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Entry
Guidelines for the
2008
James Hearst Poetry Prize
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First
Prize $1000 ... Second $100 ...
Third $50
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All
winners and finalists will be published in the March-April 2008
issue.
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Deadline:
October
31, 2007 (must be postmarked by)
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Entry
fee:
$18.00
(includes a one-year subscription). Make your check or money order
out to North American Review. If you are outside the US, please
make sure the entry fee is in US currency and routed through a US
bank.
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Rules:
Two
copies of up to five previously unpublished poems. No names on manuscripts.
please. Your poems will be assigned log numbers so they can be "read
blind." Include required cover
sheet (to open a PDF you will need Adobe Reader, available
for free download).
Simultaneous submission to other journals or competitions is not
allowed. Poems will not be returned, so please do not send an SASE
(self-addressed stamped envelope).
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To
receive acknowledgement of receipt, please include a self-addressed,
stamped postcard. If you wish to receive the list of winners, please
include a business-size SASE. If you would prefer to receive acknowledgement
of receipt and the list of winners by e-mail, please let us know
on the cover sheet. Winners will also be announced in the writers'
trade magazines and on this website.
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Tips:
We
have noticed that long poems rarely do well -- too much can go wrong
in a large space. Poems that have reached the finalist stage in
our competition in the past are typically one to two pages (often
much shorter). Winning poems always balance interesting subject
matter and consummate poetic craft. We value both free verse and
formal poems in rhyme and meter -- both open and closed forms.
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Send
entries to:
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James
Hearst Poetry Prize
North
American Review (WS)
University
of Northern Iowa
1222
W. 27th Street
Cedar
Falls, IA 50614-0516
USA
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Reminder:
Please
include the required cover sheet. Thank you.
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Welcome
to My Site
The
Annual James Hearst Poetry Prize
James
Hearst
was a well-known "farmer-poet." Before his death in 1983, he published
numerous poems and books and taught poetry writing at the University
of Northern Iowa. Hearst's Collected
Poems
were published in 2001 by the University of Iowa Press.
"Polio
Water in 1955" by Jeanne Emmon was awarded First Place in the 2006
James Hearst Poetry Prize
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the
NAR is published by the university of northern iowa
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