Submit work between April 1st and July 1st annually.

Prizes:

First Place: $300 + publication in The Baltimore Review

Second Place: $150

Third Place: $50

Judges:

To Be Announced

Rules:

Submit up to 4 poems per entry fee. Poems must be original and unpublished elsewhere. All styles and forms are accepted. There is no limit on length of poems. All poems submitted to the contest will also be considered for publication in The Baltimore Review. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but alert us if your poems have been accepted elsewhere; entry fees are not refundable. Send SASE for a list of winners.

Submissions should be postmarked by deadline.

Format:

Print poems on separate pages, with name, address, phone number and email appearing on the first page of each poem.

SUBMISSIONS TO THIS AND ANY CONTEST SHOULD BE SENT VIA POSTAL MAIL AND NOT VIA OUT R ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM, WHICH IS FOR REGULAR SUBMISSIONS ONLY.

Entry Fee:

$15 entry fee for each set of 4 poems – OR -- pay $20 for contest entry fee

as well as a one-year subscription to The Baltimore Review.

Make checks payable to The Baltimore Review.

Mail to:

The Baltimore Review/Poetry Competition
PO Box 529, Fork MD 21051

Please address as noted above.

Send via regular first-class mail only;

do not send entries via special or overnight delivery.