Every spring, phoebe hosts contests in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction, each with a $500 prize. Submissions for the contest issue are open annually from January 15th – March 15th. 

 

Contest Guidelines

All entries should include a cover letter with the submission’s title and author’s contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address).
 
Your name and contact information must not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.
 
You may submit multiple entries, but must pay an entry fee ($7) for each new submission.
 
Please submit your work in a Word Document (.doc or .docx).
 
We will not accept mailed submissions. Please use our online submission manager, Submittable.
 
All other guidelines are the same as for our fall/winter issue (see our submissions page).

2024 Contest Winners

Greg Grummer Poetry Contest

Winner: self-portrait with three hands by p. hodges adams

 

Runner Up: I’m glad my grandma died before she could see me get fat by Bleah Patterson

Fiction Contest

Winner: Idaho Wolves by Kath Richards

 

Runner Up: Wolfpacking by Nolan Capps

Nonfiction Contest

Winner: The Lyric Ear by Megan J. Arlett

 

Runner Up: Half-lives of empathy by Somi Jun

2023 Contest Winners

Greg Grummer Poetry Contest

Winner: Pastoral Fragment by Rachel Rothenberg

 

Runner Up: clove hitch by p. hodges adams

Fiction Contest

Winner: Parrot by Maeve Barry

 

Runner Up: Solve by Jeremy Griffin

Nonfiction Contest

Winner: All the Dust Falling by Abigail Ham

 

Runner Up: The Plague of Flies by Julie Marie Wade

2022 Contest Winners

Greg Grummer Poetry Contest

Winner: New Theories About (Our Obsession With) the Moon by Katherine Huang

 

First Runner-up: Crepe Myrtles and All Those Other Blooming Trees by Hannah V. Warren

 

Second Runner-up: Lament by Lydia Golitz 

 

Honorable Mention: Adam in Eden by Shay Swindlehurst

Fiction Contest

Winner: A Bed Filled with Birds by Faith Shearin

 

Runner Up: The Lost Girls of Lupine Cabin by Anna Sheffer

Nonfiction Contest

Winner: Ariel by Lucien Darjeun Meadows

 

Runner Up: The Lost Girls of Lupine Cabin by Anna Sheffer

2021 Contest Winners

Greg Grummer Poetry Contest

Winner: Tire Chains by David Rock

 

Runner Up: The Twins by Benjamin Niespodziany

Fiction Contest

The Light. Breathing by Gregg Maxwell Parker

Nonfiction Contest

Winner: Welcome to Bad Mom Club by Marne Litfin

 

Runner Up: Memories of Ace, in Reverse Chronological Order by Megan Falle

 

Finalist: Another Word for Gone by Jessica Rapisarda

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