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·  Poems must be unpublished, up to 75 lines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.

 

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Even a great opportunity of those of us who are not. :)