Red Hen Press and The Los Angeles Review are pleased to announce the first annual Wild Light contest. A prize of $1,000 and publication inThe Los Angeles Review are given annually for an exceptional poem. Kate Gale, Editor of Red Hen Press and The Los Angeles Review, is the final judge.

Complete Guidelines:

• Submissions for the Wild Light Prize are accepted via US Mail only.

• Mail entries to The Los Angeles Review, Wild Light Poetry Contest, c/o Red Hen Press, P.O. Box 40820, Pasadena CA 91114.

• The contest opens June 1, 2013, and closes October 15, 2013. Entries postmarked October 15 and earlier will be considered.

• Please submit up to three poems of up to 200 lines each. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at lareview.wildlight.contest@gmail.com if a poem is accepted elsewhere.

• Only previously unpublished poems are considered for the Wild Light Prize. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in The Los Angeles Review.

• Enclose a SASE for notification only; manuscripts will not be returned.

• Enclose a check for the entry fee of $25. Please do not send cash.

• On the first page of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number.

• The winner will be selected in spring of 2014 and announced via our website, a Red Hen Press press release, and enclosed SASEs.

• The winning poem will be published in The Los Angeles Review, Issue 16.

• Please direct questions to lareview.wildlight.contest@gmail.com