Whatever happened to those people who wanted to get their works pooled together to create an anthology?

Alright, alright everyone!
I urge you, come with me y'all and register at www.mypoetryforum.com
This is a website where you meet people (great poets) from all over the world.
They are there to review your work (without grudges or biase) and bring out the best in you.
I want you all to give it a shot. Right in this forum, you'D meet with great poetry teachers from across the globe,  of course there are amateurs as well. They will all add their voices to your work and give your poem the shape, breadth and life that it may lack.
Give it a shot! No one knows it all. let the whole world assist you to modify your work to the best standards.

Registration is free. If you lack anything, come to me, I will assist you in any possible way. my contact is ugofantastik@yahoo.com.

There are other sites like voicesnet.com et al. The choice is yours. But i have never loved to visit any other site other than www.mypoetryforum.com

Come on somebody

Here is the best place for the top and highly esteemed poetry prizes in the world today.

http://creativegenius.hubpages.com/hub/Poetry-Writing-Contests

£2,500 Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2013
http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures. Awards are given for both fiction and nonfiction. Submissions will be accepted beginning September 1. The submission deadline is December 31. The winners are announced in the spring.
To submit a book for consideration, send five copies with a completed copy of the Entry Form to:
Karen R. Long
c/o Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
The Cleveland Foundation
1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216.861.3810
Email: Submit@Anisfield-Wolf.org
Upon receipt, the books will be forwarded to the jury. All submitted materials become the property of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and will not be returned.
Eligibility
• Books must be written in English and published in the previous year (i.e. books published in 2013 are eligible for the 2014 prize).
• Awards are given for both fiction and nonfiction.
• Works of poetry are eligible for the fiction prize.
• All submitted materials become the property of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and will not be returned.
• The deadline for submission is December 31. Entries arriving after the deadline must be postmarked by December 31 to be eligible.
• Publicity materials should not be included with the entry.
• Confirmation of delivery receipt is not provided.
• The following are NOT eligible for consideration:
o Plays
o Screenplays
o Works in progress
o Manuscripts
o Print-on-demand
o Electronically published or e-books
o Self-published works
For Publishers – Prizes and Recognition
• Anisfield-Wolf winners receive their prize at a ceremony in Cleveland.
• Award recipients traditionally receive a monetary gift of $10,000 from the Anisfield-Wolf Fund.
• Winners are required to participate in media interviews and publicity opportunities in conjunction with the prize.
• Publishers are encouraged to place independent congratulatory ads for their winners.
• Publishers are encouraged to include on their website mention of the Anisfield-Wolf prize in conjunction with their winning authors.

The Yale Drama Series
Prize for Emerging Playwrights
The Yale Drama Series is an annual international competition which is open to emerging playwrights who are invited to submit original, unpublished and unproduced full-length English language plays for consideration. The winner receives the David Charles Horn prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.

Award winning playwright Marsha Norman succeeds John Guare as judge for the Series and will serve through 2014. Previous judges were Edward Albee and David Hare.

Submissions for the 2014 Competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, 2013 and no later than August 15, 2013.
See Competition Rules for precise information regarding your entry.


Competition Rules
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2014 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series' current judge, award-winning playwright Marsha Norman. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater.

There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:

1. This contest is restricted to plays written in the English language. Worldwide submissions are accepted.

2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Translations, musicals, and children’s plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.

3. Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per year.

4. Plays that have been professionally produced or published are not eligible. Plays that have had a workshop, reading, or non-professional production or that have been published as an actor's edition will be considered.

5. Plays may not be under option or scheduled for professional production or publication at the time of submission.

6. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if you have one), page count and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments; a second title page which lists the title of the play only; a 2-3 sentence description of the play, a list of characters; and a list of acts and scenes.

7. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered and in standard professional play format. A brief biography may be included at the end of the manuscript, on a separate page, but is not required.

8. Electronic Submissions: The Yale Drama Series Competition strongly urges electronic submission. By electronically submitting your script, you will receive immediate confirmation of your successful submission and the ability to check the status of your entry.

Electronic submissions for the 2014 competition must be submitted no earlier than June 1, 2013 and no later than August 15, 2013.

If you would like to submit an electronic copy of your manuscript please go to: https://yup.submittable.com/submit

9. Hard Copy Submissions: The Yale Drama Series Competition strongly urges applicants to submit their scripts electronically, but if that is impossible, we will accept hard copies.

Submissions for the 2014 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, 2013 and no later than August 15, 2013.

Do not bind or staple the manuscript.

Do not send the only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard. Send the manuscript to Yale Drama Series, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040.

10. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right to reject any manuscript for any reason.

11. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right of the judge to not choose a winner for any given year of the competition and reserves the right to determine the ineligibility of a winner, in keeping with the spirit of the competition, and based upon the accomplishments of the author.

CONTACT US
For more information regarding the Yale Drama Series please write to us at:

Yale Drama Series
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT
06520-9040
Or email us at yaledramaseries@yale.edu



INSTRUCTIONS FOR STANDARD
PROFESSIONAL PLAY FORMAT
Yale Drama Series
Use 12-point font throughout the manuscript.
Avoid italics (except for occasional word emphasis).
Use an ordinary serif face type su
ch as Times New Roman or Palatino.
The title page and other preliminary pages
should be arranged in the following order:
•
Title Page
•
Character Page
-Characters are listed in approximate orde
r of importance with a short description
of each next to his or her name.
•
Setting & Time Page
•
Scene Breakdown Page (optional)
-A scene breakdown page may be useful if you change locations and time periods.
It’s also a good way to make complicated
time structure clear to a reader. But if
you have fewer than six scenes, it works as
well to list them
under each act on the
Setting & Time Page.
Dialogue pages are formatted with a top marg
in of 0.75” – 1.0”, and a bottom margin of
1.0” – 1.5”. The left and right
margins are set at around 1.0”.
•
The first letter of each character name is
centered, with the name then continuing out
toward the right margin. Use tab settings fo
r the alignment of ch
aracter names rather
than the center alignment function.
•
Dialogue is single-spaced.
•
Opening stage directions are centered on the page.
•
Character stage directions and general stage
directions occur within acts or scenes.
They stand alone in the manuscript w
ith parentheses and
are single-spaced.
Guidelines for pagination:
•
Numbering begins with the
first page of dialogue.
•
Numbers are always in the
upper right-hand corner
of the page.
•
Each act is numbered consecutive
ly through the end of an act:
I-1 I-2 I-3
•
The numbering for Act II begins again from scratch:
II-1 II-2 II-3
•
Plays structured in short formal scen
es without Act designations are numbered
consecutively with numerals only. If Act designations are also used—most
playwrights do it this way—then follow th
e numbering system for plays in Acts.
•
Preliminary pages, if numbered at all,
are done with lower case Roman numerals.
Please do not bind or staple manuscripts! Pleas
e send in loose pages held together with a
paperclip or by rubber bands.

The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awards - $100,000 Prize - NO Entry Fee
Every poet, writer or artist desires to receive more than just acknowledgment for their works—they also desire to receive a significant paycheck. For two phenomenal poets annually, the Tufts Poetry Awards exemplify both: recognition and a hefty pay day. The Tufts Poetry Awards include two poetry awards: 1) the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award which awards $100,000 to a first-place winner; and 2) the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, which awards $10,000 to a first-place winner. Both Awards have NO entry fees! The Tufts Poetry Awards— sponsored by the School of Arts & Humanities at Claremont Graduate University— are two of the largest distinguished awards that a modern poet can reap. These hefty cash prizes establish the Kingsley Tufts Award as the planet's biggest financial payout for a sole compilation of poetry. For many poets who have just released their first compilation of poetry, a payment of $10,000 will help them progress further in their careers. In contrast to some poetry and fiction awards—which are crownings to have a productive vocation or to release a chassis of work— Claremont Graduate University established the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award to celebrate the poet and furnish the assets and resources that will enable poets and writers to push themselves towards reaching the climax of their trade


• The Griffin Poetry Prize
a. The Griffin Poetry Prize, valued at C$130,000, is awarded annually in two categories – International and Canadian. Each prize is worth C$65,000.
b. In each category, the prize is for the best collection of poetry in English published during the preceding year. One prize goes to a living Canadian poet or translator, the other to a living poet or translator from any country, which may include Canada.
c. Translations are assessed for their quality as poetry in English; the focus is on the achievement of the translator.
d. Should a prize-winning book be a translation from a living poet, the prize is awarded 60% to the translator and 40% to the original poet. If the original poet is dead, but his/her work is within copyright, 40% of the prize is given to the original poet’s estate. Otherwise, the disbursement of that portion of the prize is left to the discretion of the judges.
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• The Trustees
a. The Trustees of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry are:
Margaret Atwood, Poet/Author
Carolyn Forché, Poet
Scott Griffin, Entrepreneur
Robert Hass, Poet
Michael Ondaatje, Poet/Author
Robin Robertson, Poet/Publisher
David Young, Playwright
b. Trustees may not participate in judging in any way.
c. No Trustee may participate in the selection of judges if he or she has a financial interest in a publishing house that issues contemporary poetry. *
* In May 2002, Scott Griffin purchased House of Anansi Press, a Canadian literary publisher. To preserve the integrity of the Griffin Poetry Prize, he no longer takes part in the selection of judges. And like other Trustees, he is prohibited from involvement in the judging process. (With these safeguards in place, House of Anansi titles are deemed to be eligible for the Griffin Poetry Prize.)
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• The Judges
a. Qualified judges of stature will be selected annually by the Trustees.
b. Judges may not be on salary at a publishing house that issues contemporary poetry.
c. The judges will compile a short list of up to seven outstanding books of poetry, four International and three Canadian.
d. From the short list, the judges will select the final winners in the International and Canadian categories. Short-listed Canadian books are eligible for both prizes.
e. The judges have absolute discretion in interpreting the rules, and their decision is final.
f. All decisions of the judges will be unanimous.
g. Click here for the current panel of judges.
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• Eligibility Criteria
a. Submissions must come from publishers, who may enter an unlimited number of titles.
b. To be eligible for the International prize, a book of poetry must be a first-edition collection (i.e. not previously published in any country), written in English, or translated into English, by a poet/translator from any part of the world, including Canada.
c. To be eligible for the Canadian prize, a book of poetry must be a first-edition collection (i.e. not previously published in any country), written in English or translated into English by a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident in Canada.
d. Books must have been published in English during the calendar year preceding the year of the award.
e. Winning the Griffin Poetry Prize (or any other prize) in previous years does not render a poet ineligible for the current year’s prize.
f. Only books of poetry written by authors or translators alive at the date of publication will be considered.
g. Books must be the work of one poet.
h. Volumes of Selected and/or Collected poetry, previously published, will only be eligible as translations.
i. Combinations of Selected and/or Collected poetry, combined with previously unpublished poetry, will only be eligible as translations.
j. A book of translations by two translators is eligible if they have collaborated throughout. A collection of translations by various hands is not eligible.
k. A book by a Trustee or current judge is not eligible.
l. No self-published book is eligible.
m. The judges’ decision as to a book’s eligibility is binding.
n. All books must carry an ISBN.
o. A book is defined as having at least forty-eight pages.
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• Conditions of the Prize
a. A book which is entered for the Griffin Poetry Prize will not qualify for the award unless the publisher agrees:
o To prepare and encourage its nominated poet(s) to participate in all reasonable publicity associated with the Griffin Poetry Prize;
o To sticker copies of the winning book with the Griffin Poetry Prize seals (to be provided by the Griffin Poetry Prize);
o To secure the prior written approval of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry with respect to art work, when including facsimiles of the Griffin Poetry Prize seal on all reprints of the winning book(s); and
o To comply with Rule 6(g).
b. Poets and publishers agree to permit The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry to include selections from shortlisted works in a Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology and/or the Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie Anthology. Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie is a national, bilingual, high school poetry recitation competition founded by the Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry in 2010. A one-time permission fee of C$200 will be paid to each originating publisher of the shortlisted books. Proceeds will be donated to a literary cause.
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• Submission Procedures and Deadlines
a. Publishers may submit any number of titles, each published (or scheduled for publication) before the annual deadline of December 31st, for delivery by no later than January 10th.
b. Submissions postmarked after December 31 of each year will not be eligible.
c. The Griffin Poetry Prize may at any time call in a book which has not been submitted. In that event, the publisher will be required to forward an entry form along with four copies of the book to the Griffin Poetry Prize, and to comply with all other rules and regulations.
d. The Griffin Poetry Prize will acknowledge receipt of submissions.
e. No books will be returned to publishers.
f. Four copies of each book must be submitted to:
Mrs. Ruth Smith
Manager
The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry
363 Parkridge Crescent
Oakville, Ontario L6M 1A8, Canada
Canada
g. Each submission must include an Entry Form along with any available press material, including a current biography and photograph of the author and/or translator. (Preferred photograph formats are 8.5×11 black and white print or high resolution [300 dpi or greater] TIFF or JPEG file.)
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• Finalists
a. A short list of finalists will be announced in March or April of each year. National and international publicity, promoting the short-listed poets and the Griffin Poetry Prize, will begin at that announcement and continue until after the winners are declared.
b. It is expected that shortlisted poets will participate in reading their poetry at a public event and will attend the awards ceremony.
c. $10,000 will be awarded to each shortlisted poet, conditional upon the shortlisted poet attending and participating in the annual Readings event.
d. In the event that a shortlisted book is a translation, the $10,000 will be equally shared between the translator(s) and the living poet, conditional upon (c) above.
e. The readings and the awards evening of the Griffin Poetry Prize will take place in Canada over two days in May or June of each year.
f. The Griffin Poetry Prize will bear the cost of travel and overnight accommodation for authors who live outside Toronto, Canada.
g. The judges will select the short list and the winners in private deliberations. Publishers will receive no advance notice of the short-listed nominees or the winners.
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• Further Information
All enquiries should be directed to:
Mrs. Ruth Smith
Manager
The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry
363 Parkridge Crescent
Oakville, Ontario L6M 1A8
Canada
Telephone: (905) 618 0420
E-mail: info@griffinpoetryprize.com