Annual Poetry Contest
Closes February 1, 2009
Awards Reception
April 8, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
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2009 WINNERS HAVE BEEN NNOUNCED ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE HONORABLE MENTION ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST ELIGIBILITY: *Adults over 18; living within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis. *Any person having won first prize in the contest twice within the last five years is ineligible for further cash awards but may be cited for honors. RULES: *Submit TWO TYPED COPIES of TWO poems, which have never been published or won an award. *Use 8 1/2 x 11 paper with no more than one poem to a page. *Sign with pen name ONLY. *Type real name, address, e-mail address and telephone number on a separate sheet of paper and enclose with poems. No manuscripts returned. SEND TO: Carol Layton; ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST; 112 Swan Ave.; St. Louis, MO 63122 PRIZES: $700, $300, $150 JUDGE: Will Greenway *Recently published ninth full-length collection of poetry, Everywhere at Once *Published over 600 poems in periodicals, including Poetry, American Poetry, Review, Georgia Review, Southern Review, Poetry Northwest, Shenandoah, and Prairie Schooner *Won numerous prizes including Larry Levis Editors’ prize from Missouri Review *Poems have appeared in three volumes of Best American Poetry *Currently a professor of English at Youngstown State University where he has been awarded Distinguished Professorships in both teaching and scholarship twice
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2009 WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED JUNIOR POETRY CONTEST FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE FOURTH PLACE BOOK PRIZE HONORABLE MENTION UNIOR ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST ELIGIBILITY: Students in grades 10 through 12 in High Schools in St. Louis and the St. Louis area. RULES: Submit THREE original poems. Send THREE copies of each poem, one poem to a page. Students should sign each poem in the upper left hand corner with a PEN NAME. On a separate sheet of paper, student should sign REAL NAME, STREET ADDRESS, ZIP CODE, EMAIL ADDRESS, NAME OF SCHOOL, and TEACHER'S FULL NAME and seal in envelope with PEN NAME ON OUTSIDE. Entries must be submitted through the school’s English Departmentand must follow the rules. No manuscripts will be returned. SEND TO:Connie Berni, Junior Poetry Contest, 7310 Forsythe Blvd., Apt. #102, St. Louis, MO 63105 EMAIL: anthony71137@yahoo.com PRIZES: $100, $75, $50, $25, and Book Prize JUDGE: Robert Wrigley *Author of seven books of poetry, the most recent, Earthly Meditations: New and Selected Poems *Won The Poets’ Prize in 2005 for Lives of the Animals *Received awards from the Poetry Magazine, Poetry Northwest, the Poetry Society of America, and Academy of *Received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim Foundation *Taught MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College *Currently a professor at the University of Idaho |