Judge: Jennifer Hasegawa
Prize: $1000 and 20 printed, framable Broadsides
Dates: March 1 through April 16, 2025
Guidelines: See below, or
https://www.omnidawn.com/poetry-contest-guidelines-single-poem-broadside/
Fee: 3 options: 1) $14 for one poem or 2) $17 for two poems 3) $30 for up to 5 poems (This form is for option #1)
Suggested poem length:
Suggested: 8 to 24 lines in length
Poem should fit on one 8 x 11 page for a broadside. Type size can vary.
Previous winners:
https://www.omnidawn.com/winners-of-omnidawn-broadside-contests/
Everyone who sends a contest submission to Omnidawn in 2025 will also receive a 20% off discount code to all Omnidawn books sold through our distributor, the University of Chicago, and 20% off all Omnidawn classes.
The winner of the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Contest wins a cash prize of $1,000, publication of the broadside by Omnidawn, 20 free copies of the broadside, and publication of the winning poem in the Omnidawn newsletter.
For those of you who are not familiar with "Broadsides" here is the Wikipedia definition for the term "Broadside (printing)":
"A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and hung on the wall."—Wikipedia
Omnidawn will use a local printer who will use high quality paper, suitable for framing.
- Omnidawn seeks a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, diversities, and aesthetics to send to the judge (for example: lyric, prose poems, experimental, etc.).
- There are no citizenship requirements or limitations. Online submissions are accepted from around the world. No postal submissions are accepted.
- We recommend that poems be between 8 and 24 lines in length, with blank lines used as stanza breaks each counting as a line. The title line and the blank line following are not counted in this 8 to 24 line recommendation. Poems that are outside this recommended size are still completely eligible, but may require special formatting and/or smaller type to fit well on the finished broadside.
- If you submit more than one poem we recommend that you begin each poem at the top of a new page and precede each poem with the words "POEM 1," "POEM 2," "POEM 3," and so on to make it very clear to our editors where one poem ends and another begins.
- Poems must be in English, although it is perfectly acceptable to include some text in other languages.
- Poem submissions for all contests must be original. (If you include quotes from other works in your poem, please be sure they are clearly attributed to the author at the bottom of the poem.)
- Simultaneous submissions to other contests and multiple submissions to this or other Omnidawn contests are perfectly acceptable. You DO NOT have to notify us if your manuscript is taken elsewhere.
- Poems must be previously unpublished in any form. Therefore, poems that have been previously published in print or online web magazines, journals, or books (including self-published books) are ineligible.
- Do not include photographs or other graphic images.
- This contest is Identity-Hidden (formerly referred to as blind), so any information in your poem that could identify you, such as your name, will be removed before the poem is passed on to our readers. If you use your name within your poem please substitute a pseudonym and state at the bottom of the poem that this name is a pseudonym that is not your real name. If you win the contest the pseudonym will be replaced with your real name when we publish the broadside.
- Revisions are not allowed to a poem after it has been submitted to the contest.
- NOT ELIGIBLE: translations, or collaborations by more than one author.
- Students, colleagues, or close friends of the judge, Claire Marie Stancek, Omnidawn past and present staff and interns; and authors of books or broadsides Omnidawn has published. If you win this contest you are still eligible to enter and win one of Omnidawn's book contests.
- No postal entries. We can only accept submissions via Submittable.
- It is our plan that the 2024 contest winner will be announced by January 2025, via the Omnidawn newsletter and website.
Judge: Jennifer Hasegawa
Prize: $1000 and 20 printed, framable Broadsides
Dates: March 1 through April 16, 2025
Guidelines: See below, or see
https://www.omnidawn.com/poetry-contest-guidelines-single-poem-broadside/
Fee: 3 options: 1) $14 for one poem or 2) $17 for two poems 3) $30 for up to 5 poems (This form is for option #2)
Suggested poem length:
Suggested: 8 to 24 lines in length
Poem should fit on one 8 x 11 page for a broadside. Type size can vary.
Previous winners:
https://www.omnidawn.com/winners-of-omnidawn-broadside-contests/
Everyone who sends a contest submission to Omnidawn in 2025 will also receive a 20% off discount code to all Omnidawn books sold through our distributor, the University of Chicago, and 20% off all Omnidawn classes.
The winner of the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Contest wins a cash prize of $1,000, publication of the broadside by Omnidawn, 20 free copies of the broadside, and publication of the winning poem in the Omnidawn newsletter.
For those of you who are not familiar with "Broadsides" here is the Wikipedia definition for the term "Broadside (printing)":
"A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and hung on the wall."—Wikipedia
Omnidawn will use a local printer who will use high quality paper, suitable for framing.
- Omnidawn seeks a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, diversities, and aesthetics to send to the judge (for example: lyric, prose poems, experimental, etc.).
- There are no citizenship requirements or limitations. Online submissions are accepted from around the world. No postal submissions will be accepted.
- We recommend that poems be between 8 and 24 lines in length, with blank lines used as stanza breaks each counting as a line. The title line and the blank line following are not counted in this 8 to 24 line recommendation. Poems that are outside this recommended size are still completely eligible. but may require special formatting and/or smaller type to fit well on the finished broadside.
- If you submit more than one poem we recommend that you begin each poem at the top of a new page and precede each poem with the words "POEM 1," "POEM 2," "POEM 3," and so on to make it very clear to our editors where one poem ends and another begins.
- Poems must be in English, although it is perfectly acceptable to include some text in other languages.
- Poem submissions for all contests must be original. (If you include quotes from other works in your poem, please be sure they are clearly attributed to the author at the bottom of the poem.
- Simultaneous submissions to other contests and multiple submissions to this or other Omnidawn contests are perfectly acceptable. You DO NOT have to notify us if your manuscript is taken elsewhere.
- Poems must be previously unpublished in any form. Therefore, poems that have been previously published in print or online web magazines, journals, or books (including self-published books) are ineligible.
- Do not include photographs or other graphic images.
- This contest is Identity-Hidden (formerly referred to as blind), so any information in your poem that could identify you, such as your name, will be removed before the poem is passed on to our readers. If you use your name within your poem please substitute a pseudonym and state at the bottom of the poem that this name is a pseudonym that is not your real name. If you win the contest the pseudonym will be replaced with your real name when we publish the broadside.
- Revisions are not allowed to a poem after it has been submitted to the contest.
- NOT ELIGIBLE: translations, or collaborations by more than one author.
- Students, colleagues, or close friends of the judge, Claire Marie Stancek, Omnidawn past and present staff and interns; and authors of books or broadsides Omnidawn has published. If you win this contest you are still eligible to enter and win one of Omnidawn's book contests.
- No postal entries. We can only accept submissions via Submittable.
- It is our plan that the 2024 contest winner will be announced by January 2025, via the Omnidawn newsletter and website.
Judge: Jennifer Hasegawa
Prize: $1000 and 20 printed, framable Broadsides
Dates: March 1 through April 16, 2025
Guidelines: See below, or see
https://www.omnidawn.com/poetry-contest-guidelines-single-poem-broadside/
Fee: 3 options: 1) $14 for one poem or 2) $17 for two poems 3) $30 for up to 5 poems (This form is for option #3)
Suggested poem length:
Suggested: 8 to 24 lines in length
Poem should fit on one 8 x 11 page for a broadside. Type size can vary.
Previous winners:
https://www.omnidawn.com/winners-of-omnidawn-broadside-contests/
Everyone who sends a contest submission to Omnidawn in 2025 will also receive a 20% off discount code to all Omnidawn books sold through our distributor, the University of Chicago, and 20% off all Omnidawn classes.
The winner of the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Contest wins a cash prize of $1,000, publication of the broadside by Omnidawn, 20 free copies of the broadside, and publication of the winning poem in the Omnidawn newsletter.
For those of you who are not familiar with "Broadsides" here is the Wikipedia definition for the term "Broadside (printing)":
"A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and hung on the wall."—Wikipedia
Omnidawn will use a local printer who will use high quality paper, suitable for framing.
- Omnidawn seeks a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, diversities, and aesthetics to send to the judge (for example: lyric, prose poems, experimental, etc.).
- There are no citizenship requirements or limitations. Online submissions are accepted from around the world. No postal submissions will be accepted.
- We recommend that poems be between 8 and 24 lines in length, with blank lines used as stanza breaks each counting as a line. The title line and the blank line following are not counted in this 8 to 24 line recommendation. Poems that are outside this recommended size are still completely eligible. but may require special formatting and/or smaller type to fit well on the finished broadside.
- If you submit more than one poem we recommend that you begin each poem at the top of a new page and precede each poem with the words "POEM 1," "POEM 2," "POEM 3," and so on to make it very clear to our editors where one poem ends and another begins.
- Poems must be in English, although it is perfectly acceptable to include some text in other languages.
- Poem submissions for all contests must be original. (If you include quotes from other works in your poem, please be sure they are clearly attributed to the author at the bottom of the poem.
- Simultaneous submissions to other contests and multiple submissions to this or other Omnidawn contests are perfectly acceptable. You DO NOT have to notify us if your manuscript is taken elsewhere.
- Poems must be previously unpublished in any form. Therefore, poems that have been previously published in print or online web magazines, journals, or books (including self-published books) are ineligible.
- Do not include photographs or other graphic images.
- This contest is Identity-Hidden (formerly referred to as blind), so any information in your poem that could identify you, such as your name, will be removed before the poem is passed on to our readers. If you use your name within your poem please substitute a pseudonym and state at the bottom of the poem that this name is a pseudonym that is not your real name. If you win the contest the pseudonym will be replaced with your real name when we publish the broadside.
- Revisions are not allowed to a poem after it has been submitted to the contest.
- NOT ELIGIBLE: translations, or collaborations by more than one author.
- Students, colleagues, or close friends of the judge, Claire Marie Stancek, Omnidawn past and present staff and interns; and authors of books or broadsides Omnidawn has published. If you win this contest you are still eligible to enter and win one of Omnidawn's book contests.
- No postal entries. We can only accept submissions via Submittable.
- It is our plan that the 2024 contest winner will be announced by January 2025, via the Omnidawn newsletter and website.
Online workshop! “Prosody & Revision” led by David Koehn!
the grammars of desire sanctify the secular ground of poemmaking... - Donald Revell
Each year, Omnidawn offers a class/workshop unlike any other. Prosody is the study and application of poetic techniques that heighten the power of one’s writing. We have our own take on prosody. David Koehn’s astute methods of instruction offer the opportunity to experience what Donald Revell in Compendium's introduction describes as “the grammars of desire [which] sanctify the secular ground of poemmaking…”
Writers taking this online course will benefit from having a poem of theirs discussed each week by David Koehn with input from Rusty Morrison. This online course will educate attendees on prosody using the syllabus of Donald Justice, Compendium. On the weekly calls, attendees will meet some of the finest writers in poetry. Each week, we will feature a short talk by a guest poet, followed by a Q&A; each poet will share with candor the creative directions, the risks, the challenges, they each face in their own work.
We meet every Sunday, 10 AM - Noon PST, for 6 weeks, from April 6 through May 11th, 2025. The schedule of guest poets participating in the 2023 Prosody Class/Workshop (check our website to click through to their bios: https://www.omnidawn.com/prosody-online-workshop/ )
April 6 Lisa Rosenberg
April 13: Rebecca Foust
April 20: Kim Addonizio
April 7: Maw Shein Win
April 14: tba
April 21: Forrest Gander
To apply for this class:
VERY IMPORTANT: Please send us 5 page sample of finished poems. These poems will give us an evaluative appreciation of your work & a sense of your approach to writing. These are not poems that you would then need to bring to the weekly workshop (unless that is what you'd want to do; it's always up to you to decide what poem to bring to workshop).
Tuition: Sliding Scale: $800 - $1000
(any amount from $800 to $1,000. it's your choice.)
(90% of which is tax-deductible, donated to Omnidawn Publishing, a fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization).
Everyone who has submitted to an Omnidawn Contest is eligible for 20 percent off the class fees.
Space is limited; enrollment decisions will be made on a "first come, first served" basis. Last day to apply: Saturday, April 5, but this class usually fills before the deadline.
SOME PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: write to Rusty Morrison (rusty@omnidawn.com) for scholarship information, and to let us know why you need one.