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Grolier
Poetry Prize—now $1000
2006 GROLIER POETRY PRIZE
ELLEN LA FORGE MEMORIAL POETRY FOUNDATION, INC.
6 Plympton St., Cambridge MA 02138. (617) 547-4648. E-mail:
grolierpoetry@cs.com; Web site: www.grolierpoetrybookshop.com.
The Grolier
Poetry Prize, established in 1974, is open to all poets who
have not published either a vanity, small press, trade, or chapbook
of poetry. One
poet receives an honorarium of $1,000. Up to six poems by the winner
and four by each of three runners-up are chosen for publication
in the Grolier Poetry
Prize Annual.Submissions must be unpublished and may not be submitted
elsewhere.
Submit up to 6 poems, not more than 12 double-spaced pages. Submit
one ms in duplicate, without name of poet. On a separate sheet give
name,
address, phone number, and titles of poems. Only one submission
per contestant;
mss are not returned. For updated guidelines, send SASE
to Ellen La Forge Memorial Poetry Foundation or check e-mail before
submitting ms. Entry fee: $10, includes copy of Annual. Make checks
payable to the Ellen La Forge Memorial Poetry Foundation, Inc. Enclose
self-addressed stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt.
Opens Feb. 1. Deadline: June 30. Winner and runners-up will be selected
and informed in early September. Copies of the Annual
available from the Grolier Poetry Book Shop at the above address.
Writing
Alone and With Others by Pat
Schneider, founder of Amherst Writers and Artists, is a wealth
of inspiration, lessons on craft, and exercises for writers of any
genre, whether writing alone, leading a workshop, or empowering
the silenced. To learn about workshops in the Boston area using
the techniques described in this book, contact Kathleen
Olesky at kolesky@comcast.net.
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