Dorset Prize for Poetry 2027 — $3,000, a Two-Week Residency Worth $1,500 and Publication by Tupelo Press, Judged by Allison Benis White
Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.

Tupelo Press, an independent nonprofit literary press, runs the Dorset Prize for a full-length poetry manuscript; the final judge for this round is Allison Benis White.
Benefits
A $3,000 prize, a two-week residency in Port Angeles, Washington (worth $1,500), publication by Tupelo Press, 25 copies, a book launch and distribution through the University of Chicago Press.
Eligibility
Open to anyone writing in English, in the United States or abroad, published or not. A previously unpublished full-length poetry manuscript (48–88 pages suggested) with a table of contents; individual poems may have been published. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible… Read more
Dates & details
- Deadline
- midnight EST
- Programme dates
- Results announced in spring 2027
Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.
