Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition - Deadline January 31 st 2015

Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition - $100 Prizes - No Entry Fee


Now in its sixth year the Turkish Cultural Foundation is accepting submissions of poetry from U.S. poets for the Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition. This competition is a tribute to contemporary Turkish poet and dramaturgist Nazim Hikmet whose literary works have been translated in over 50 languages.

Finalists will each receive a prize of $100, publication in a chapbook, plus a free invite to this year's Poetry Festival in Cary, NC.

Poets can submit three poems, any length, per submission. Poems must be written in English and previously unpublished. It is free to enter.

Deadline: January 31, 2015 | Enter Poetry Competition