2010 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Judge: Maggie Anderson
$2,000 for a First Book of Poems
This prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The winner receives $2000 and the winning volume will be published by the Kent State University Press in Fall 2010. The winner will give a reading with the 2010 judge of the competition on the Kent State campus.  In 2009, the winner was Visible Heavens by Joanna Solfrian, chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye.
Entry Requirements:

  • The competition is open to poets writing in English who have not yet published a full-length collection of poems (a volume of 50 or more pages published in an edition of 500 or more copies).
  • There is a $20 reading fee. Checks should be made payable to the Wick Poetry Center.
  • Submissions must consist of 50 to 70 pages of poetry, typed on one side only, with no more than one poem included on a page. Only clean, legible copies are acceptable.
  • The poet’s name is not to appear on the manuscript. Two title pages should be included. The first must include the poet’s name, address, e-mail, telephone number, and the title of the manuscript; the second should list the title of the manuscript only. Entries are judged anonymously.
  • The manuscript may be submitted simultaneously to other publishers, but the poet must notify the Wick Poetry Center immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere.
  • All manuscripts will be recycled after judging. For notice that the manuscript has been received, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard. For notice of the winning selection, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The winner will be announced late in the summer of 2010.
  • Manuscripts must be postmarked between February 1, 2010 and May 1, 2010. No late entries will be read.

Entries should be sent to: Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, Wick Poetry Center, 301 Satterfield Hall, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001, (330)672-2067, www.kent.edu/wick
Visit http://http://dept.kent.edu/wick/Competitions/FirstBook.html