Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards
Deadline: March 15, 2017
The Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award and Myong Cha Son Haiku Award welcome unpublished, original poems. Submissions to the Iris N. Spencer Award should be composed in the traditional modes of meter, rhyme and received forms. Both competitions will award a first place prize of $1,500 and a $500 runner-up prize.
The Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award celebrates original poems written in Spanish or translations of Spanish poems to English. First prize is $500.
Submission Guidelines:
The annual competition is open to all undergraduate poets who are enrolled in a college or university in the United States.
The author’s name, address, email address, telephone number and the school you attend should be submitted on a separate sheet.
There is no fee to enter. Submittals may be a combination of poems submitted to the Iris N. Spencer Award, the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award, or the Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award. Limit of two poems per contest.
All submissions must be submitted no later than March 15, 2017 and sent electronically to
poetry@wcupa.edu or mailed to: WCU Poetry Awards Poetry House West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383
Undergraduate Poetry Awards at West Chester
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