Iris N. Spencer
Undergraduate Poetry Award
The Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Poetry Award recognizes poetic achievement among undergraduates enrolled in colleges/universities in the Delaware Valley region of Pennsylvania (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties). Named for Iris N. Spencer, a reader and community servant, the award recognizes a winner ($500), and a runner-up ($250), both of whom will have their poems published in a national literary journal.
The Spencer Award welcomes unpublished, original poems composed in the traditional modes of meter, rhyme and received forms for consideration in the competition. We ask that applicants adhere to the following guidelines.
- The annual competition is open to all undergraduate poets who are enrolled in a college/university in the Delaware Valley (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties).
- The submission should consist of a cover letter and one poem. Please put only the title of the poem at the top of the manuscript.
- The author's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number should be placed on the back of the manuscript.
- All submissions must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2008.
- Submitted poems will not be returned. For notification of contest results please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
- Manuscripts should be sent to:
Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Poetry Award
Poetry Center
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
Each winner will receive her/his award, and give a public reading at the annual West Chester University Poetry Conference in early June, 2008. |
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