Submission Deadline: April 30, 2007
CONTEST JUDGE: David Shapiro
www.marshhawkpress.org

David Shapiro has published nine books of poetry, most recently A BURNING INTERIOR (2003), several books of art criticism, a study of John Ashbery’s poetry. His SELECTED POEMS will appear in 2007. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of the Humanities. In 1971, he was nominated for the National Book Award. Shapiro has taught at Columbia University, Princeton, Bard, Cooper
Union, and CUNY-Brooklyn College, and is currently a Professor of Art History at William Paterson University in New Jersey.

The Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize offers a cash award of $1,000.00 plus publication of the winning book. It is judged by a poet of national stature. The winner’s name and title of the winning book are announced nationally. Contest Rules:

–Submit a manuscript of 48-70 pages of original poetry in any style in English. The manuscript must not have been published previously in book form, although individual poems appearing in print or on the web are permitted. Entries may consist of individual poems, or a book-length poem—or any combiination of long or short poems.

–Submitted manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript.

–Manuscript should be typed, single-spaced, paginated, and bound with a spring clip.

–Include a table of contents page and an acknowledgements page for magazine or anthology publications.

–Enclose an SASE for announcement of the winner.

–Manuscript cannot be returned.

–Postmark deadline: April 30, 2007.

–Include a check or money order for $20 entry fee, payable to MARSH HAWK PRESS.

CONTEST MAILING ADDRESS:
Marsh Hawk Press, P.O. Box 206, East Rockaway, N.Y. 11518-0206