Graybeal-Gowen Prize for Virginia Poets - Deadlin November 15 2014 #writing #competition #contest

SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR THIS YEAR’S GRAYBEAL-GOWEN PRIZE runs from October 15 till November 15.

See guidelines below.
Thank you for your participation in 2013; about a 150 poets entered last year.

This annual prize of $500 is awarded by Shenandoah and the Virginia Poetry Center for a single poem of 100 lines or less by a writer born in or with current established residence in Virginia. The 2014 winning poem will be published in SHENANDOAH in March 2015.

Entrants are invited to submit up to three previously unpublished poems. Send one copy of each poem (with contact information in upper right-hand corner), SASE and brief biographical note, which should confirm the basis for eligibility as a “Virginian” to:

The Graybeal-Gowen Prize
Shenandoah
17 Courthouse Square
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450-2116

Entries should be postmarked between October 15 and November 15, 2013.

No entry fee is required.