This contest is open to any woman writer* over the age of 40 living in the United States who has not published a full-length book of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction (chapbooks excluded).
Poems must be unpublished, up to 75 lines
Up to two poems, of any style, per submission
Submissions must be postmarked by or before March 20, 2010
Winner will be notified by April 21, 2010
With each entry, submit the following:
- Cover sheet with name, address, phone number, E-mail, title of poem
- Check for $20, made payable to Carlow University
- Self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification
- The author’s name, address, and any identifying information should not
appear on any poem. All entries will receive a copy of Voices from the Attic.
Send entries to:
The Patricia Dobler Poetry Award
Jan Beatty, Director of Creative Writing
Carlow University
3333 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Judge: Lynn Emanuel
The winner will receive the Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, in the form of roundtrip
travel and lodging as a participating guest of Carlow’s MFA residency at the
Innisfree International College and Convention Centre (St. Angela’s College) Lough Gill,
in Sligo, Ireland, in the heart of Yeats’ country, June 18-28, 2010; publication in
Voices from the Attic; and a reading at Carlow University in Pittsburgh.
For more information, please contact Ellie Wymard, PhD, at 412-578-6346.
*Current Carlow students or employees are not eligible. |
