The Brittingham & Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry: Deadline 9/15/2025
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Please upload an original poetry manuscript in pdf format, no fewer than 50 and no more than 90 pages in length. Your manuscript should be formatted as specified below. Please be sure your name and contact information DO NOT APPEAR anywhere in the manuscript. You will be asked to pay a $28 entry fee, by credit card.
All submissions will be considered for both the Brittingham Prize in Poetry and the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. Winners will be announced no later than February 15, 2026, and will receive $1,500 each shortly thereafter. Winning manuscripts will be published in the late winter or spring of 2027. Four additional manuscripts will also be selected for publication by UW Press, as part of the Wisconsin Poetry Series.
Your manuscript should include the following:
- A simple title page, which should not include the name of the author.
- A table of contents, with accurate page numbers indicated.
- 50 to 90 pages of poetry, with numbered pages.
- An acknowledgments page (optional, if any of the poems have appeared previously in journals or magazines).
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