Deadline: August 1, 2025
Award Amount: $1,500
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Arts/Creatives
Description: Blessing the Boats Selections spotlights poetry collections by women of color. As the Blessing the Boats Selections Editor-at-Large, Evie Shockley will read submissions and select the final manuscript for publication. Submissions are open to all women poets of color in the U.S., including poets who identify as cis, trans, and non-binary people who are comfortable in a space that centers on women’s experiences, regardless of citizenship and publication history.