Submit your published Poetry Book for Awards
Here are some places you can submit your completed poetry book for awards. Awards are a nice thing to add to your portfolio, queries, and online for when you sell your book. People like to know that your book is appreciated more than reviews. Of course reviews are what boosts your algorithms still.
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PEN Center Book Awards (poetry is one of several categories, writers west of the Mississippi River)
sponsor: PEN Center USA
cost to enter: 4 copies of book, plus $35 fee, plus application form
prize: $1000, one-year membership in PEN Center USA, invitation to annual Literary Awards Festival
submission/entry by: authors, publishers, agents, or publicists
POD or self-publishing restrictions: no POD or self-published books
deadline: December 31
https://pen.org/literary-awards/