Press · Lincoln, NE

Backwaters Press

The Backwaters Press is a poetry imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.

Open to poets

• Backwaters Prize in Poetry. Reads Apr 1–May 1. Fee: $32. Pays: $2,000 and publication; $1,000 honorable mention with publication.

Official site: nebraskapress.unl.edu. Please confirm the details there before you submit.

Checked 2026-10-26. Find more places to send your poems on Poetry Marketplace, free.

More places to send your poems

• Bacopa Literary Review
• Bainbridge Island Press
• Bakwa Magazine
• Balestra Magazine
• Ballast
• Baltimore Gothic

Open calls for poets