Monday, December 10, 2018

Writing Competition: 11 Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Prize

11th Annual Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Prize
 
Accepting Submissions through January 7, 2019

Poets are invited to submit three original poems on any topic or genre online here.

Submission fee $10

Award Categories
1st place $300
2nd place $200
3rd place $100
Honorable Mentions


Winning poets will be published in the festival anthology, hasret/longing, have their work nominated for a Pushcart Prize and they will be invited to read their poetry at the 11th Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival in Cary, North Carolina, on Sunday, March 24th, 2019.

Judges
Carl Dennis Winner of Pulitzer and Ruth Lilly Prizes
Tarfia Faizullah Fullbright Fellow and Winner of 3 Pushcart Prizes 
Andrea Gibson Winner of the 2008 Women of the World Poetry Slam 
Jaki Shelton-Green North Carolina Poet Laureate
Analicia Sotelo Jake Adam York Prize and National Chapbook Fellow 


Since 2009 the Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Prize has been awarded to poets internationally
in recognition of the humanism, social engagement and poetry of Nâzım Hikmet.


Organized by the American Turkish Association of North Carolina and Duke University Middle East Studies Center with support from Town of Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources.

Organizing Committee
Buket Aydemir, Pelin Balı, Erdağ Göknar, Mehmet Öztürk and Birgül Tuzlalı

Website


Email questions to:
 
contactATnazimhikmetpoetryfestivalDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

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