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    OpenJul 15

    Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Poetry Contest

    Writing Contest by Comstock Review

    comstockreview.org

    poetry

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    The Comstock Review (founded 1987) has been publishing great poems by both new and experienced authors. Recent judges for this annual contest include: Charles Rafferty (2024), Danusha Laméris (2023), Ellen Bass (2022), Juan Felipe Herrera (2021), Patricia Smith (2020); David Kirby (2019), Maggie Smith (2018), Ellen Bass (2017), Marge Piercy (2016), Allison Joseph (2015), and Kwame Dawes (2014).

    The Comstock Review accepts work via US mail or online by Submittable (but not by email). Please read our recently revised contest guidelines carefully before submitting. No previously published or AI-generated work should be submitted.

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    First Prize - Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Prize ($1000); 2nd Prize ($250); 3rd Prize ($100). Submit 1-5 previously unpublished poems. Prize-winning, Honorable Mention and Special Merit poems are printed in The Comstock Review and receive a free contributor copy.