Organization · Austin, TX, USA
Austin Community College
Austin Community College's Creative Writing Department, based in Austin, Texas, offers workshops, degree programs, and student publications including the biannual literary and arts journal The Rio Review. The department also sponsors the annual Balcones Prizes, awarding $1,500 plus travel and lodging for a reading and class visit in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Nominations are open to authors and publishers from September 1 through January 31.
Open to poets
- Balcones Prizes. Nominations Sep 1, 2026–Jan 31, 2027. Fee: $25 (poetry); $30 fiction/nonfiction. Pays: $1,500 prize plus travel and lodging.
Official site: liberalarts.austincc.edu/creative-writing. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
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More places to send your poems
- Austin Poetry Review
- Australian Poetry
- Autumn House Press
- Autumn Sky Poetry Daily
- Avalon Park Press
- AVBOB Poetry Project