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Celebrating Risk and Invention in Poetry

NOVEMBER 15TH DEADLINE APPROACHING! Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry This annual national poetry prize features a first place prize of $1,000 and an invitation to an awards event in Philadelphia. Three runners up will receive $250 cash awards for individual poems. The winning poems will be published in the Spring 2019 issue. Celebrating Risk and Invention in Poetry  Sandy Crimmins' poem "Spring" appeared in the first issue of Philadelphia Stories in 2004 and she performed at our launch party. She served on the Philadelphia Stories board from 2005 to 2007. Since the magazine premiered in 2004, Sandy's voice and vision have fundamentally shaped Philadelphia Stories. Sandy was a poet who performed with musicians, dancers, and fire-eaters, and one of her proudest accomplishments was celebrating the work of her vibrant poetry community. In this spirit, Philadelphia Stories hosts the annual "Sandy Crimmins National Poetry Prize," made possible by the generous support of her family, to celebrate poets of all backgrounds, experience, and styles. Click here to read more about the contest. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT TO THE CONTEST About the 2020 Judge: Iain Haley Pollock has published two collections of poetry: Ghost, like a Place  (Alice James Books, 2018), which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and for the Julie Suk Award, and Spit Back a Boy (University of Georgia Press, 2011), winner of the 2010 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Pollock serves as Chair of the English Department at Rye Country Day School in Rye, NY, and is a member of the poetry faculty at the Solstice MFA Program of Pine Manor College. In addition, he serves as the poetry editor at Solstice Literary Magazine. (Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths) Contest Submission Guidelines: Submission deadline: November 15, 2019. We will only consider work previously unpublished in print or online (including personal websites, blogs, or any other self published media). There is a $15 reading fee for every submission. [All entrants will receive a copy of the Philadelphia Stories Spring 2019 Contest Issue. Submission fees are not refundable.] Simultaneous submissions are also accepted; however, we must be notified immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Poets currently residing in the United States are eligible. Submissions will be accepted via the website. If you have any trouble uploading to the site, please email contest@philadelphiastories.org. We will accept up to five pages of poetry. You may submit one 5-page poem, five 1-page poems, or any other combination within the five-page restriction. All submissions should use a 12 pt font and standard typeface (not Comic Sans or Impact, etc.). Author's name should appear on each page (this will be removed for the screening process). You may enter multiple submissions of up to five pages for the additional fee of $15 per submission. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT TO THE 2020 CONTEST

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