As we get into autumn, it’s a great time to “fall” into Tell Tell Poetry’s newest submissions list for the quarter!
For individual poems, the Palette Poetry Prize is open until September 21 and offers $3,000 and publication to its winner and the Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry is open until September 30 and offers $3,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Oxford, Mississippi for an awards ceremony!
Are you working on a chapbook manuscript? The Robert H. Winner award offers $2,500 and publication to a poet over 40 who has not published more than one book. Finishing Line Press’s New Women’s Voices series awards $1,500 and a royalty contract for its selected chapbook winner.
See where to submit your poems in September, October, and November 2025
We continue to include a tab on this spreadsheet titled “Awards for Self-Published Books.” If you’ve decided to self-publish your collection, there are opportunities you can apply for this quarter after publication.
Our submissions list is designed to help writers like you find your dream small press, create new goals for yourself, find new opportunities, and publish your work with places from our curated selection process. If there’s something you want more of, or if you’re a press or lit magazine that wants to be added to our list, let us know!
Comment with your fave opportunities below, we’d love to see what you’re thinking.
Until next time!
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If you notice an error or if you’d like to be added to the list, please email hello@telltellpoetry.com with WHERE TO SUBMIT in the subject line!
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