2015 Booth Poetry Prize
Final Judge: Ellen Bryant Voigt
Details
1st Prize: $1,000 and publication.
All entries will be considered for publication.
All entrants will receive a copy of Booth 9, the Prize issue, in Fall 2015.
Deadline to enter is February 15, 2015.
Winner will be announced on April 15, 2015.
Entry fee is $10.
Submit here.
Final Judge
Ellen Bryant Voigt has published six books of poetry and a collection of craft essays. Her most recent book is Headwaters (W.W. Norton, 2013). Her poetry collection Shadow of Heaven (2002) was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Kyrie (1995) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Voigt has received grants from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, the Vermont Arts Council, and the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund. In 1976 she developed and directed the nation’s first low-residency program at Goddard College. Voigt has served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets since 2003. She resides in Cabot, Vermont.
Fine Print
Our Story Contest is compliant with the CLMP Contest Code of Ethics (see below). All rights revert to the author upon publication. Students and former students of Butler University and of this year’s judge may not enter. Butler University employees are ineligible as are close friends of the judge. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but you must withdraw your work from consideration if it becomes committed elsewhere. Further details on the reading and judging process are available upon request.
CLMP Contest Code of Ethics
“CLMP’s community of independent literary publishers believes that ethical contests serve our shared goal: to connect writers and readers by publishing exceptional writing. We believe that intent to act ethically, clarity of guidelines, and transparency of process form the foundation of an ethical contest. To that end, we agree to 1) conduct our contests as ethically as possible and to address any unethical behavior on the part of our readers, judges, or editors; 2) to provide clear and specific contest guidelines — defining conflict of interest for all parties involved; and 3) to make the mechanics of our selection process available to the public. This Code recognizes that different contest models produce different results, but that each model can be run ethically. We have adopted this Code to reinforce our integrity and dedication as a publishing community and to ensure that our contests contribute to a vibrant literary heritage.”
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