Reading: February 1 – March 30, 2009

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No mss postmarked after March 30, 2009 will be considered.

Reading fee: $20.00

Final Judge: Jan Beatty

(Jan Beatty’s new book, Red Sugar, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in Spring, 2008. Other books include Boneshaker (2002, U. of Pgh. Press) and Mad River, winner of the 1994 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. Ravenous, her limited edition chapbook, won the 1995 State Street Prize. Beatty’s poetry has appeared in Quarterly West, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, and Court Green, and in anthologies published by Oxford University Press, University of Illinois Press, and University of Iowa Press. Awards include the $15,000 Creative Achievement Award in Literature from the Heinz Foundation, the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and two fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. For the past thirteen years, she has hosted and produced Prosody, a public radio show on NPR-affiliate WYEP-FM featuring the work of national writers. Beatty directs the creative writing program at Carlow University, where she runs the Madwomen in the Attic writing workshops and teaches in the MFA program.)

Notification in June for Spring 2010 publication by Briery Creek Press.

Winner receives 50 books, a reading, $1000.00, and a letter-pressed broadside created by book-artist Kerri Cushman.

All entries receive a copy of the winning book.

Send between 48 and 60 pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page, no smaller than 12 point font, Arial, Courier, or Times. Do not include Table of Contents in page count. Entries will be judged blind, so include cover letter with ms title, poet’s name, and all contact information. Cover sheet on ms should include TITLE ONLY. Do NOT include Dedication, Acknowledgments or Credits page. Poet’s name should NOT appear anywhere in the ms. Number all ms pages. Entries should include a #10 SASE for winner notification. Send disposable mss only; no manuscripts will be returned.

No restriction on content or style; we’re simply looking for excellent poetry.

Simultaneous submission okay for contest, although we ask that poets please contact us immediately if the ms is accepted elsewhere. Reading fees not returned upon such withdrawal. Current students and employees of Longwood University and authors published by The Dos Passos Review are not eligible for this competition.

Make checks payable to DPR/BRIERY CREEK, Department of English, Longwood University, 201 High Street, Farmville, VA 23901