovepoemsandquotes.com/PoetryContest.html

May Swenson Poetry Award $1000, publication/royalties.
http://www.usu.edu/usupress/poetcomp.htm

Marlboro Review - Annual.
http://www.marlbororeview.com/mrguide.html

Nimrod International Journal ~ Poetry, fiction ($$$) contests.
http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod/

NWU Poetry Contest ~ $500 top prize for unpublished poems (NWU celebrates multi-cultural creativity).
http://www.mbay.net/~nwu/contest7.htm

Outrider Press, in affiliation with TallGrass Writers Guild, offers a $500 cash prizes anthology/contest. Check specifics at their site.
http://www.outriderpress.com

Paterson Prizes for Poetry - $500 and up.
http://www.pccc.cc.nj.us/poetry/patpoet.html

Peregrine Prize for Poetry - $500.
http://www.amherstwriters.com/PerePriz.html

Petra Kennedy Poetry Competition ~ Up to 1000 pounds sterling.
http://www.petrapoetrycompetition.co.uk/

Pif Magazine ~ Poetry, Fiction, Cyber Art Contests.
http://pifmagazine.com/contest/

Poem Kingdom ( two ongoing competitions awarding cash and online publication )
http://poemkingdom.com

Poetry London Contest - Top prize 1,000 pounds.
http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/

Poets Out Loud - $1000 ~ Full length manuscript by unpublished author.
http://www.fordham.edu/english/pol/POL_Prize/pol_prize.html

Prism International, The Earle Birney Prize for Poetry - $500 PRIZE -.
http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/submit/index.htm

Procreation Magazine ~ Poetry Prize.
http://www.procreation.org/

Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize.
http://www.ncwriters.org/rjpp.htm

Red Hen Press out of Santa Monica CA - Fiction/Poetry Contests (Varying $).
http://www.redhen.org/contest.htm

Rexdale publisher Contest for Book of Poetry - $500 and publication.
http://www.rexdalepublishing.com/contest.html

Robert Frost Poetry Award - $1 000.
http://www.frostfoundation.org/poetry_award.htm

Sarasota Poetry Theatre Contests.
http://augment.sis.pitt.edu/jms/spt/sptncc2000.html

Sayana Wolf Poetry Competition.
http://members.tripod.com/~SAYANAWOLF/poetry.html

Slipstream Poetry Contest - $1,000 ~ 50 copies. Previously published/simultaneous subbmissions acceptable (notify them though) Dec. 1 every year.
http://www.slipstreampress.org/contest.html

Smith's List - CanLit Contests - Listings of current writing contests based in Canada, including entry details, fee, prizes, information links, addresses and deadlines. Updated frequently.
http://www.ncf.ca/~ab297/contests.html

SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER NATIONAL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION ~ Variety of contests poetry, fiction, plays, non-fiction, children's stories.
http://writerssfl.com/about/contest.html

Stand Magazine ~ Poetry Contests.
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dlatane/stand.html

Tickled By Thunder Fiction Magazine.
http://www.tickledbythunder.com/TbT/Magazine/02_Contest_Info.html

T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry $2000.
http://www2.truman.edu/tjup/tseliot_prize/award.html

University of Wisconsin Press Annual Poetry Manuscript Contest $1000.
http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/poetryguide.html

Valley Writer's Guild ~ Variety of Contests.
http://www.storm.ca/~vwg/contests.shtml

Writing Contests
http://www.greyowltutor.com/wewc/contests.html