Hidden River is pleased to announce the winner as well as the semi-finalists and finalists of the 2023/2024 cycle. Our full announcement can be read here.
The 2024/2025 cycle of submissions is currently open and manuscripts will be accepted through April 30, 2024.
The winner of the 2023/2024 Willow Run Poetry Book Award is Stephen Odiedo of Siaya, Kenya for his work, Udjat.
The long list of the last cycle can be found here.
The semi-finalists and finalists and winners of all previous cycles of the Willow Run Poetry Book Award, as well as those of previous years, can be found here.
Hidden River Arts offers a yearly prize of $1000 and publication in Hidden River Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing, for an unpublished booklength collection of poetry of 75 to 100 pages. The editors will judge.
The award is open to all poets writing in English around the world. We also accept translations to English, but please see our guidelines on Submittable for more details here. We accept simultaneous submissions, and ask only that you notify us immediately if your manuscript has been accepted for publication elsewhere. We also accept multiple submissions; each book-length manuscript must be submitted separately.
Please note that NO Artificial Intelligence of any kind can be used in the creation of the poems in your collection. You must certify that all the work submitted is written by you, original to you, and in no way has AI been used for the creation of the collection.
Hidden River accepts submissions and payment of the entry fee ($20) exclusively through our online submission manager, Submittable. We are not able to accept submissions via email or postal mail. Manuscripts should include an artist’s statement that discusses the ways in which the poetry collection works as a whole – its themes, motifs, explorations. It should also include a title page, table of contents, and when appropriate, an acknowledgments page. Manuscripts should be paginated and formatted in an easy-to-read font . Please include a brief bio, your full address and something about yourself in your cover note on Submittable.
All decisions are made by the Hidden River Staff and are final. We reserve the right to withhold the prize on any given year should our staff decide that no manuscripts meet the winning criteria, or if the number of submissions falls below the minimum required by our by-laws. Prize money awarded upon publication.
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