CRWROPPS Post: Rhina P. Espaillat poetry contest from Plough

Subject: Announcing the new Rhina P. Espaillat poetry contest from Plough

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I'm reaching out with an exciting announcement from us here at Plough Publishing. See our press release below for details on a brand new poetry contest we are launching for 2021, with a $2,000 award and printed publication of the winning submissions in our quarterly magazine. Looking forward to a great turn-out and please feel free to pass this announcement on.       December 3, 2020   PLOUGH QUARTERLY ANNOUNCES THE FIRST ANNUAL RHINA P. ESPAILLAT POETRY AWARD   Plough Quarterly, an award-winning international magazine of faith, culture, and society since 1920, will select its first annual Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award in the summer of 2021. The winning poet will receive a two thousand dollar award and the poem will be published in Plough Quarterly. In addition, two finalists will receive two hundred and fifty dollars as well as publication in Plough Quarterly.   This award honors the achievements of the great Dominican-American poet, translator, and public school teacher Rhina Polonia Espaillat. The Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award will be awarded for an original poem of not more than fifty lines that reflects her lyricism, empathy, and ability to find grace in everyday events of life.   In contrast to most other poetry competitions, Plough Quarterly will not contract out judging of this award to a prominent poet. Instead, the Plough Quarterly Poetry Editor will select approximately twenty poems for further consideration, and then the editors will reach a consensus on the winner and the two finalists.   Submissions will open on January 1, 2021, and the deadline for submissions is March 30, 2021. All poems must be submitted electronically at plough.com/PoetryAward. All decisions of the editors will be final.   Results will be announced in early summer on the Plough Quarterly website, and by email to all contestants.   Plough Quarterly editor Peter Mommsen said, "We are thrilled to expand our support for contemporary poetry and to honor one of our literary treasures, Rhina Espaillat."   For media inquiries, please contact Shannon McPherson at: shannonmcpherson@plough.com.       Kind regards, Shannon   Shannon McPherson Plough Publishing | Publicist 151 Bowne Drive • Walden, NY 12586 (845)-572-3455        www.plough.com

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