Poetry Contest

We’re happy to announce that we are holding The Hudson Review’s Frederick Morgan Poetry Contest this July. For the contest, we will accept electronic submissions and will open our Submission Manager from July 1 to July 31, 2025, 5:30 p.m. EDT. You may also submit by mail in July; please clearly state you are submitting to the contest and postmark by July 31. As always, there is no fee to submit.
 
First Prize: $1,000 + publication
Second and Third Prizes: $500 + publication
Contest open July 1–July 31, 2025.
No fee (:
Submit at www.hudsonreview.com/submissions or by mail (enclose SASE) to 33 W. 67th St., NY, NY 10023.
Limited to FIVE poems.
Contest open to poets making their first appearance in The Hudson Review.
No simultaneous submissions
No previously published work (if your poem has appeared in any form, including online—in a blog, social media posts, etc.—we consider it to be previously published work).
 
You can read the winning poems of the previous contest here. Free to nonsubscribers.
 
If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected] and we will be happy to assist.
 
We look forward to reading your work!