Poetry International announces call for entries for the Poetry International Prize 2009.

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a single poem. Sandra Alcosser will judge.

Submit up to three poems with a $10 entry fee (Entrants may submit additional poems for a charge of $3 per poem.) Deadline has been extended to May 15th. The winner will be announced on our website in the fall of 2009.

Guidelines

• Provide your contact information & titles of all poems submitted, on the title page.
  
  
• Author name and information should appear only on the title page.
  
  
• No handwritten entries, please.
  
  
• Please make your entry easy to read no illustrations, fancy fontss or decorative borders.
  
  
• Simultaneous Submission Allowed: You may submit your poems simultaneously.  Please contact us if we need to withdraw your poem(s) because they have been accepted elsewhere.
  
  
• Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.

A Note to Previous Poetry International Prize Contestants

You are welcome to enter this year's contest, whether or not you won a prize in the previous year.      

Information about the winner of 2008 award:

Winner of Poetry International Prize for 2008 is Sasha Parmasad for her poem, Memory of Sugarcane-worker Off Duty. Ms. Parmasad has received the prize of $1000, and her poem will appear in the next issue of Poetry International.