2024 contest guidelines
Submission deadline: June 30
2024 Chaffin/Kash Contest
• The KSPS Chaffin/Kash Poetry Contest is open only to members of the Kentucky State Poetry Society (see Membership page for information)
• Poems may be any topic, any form
• Each poem must be 30 lines or fewer, including titles, spaces, and stanza breaks
• 1-3 poems per submission. Poems must be in one document; only one poem per page
• $8 submission fee for each entry (1-3 poems)
• KSPS members may submit to both the Grand Prix and the Chaffin/Kash contests (separate entry fees)
• Poems must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant; no AI submissions
• Poems must be titled or numbered
• Do not include your name or any identifying information on the poem(s)
• Please withdraw poems via Submittable if they are published elsewhere before the contest deadline. Use the “Withdraw” function or the “Message” function to withdraw single poems from a submission packet.
• Deadline is June 30, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
• Winners are announced in September and are invited to read at the KSPS annual conference October 25-27, 2024 (virtual)
• Winners are published in the KSPS literary journal Pegasus
1st prize: $100 ~ 2nd prize: $50 ~ 3rd prize: $25
2024 Grand Prix Contest
• The KSPS Grand Prix Poetry Contest is open to any US poet writing in English, age 18+
• Poems may be any topic, any form
• Each poem must be 30 lines or fewer, including titles, spaces, and stanza breaks
• 1-3 poems per submission. Poems must be in one document; only one poem per page
• $10 submission fee for each entry (1-3 poems)
• KSPS members may submit to both the Grand Prix and the Chaffin/Kash contests (separate entry fees)
• Poems must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant; no AI submissions
• Poems must be titled or numbered
• Do not include your name or any identifying information on the poem(s)
• Please withdraw poems via Submittable if they are published elsewhere before the contest deadline. Use the “Withdraw” function or the “Message” function to withdraw single poems from a submission packet.
• Deadline is June 30, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
• Winners are announced in September and are invited to read at the KSPS annual conference October 25-27, 2024 (virtual)
• Winners are published in the KSPS literary journal Pegasus
1st prize: $100 ~ 2nd prize: $50 ~ 3rd prize: $25
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