Contests, Grants, and Residencies Walt Whitman Award October 17, 2016 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email The Academy of American Poets is currently accepting submissions for the Walt Whitman Award for a first-book publication. Applicants must be living poets who have neither published, nor committed to publish a book-length collection of poems (48 pages or more). Poems may have been previously published in periodicals or chapbooks, but the collection must not have been previously published (including self-publications and e-books). Manuscripts must be of original poetry, in English, between 48 and 100 pages. The winner will receive $5,000, publication with Graywolf Press, and an all-expenses-paid 6 week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy. Entry fee: $35 Deadline: November 1, 2016 For more information, please visit the website.
