Alice James Award

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Closes

October 16, 2026

Effort

About 2 hours

Cost to apply

$30

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What it is

The 2027 Alice James Award welcomes submissions of full-length, previously unpublished poetry manuscripts from emerging and established poets. Screening is blind. Individual poems may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or chapbooks under 25 pages, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and self-published books are not eligible. No multi-authored collections. The winner receives $2,000, book publication, and distribution through Consortium. One or more additional manuscripts may be chosen for publication as Editor's Choice.

Who it is for

Emerging and established poets living in the United States who have written a full-length, previously unpublished poetry manuscript.

Open to artists in United States.

The call says: “Source page restricts to United States”

US artists

Where

United States

When

October 16, 2026

Programme dates not listed

What you get

$2,000, book publication, and distribution through Consortium.

What you need to apply

Full-length poetry manuscript
Numbered table of contents
Title page with no contact information in manuscript (contact information submitted separately via Submittable or on separate hardcopy page)

How long it takes

About 2 hours

Medium application. Estimated from the 3 items this application asks for, not from the organisation.

Cost to apply

$30

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Go to the application

http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/submit