Yeats Poetry Prize
Each year the Society awards cash and honorary prizes for poems in any style entered duing an open submissions period. Awards are presented at the Union Square Barnes & Noble (New York City) in April. If a report is available, you may access it by clicking on the name of the judge.
Guidelines for 2017 Yeats Poetry Prize
Deadline: February 15, 2017
Alfred Corn, Judge
The WB Yeats Society of NY poetry competition is open to members and nonmembers of any age, from any locality worldwide. Poems in English on any subject, up to 60 lines, not previously published, may be submitted. Type each poem (judged separately) on an 8.5 x 11” sheet without author’s name; attach 3×5 card with name, address, phone, e-mail. Entry fee is $15 for first poem, $12 each additional. Mail submissions to 2017 Poetry Competition, WB Yeats Society of NY, National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003. Include S.A.S.E. to receive judge’s report. List of winners posted on YeatsSociety.org about March 31. First prize $1,000, second prize $500. Winners and honorable mentions receive two-year memberships in the Society and are honored at April event in New York City. Authors retain rights to their poems, but grant the Society the right to publish their winning entries. These are complete guidelines; no entry form necessary. We reserve the right to hold late submissions to following year.
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Judge’s Reports and Winning Entries
2015 Jessica Greenbaum
2014 Jessica Greenbaum
2002 Harvey Shapiro
1998 Campbell McGrath
1997 L.S. Asekoff
1996 L.S. Asekoff