CONTESTS FOR POETS
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THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS PRIZE

Two awards of $l00 are offered by this national organization for poems submitted by University of Michigan students. One prize will go to a graduate student, the other to an undergraduate. No specific form is suggested or required for this contest, which was endowed by Mrs. Sharon A. Galley in memory of her late husband, David Galley, who was a l966 graduate of the University of Michigan. See below for entry requirements.

THE BAIN-SWIGGETT PRIZE

An award of $600 for the best poem in traditional form by a University of Michigan student (undergraduate or graduate). "Traditional form" has been interpreted to mean metered, but not necessarily rhymed, verse. See below for entry requirements.

THE MICHAEL R. GUTTERMAN AWARD IN POETRY

This contest offers a first prize of $550 and a second prize of $400 awarded annually from funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Gutterman as a memorial to their son. The terms of the bequest stipulate that the prize poems "shall exemplify the new, the unusual, and the radical." See below for entry requirements.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
The above awards are open to all University of Michigan students with no particular course or hour requirements. A student may compete for one, two, or all three contests provided they meet the following restrictions:

All entries shall be typewritten or wordprocessed and submitted in triplicate on white paper. Computer printouts are acceptable. Each of these three sets must be accompanied by an entry blank (download PDF). If a student is entering more than one poem in a contest, the originals of the poems, plus the entry blank, should be stapled together as one set, with two identical copies (including entry blanks) comprising the second and third sets. If you receive need-based financial aid and would like us to delay payment until the beginning of spring term (May) so your award won’t alter your current financial aid allocation, please check “delay payment.” Binders, pen names, and transcripts are not to be used in these contests.

The deadline for submission is the first Wednesday in December, by 12:00 noon--ABSOLUTELY NO LATER--in the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall. All contest deadlines are enforced to the minute and students are strongly urged to turn in their poems early.

To download an application, please click here.

For further information, inquire at the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall, or phone (734) 764-6296, or email Andrea Beauchamp at abeauch@umich.edu.

THE HOPWOOD AWARD THEODORE ROETHKE PRIZE FOR THE LONG POEM OR POETIC SEQUENCE

The Theodore Roethke Prize is an award of $5,000 for the best long poem or poetic sequence written by a University of Michigan student, undergraduate or graduate. This contest is open to all U of M students, with no particular course or hour requirements. There are the following restrictions:

All entries shall be typewritten or word-processed on white paper and submitted in duplicate. Each of these two copies must be accompanied by an entry blank (download PDF here).

If you receive need-based financial aid and would like us to delay payment until the beginning of the Spring term (May) so your award won’t alter your current financial aid allocation, please check the box “Delay Payment” on the form. Binders, pen names, and transcripts are not to be used in this contest.

The deadline for submission is the first Wednesday in December, by 12:00 noon—Absolutely No Later—in the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall. All contest deadlines must be enforced to the minute so contestants are strongly urged to turn in their submissions early. The contestants will be notified in January and the Roethke Prize will be presented in the April Hopwood Awards Ceremony. For further information, inquire at the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall (764-6296).

To download an application, please click here.

For further information, inquire at the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall (764-6296) or e-mail Andrea Beauchamp at abeauch@umich.edu.

JEFFREY L. WEISBERG MEMORIAL | MARJORIE RAPAPORT

THE JEFFREY L. WEISBERG MEMORIAL PRIZE IN POETRY
For First and Second-Year Students Only

The family and friends of Jeffrey L. Weisberg have established as a memorial two annual prizes in poetry. The Weisberg Prize is a first place award of $800 and a second place award of $600 for the best poems submitted by freshmen or sophomores at the University of Michigan.

Jeffrey L. Weisberg received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1972, and his Master's Degree in 1973. He won a Hopwood Award for poetry in the summer of 1973. On March 17, 1977, while teaching at Dade Community College in Florida, he was killed in an automobile accident. His degree as Doctor of Arts was awarded posthumously in August, 1977.

All entries shall be typewritten or wordprocessed and submitted in triplicate on white paper. Computer printouts are acceptable. Each of these three sets must be accompanied by an entry blank (download PDF). If a student is entering more than one poem in the contest, the originals of the poems, plus an entry blank, should be stapled together as one set, with two identical copies (including entry blanks) comprising the second and third sets. If you receive need-based financial aid and would like us to delay payment until the beginning of spring term (May) so your award won’t alter your current financial aid allocation, please check “delay payment.” No student shall enter more than three poems in this contest. The same poem shall not be entered in any other fall term writing contest, with the exception of the Cowden Fellowship. No poem that has won another award may be entered in this contest. No work may be submitted which has been published, except work published in a high school or college literary magazine or newspaper. Binders, pen names, and transcripts are not to be used for this contest.

The deadline for submission is the first Wednesday in December by 12:00 noon, in the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall. Students may submit their poems at any time prior to the contest deadline and are urged to turn in their entries early, as the contest deadline must be enforced to the minute.

To download an application, please click here.

For further information, inquire at the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall, or phone (734) 764-6296, or email Andrea Beauchamp at abeauch@umich.edu.

 

THE MARJORIE RAPAPORT AWARD IN POETRY

As a memorial to her daughter Marjorie, Mrs. Phyllis Rapaport offers a first prize of $600 and a second prize of $400 for the best poems by University of Michigan Spring/Summer school students--undergraduate or graduate. Any course taken during the spring or summer half terms may be used to qualify. The terms of the gift stipulate that the prize poems shall exemplify the new and unusual. Contestants are advised that:

• Poems may be of any length, but not more than three poems may be entered in the competition by any contestant in any one year.
• No poem which has won another award may be entered.
• No poem entered in the Spring/Summer Hopwood Contest may be entered in this contest.
• No student who has won this award may compete again in this contest.
• No poem that has been published in a medium other than a college magazine or newspaper may be entered.

All entries shall be typewritten or wordprocessed and submitted in triplicate on white paper. Computer printouts are acceptable. Each of these three sets must be accompanied by an entry blank (download PDF). If a student is entering more than one poem in a contest, the originals of the poems, plus the entry blank, should be stapled together as one set, with two identical copies (including entry blanks) comprising the second and third sets.

The deadline for submission is MondAy, August 6, 2009, by 12:00 noon—ABSOLUTELY NO LATER—in the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall. All contest deadlines are enforced to the minute and students are strongly urged to turn in their poems early.

To download an application, please click here.

For further information, inquire at the Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall, or phone (734) 764-6296, or email Andrea Beauchamp at abeauch@umich.edu.

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