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Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
First Book Award
A prize of $2,000, publication by Southern Illinois University Press, and a $1,500 honorarium to give a reading at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is given annually for a poetry collection. U.S. poets who have not published a book of poems of over 48 pages in an edition of over 500 copies are eligible. Amy Fleury will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 75 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Crab Orchard Review, between May 15 and July 8. Send an SASE or visit the website for complete guidelines.
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry, First Book Award, English Department, Mail Code 4503, 1000 Faner Drive, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901. Jon Tribble, Series Editor.
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