Our 2009 poetry contest will be judged by Ilya Kaminsky. Ilya is the author of Dancing in Odessa, which won the Whiting Writer’s Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award, the Dorset Prize, and the Ruth Lilly Fellowship given annually by Poetry magazine. Dancing In Odessa was also named Best Poetry Book of the Year 2004 by ForeWord magazine.
First prize: $500, plus publication in LUMINA
Second prize: $100
Third prize: $50
(All contest entries will automatically be considered for publication.)
http://pages.slc.edu/~lumina/contest/
Deadline: November 15, 2008
Entry fee: $10. Make check or money order payable to LUMINA, and mail it to:
LUMINA
Sarah Lawrence College
Slonim House
One Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708-5999
You must also email your entry to (replace (at) with @). Write your email address on your check so that your entry can be matched to your payment. All other contest guidelines are identical to the guidelines for regular poetry submissions. For that information, see our submissions page at
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