the 2017 Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize, judged
by Sun Yung Shin. There are no limitations in form or
content; we are interested in everything from traditional
forms to free verse to lyric essay to flash fiction.
receive $250.
• Contest opens June 21 and closes August 21.
per entry. You are more than welcome to enter the contest
more than once, provided you pay the fee of $12 for each
entry.
document is permitted per entry.
that if your poem(s) or piece(s) are accepted elsewhere,
we cannot refund your contest entry. If you need to
withdraw a poem due to acceptance at another publication,
please leave a note in Submittable. Please only use the
“Withdraw” feature if you need to withdraw the whole of
your submission.
in any form, online or in print.
from the manuscript.
publication in the Winter Solstice issue, which will be
published on December 21.
include both editors of the journal. A dozen finalists will
be selected to be sent on to the final judge.
Sun Yung Shin is the editor of A Good Time for the Truth:
Race in Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society Press),
the author of poetry/essay collections Unbearable
Splendor (currently a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award
for Poetry); Rough, and Savage; and Skirt Full of Black
(winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry)
(all from Coffee House Press), a co-editor of Outsiders
Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption (South End
Press), and the author of bilingual illustrated book for
children Cooper’s Lesson (Lee & Low Books). She has
received artist grants from the Bush Foundation, the
Minnesota State Arts Board, the McKnight Foundation,
and the Jerome Foundation. She is a contributing editor
for and a member of the collective Aster(ix). She lives
in Minneapolis.
