CRWROPPS Post: Backwaters Prize in Poetry is OPEN! 1 week left to enter


Backwaters Prize in Poetry

The winner will be awarded a $2,000 cash prize and the honorable mention will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize. Both winners will be awarded the publication of their book by the University of Nebraska Press under its imprint, The Backwaters Press. The judge for the 2021 contest is Huascar Medina, Poet Laureate of Kansas. 

Please see our website for more information. All manuscripts must be submitted electronically via Submittable.

Deadline is May 1. 


University of Nebraska Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0630, USA

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