Steve Kowit Poetry Prize

01/06/2026

It’s official. Congrats to Jeff Walt for earning The Kowit 2025.

Award ceremony takes place Tuesday, April 21st, 6- 8:30 p..m., in the Shiley Event Center atop the Public Library, downtown San Diego. Admission is free.

01/03/2026

04/14/2025

Reserve your seat -- it's FREE:
https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/copy-2025-kowit-awards-and-san-diego-poetry-celebration-388380

01/06/2025

Congratulations to the top 3 honorees of The Kowit 2024, and to all the Finalists who will receive Honorable Mentions.

All poems will be published in the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize special section of the San Diego Poetry Annual 2024-25, due out March 1st.

Join us for the award ceremony, Tuesday, April 22, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., downtown in the Shiley Event Center atop the San Diego Public Library. It's free, and so is the parking.

Thanks to Ellen Bass for judging.

12/06/2024

Congratulations to all the Finalists for The Kowit 2024, selected from a record number of entries.
The top three cash prizes will be announced January 5th.

10/15/2024

This is it: the last day.
Your poem, Ellen Bass, $1350 in prize money, publication in the SDPA, celebratory reading in the rooftop event center of the domed public library, offering sweeping views of San Diego. All of it goes away at midnight. Enter today.

SDEAG.Submittable.com/submit
Sandiegopoetryannual.com/kowit

SDPA free submissions:
Sandiegopoetryannual.com/submissions-guidelines-2

10/14/2024

TWO. 2.
SDEAG.submittable.com/submit
Sandiegopoetryannual.com/kowit

SDPA (free submission):
Sandiegopoetryannual.com/submissions-guidelines-2

10/13/2024

3 days to enter. A chance to have Ellen Bass see your work.

SDEAG.Submittable.com/submit
Sandiegopoetryannual.com/kowit

SDPA: free submissions — sandiegopoetryannual.com/submission-guidelines-2

10/12/2024

Only 4 days left to enter.
SDEAG.submittable.com/submit
Sandiegopoetryannual.com/kowit

SDPA submissions (free):
Sandiegopoetryannual.com/submission-guidelines-2