Hello, from CALYX Journal. We are so excited to have Ellen Bass as this year’s judge for the Lois Cranston Prize for Poetry. Send your very best, your favorites, the ones your poet friends love (or not!)
Open through June 30, 2025 – Just a few days remaining.
Prize: $300 cash prize. Winner and all finalists will receive a one-volume subscription to CALYX Journal and publication on CALYX’s website. Winners will be announced in August.
Dates: March 1 – June 30, 2025
Judge: Ellen Bass
Online/digital submissions:
Please submit up to three unpublished poems (six pages maximum). Simultaneous submissions are discouraged. The CALYX editorial collective reads all manuscripts first, then selects 15–20 finalists to send to the final judge.
For postal submissions:
Please send up to three unpublished poems (six pages maximum), cover letter with name and contact information, SASE (or contact email), and $15 reading fee (checks payable to CALYX, Inc.).
Send materials to:
CALYX, Inc.
Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
PO Box B
Corvallis, OR 97339
For online submissions:
Please upload three unpublished poems (six pages maximum) in a single .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdx file to our online submission manager or through CALYX’s Submittable account. Reading fee ($15 + $1 PayPal processing fee) is payable with Visa or Mastercard through our secure online payment portal. Do not include name on poems—submissions will be read blind.
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