Illya's Honey Poetry Contest, tinywords

The Dallas Poets Community and Illya's Honey poetry journal are sponsoring the 2013 Open Poetry Competition.  There are three hefty prizes -- $300, $100, and $50 -- and an entry fee of $10 for one to three poems ($5 for each poem after that).  All submissions must be made by snail mail, and the postmark deadline is June 15th.

tinywords is open for submissions again, and the editors just extended the deadline to June 1st.  This is an open submission period, with no themes or restrictions.

Bones haiku journal

Bones is a new online haiku journal that any haiku reader should check out.  The first issue was just released in December.  Bones is different from most other haiku journals, and it contains a lot of "experimental" poems.  There are some poems that push the boundaries of haiku, and others that punch right through it.  Avid haiku readers will recognize many names from the journal's inaugural issue, including Johnny Baranski, Cherie Hunter Day, John Sexton, and more.

Bones is currently closed to submissions, but it will reopen in April, so get your poems that won't fit in a traditional haiku magazine ready to send.

Balticon Poetry Contest

The Baltimore Science Fiction Society holds a poetry contest every year to coincide with the annual Balticon convention.  Prizes for the Balticon Poetry Contest are $100, $75, and $50, and there is no entry fee.  Each person can submit up to three poems (50 lines or less).  Judging by the recent winners (you can view them on the website) longer poems stand a better chance of winning.  Entries can be mailed, emailed, or submitted via the online form, but they must be in-hand by April 1st.

NFSPS poetry contests

The National Federation of State Poetry Societies holds a big poetry contest every year, with many different categories.  Some of the categories are for different forms and have different prize amounts.  The submission deadline is March 15th.

There are several haiku contests with deadlines in the month of March.  Some of those contests are listed in the sidebar to the right, and others can be found on The Haiku Foundation's March calendar update.