⭐ The 2027 Honeybee Poetry Prize is open! This year we’re awarding two prizes: Poetry and Fiction. ⭐
Combined prize payout is $1500.
The winners in both poetry and fiction will receive $500, publication in our summer issue, and a jar of honey from a Nebraska apiary. 🍯 Other select finalists will be offered publication with an honorarium of $60 per piece.
Contest Details:
⭐ For poetry: Up to ten poems will be selected as finalists by our current editorial team.
⭐ For fiction: Up to five stories will be selected as finalists by our current editorial team.
⭐ All finalists will be sent to our guest judge, who will select the winners.
⭐ The contest fee is $18. Finalists will be notified in May, and the winners will be announced in June. The summer issue is released in July.
⭐ Submission guidelines are the same as our regular publication guidelines. Key details are as follows:
- Original, previously unpublished poems and stories only.
- For poetry, please send no more than 5 poems per submission and no more than 10 pages in total.
- For fiction, one story per submission, 5000 words max.
- Pieces should be typed with at least one-inch margins and a 12-point serif font, preferably Times New Roman in Word or PDF format. Prose should be double-spaced. Poems should be formatted as the author desires, recognizing that long lines may wrap when rendered on a tablet or phone.
- We prefer to read blind, so please remove your name from the submitted document.
For a comprehensive set of guidelines, please visit our general submission page.
We will respond to all submitted work; however, it may take up to eight months, depending on when the poems are submitted within the contest period. Thank you in advance for your patience.
Multiple submissions are permitted, but the fee will be required for each.
For info about our past contests, please visit the HoneyBee Prize archive.
