Reposted from CRWROPPS: New England Poetry Club Contests * Annual contests: open in April/May. nepoetryclub.org/contests.htm Annual Contests are open in April and May only. Entries must be sent and postmarked in April and May only. Winners are announced online in September/October. See below for descriptions of the various contests Contest Guidelines * All contests are open to members in good standing except Board members. * Non-members may enter by paying $10 for up to 3 poems and $3 for each additional poem. Make checks out to New England Poetry Club (no charge for students and members). * Only one poem per contest. * Entries must be original unpublished (cannot be in print or online) poems in English. * No poem may be entered in more than one contest, nor should it have won a previous contest. * Poems should be typed and submitted in duplicate, with the authors name and address on one copy. Include an email address too, if possible. * Label poems with the name of the contest. * No entries will be returned. * No entries should be sent special delivery or express mail. Regular mail only. No email entries. * Mark the name or names of the contest(s) entered on the envelope before mailing. * New England Poetry Club (NEPC) will not engage in correspondence regarding poems submitted or contest decisions. * Judges are well-known poets, and sometimes are winners of previous NEPC contests. * Judges reserve the right not to select a winner. * All entries (unless otherwise noted) should be sent to: NEPC Contest Coordinator, 376 School St., Watertown MA 02472 Members-Only Contests Rosalie Boyle/Norma Farber Award For a poem in traditional form, including sonnet, villanelle, and sestina. Prize $100. Gretchen Warren Award For the best published poem of the previous year. (Members of the governing board may not enter any competition except this one.) Send 2 copies of up to 4 poems, with dates and names of publications, author’s name on one copy. No cash award. Contests Open to Members and Non-Members Daniel Varoujan Award For an unpublished poem (not a translation) worthy of Daniel Varoujan, a poet killed by the Turks in the genocide which destroyed three-fourths of the Armenian population. Previous winners may not enter again. Prize $1000. Funded by Diana Der-Hovanessians translation royalties. Der-Hovanessian Prize For a translation from any language. Send a copy of the original with the poem. Prize $200. Funded by John Mahtesian. Erika Mumford Prize For a poem in any form about foreign culture or travel. Prize $250. Funded by her family and friends. Firman Houghton Award For a lyric poem in honor of the former president of the NEPC. Prize $250. Barbara Bradley Award For a lyric poem under 21 lines, written by a woman. Prize $200. Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize For a chapbook of poems published in the last two years. Send 2 copies of the book with $5 handling fee for non-members. Prize $100. Send to 2 Farrar Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Sheila Margaret Motton Prize For a book of poems published in the last two years (current year minus 2). Send 2 copies of the book with $5 handling fee for non-members. Prize $500. Send to 2 Farrar Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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