Published Poetry Book

Deadline May 15 (don't enter before January 1). Highly recommended free contest for a US poet's second book of 48-100 pages in length, under contract to a US publisher and forthcoming in 2018. The Academy of American Poets will award the winner $5,000, a weeklong residency in Miami Beach, FL, and buy 1,000 copies of the winning book for distribution to its members. Publisher should submit four copies of manuscript or page proofs (no bound books or galleys) with author's name removed and entry form.

Contest URL: http://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/james-laughlin-award