Overview

Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry

Open Dec. 1 - Feb. 28, seeks to highlight work that showcases an authentic voice, a boldness of form, and a rejection of functional fixedness. Winner will be featured in CutBank 77 and receive $500. All pieces be considered for print publication. Judge - Bhanu Kapil.

Submissions accepted December 1 through February 29. Submissions are accepted through online submission manager only. $17 contest entry fee includes one-year subscription to CutBank and covers the reading of a single submission in a single genre. Submit up to five poems. Submit only once per genre. Include short cover letter with address, phone, email, and title of work. Include author’s name on manuscript. Names will be removed from pool of submissions that goes before contest judges. Current subscribers may submit for the same $17 fee—subscriptions will be extended by one year. Simultaneous submissions accepted, but withdraw submission via Submishmash immediately if accepted elsewhere (to withdraw a single poem, email cutbank[at]umontana.edu). No refunds. Entrants notified of submission status no later than May 15, 2012. All rights to selected manuscripts revert to the author upon publication. Author grants permission to have work electronically archived as part of CutBank 77 in EBSCO International’s subscription-based research database. Current University of Montana students and faculty and former CutBank staff not eligible for the awards.

http://cutbank.submishmash.com/submit
Deadline: Feb. 29, 2012

Eligible media

Literary Arts