The Editors are pleased to announce the twenty-sixth New Criterion Poetry Prize for a book-length manuscript of poems that pay close attention to form.
Judges: Rachel Hadas, Roger Kimball & Christopher J. Scalia.
The winner will receive $3,000 and the winning manuscript will be published in the winter of 2027.
Contestants can submit their entries here.
An entrance fee of $25 is required for each online entry. Manuscripts are not to exceed sixty pages in length and should be submitted as a pdf or a Word document. Submissions must be received no later than May 15, 2026. The winner will be announced in the summer of 2026.
For a list of previous winners, please visit our bookstore.
