Saturday, May 12, 2018

Writing Competition: 2019 Press 53 Award for Poetry

2019 Press 53 Award for Poetry

For an outstanding unpublished collection of poems

$1,500 advance plus publication by Press 53 as A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection

Reading fee $30


Judged by Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor

Open: April 1–July 31

Winner and finalists announced no later than November 1

Winning collection published April 2019

Complete details here

Past winners:
2015: Rebecca Foust of Kentfield, CA, for Paradise Drive
2016: Richard Garcia of Charleston, SC, for Porridge
2017: Leona Sevick of Bridgewater, VA, for Lion Brothers
2018: Marilyn Annucci of Madison, WI, for The Arrows That Choose Us

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