Award of $1,000 includes publication of a chapbook and a 10-minute introductory reading at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival preceding a featured poet during the 2013 season. For adult writers.
Submit 20—32 pages (no more than one poem per page).

Competition Judge for 2013: Patricia Smith, poet, teacher, performance artist and author. Ms. Smith is winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, four-time individual champion on the National Poetry Slam, and a Cave Canem faculty member.

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked between September 1 and December 1, 2012. Winner to be announced March 1, 2013.

Reading fee: $30 payable by check to Hill-Stead Museum. Proceeds to benefit the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.



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