2027 Colorado Review Poetry Competition with a Cash Prize

The 2027 Colorado Prize for Poetry is an international competition for poets to submit a complete poetry manuscript in English for potential publication. It offers a cash prize and publication of the winning collection by the University Press of Colorado, with distribution through Colorado Review. The winner also receives royalties after the advance is recovered and a one-year subscription to Colorado Review included with the entry fee.

Cash prize of USD 2,500; publication of the winning poetry collection by University Press of Colorado; royalties after recovery of the advance; 500-copy first print run; one-year subscription to Colorado Review included with entry.

Writers from outside the United States are eligible to apply, and applicants are not required to reside in Colorado or elsewhere in the United States.

Submit a complete poetry manuscript in English between 48 and 100 pages; manuscript should be original and not previously published in full; translations not accepted.