Now Open:
THE FRANK O'HARA PRIZE, the Worcester County Poetry Association’s annual poetry contest, is open for submissions until March 31, 2023. Please be sure to read the guidelines for this contest to determine your eligibility.
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Opening Summer/Fall 2023: Reading Periods for The Worcester Review, Volume 45
POETRY: August 1, 2023 -- November 30, 2023
FICTION: August 2023, October 2023
General Guidelines
Please include a three-sentence, third-person biography with your cover letter.
Multiple submissions: Please submit only once per genre for each volume. Additional submissions will be declined unread. Please do not withdraw and resubmit your work!
Past contributors: Please wait one year after the publication of the issue that includes your work before submitting again. For example, if your work appears in the 2023 issue of TWR, please do not submit again until 2024.
Fees: $3 per submission in Submittable.
- TWR offers a waived-fee option for BIPOC writers.
- TWR does not want to miss out on submissions from any writer; if our submission fee is a barrier for you, please email the editor.
Simultaneous submissions: Encouraged! Our response time ranges from one to six months. Please promptly withdraw any pieces that find homes elsewhere. If you have a partial withdrawal (one poem or flash piece out of a batch, for example) please leave us a note in Submittable's "Messages" tab.
Accepted work -- Rights and Payment: The Worcester Review reserves First Publication Rights for all submissions chosen for publication. Accepted work will appear in the print journal and may appear on The Worcester Review's website and in the online archives. Payment will be two copies upon publication (or one copy, if shipping internationally) and a small honorarium. In recent years, the honorarium was $20 for each writer.
Be sure you have followed all instructions and meet all eligibility guidelines before submitting! Find the contest guidelines here.
To enter the WCPA’s annual poetry contest you must be either:
- a resident of Worcester County, or
- a student or employee of institutions within Worcester County, or
- a WCPA member in good standing
Be sure you have followed all instructions and meet all eligibility guidelines before submitting! The contest guidelines are available here.
To enter the WCPA’s annual poetry contest you must be either:
- a student or employee of institutions within Worcester County, or
- A student or employee of institutions within Worcester County, or
- a WCPA member in good standing