About the Prize

Reading/contest fee: $20

Deadline: January 15, 2027

Open to all poets and writers

Learn more: https://torresandcompany.subfolios.com/submit

All entrants are automatically considered for free admission to the awards ceremony in Portland, OR. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Portland Poetry Prize is administered annually by Torres & Company. It awards $500 for a single poem and inaugurates the poet at a venue in Portland, OR on February 27, 2027.

The judge for the prize is yet to be announced.

Executive Team

Administrator: Luis Torres

General Advisor: Sam Yaziji, the production editor at Poetry International

Note: We have opted to use Subfolio since it was created by the son of the editor-in-chief at AGNI, which was a meaningful fact when deciding how to administer the prize.