Writing Contests

2003-2004

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ANNOUNCES TWO POETRY CONTESTS

THE VACHEL LINDSAY POETRY PRIZE

First Place : $150
Second Place $ 100
Third Place $50

Description
Poetry in any form on any subject is eligible.  The prize is given to the best poem or the best group of two or three poems.


THE HALE CHATFIELD POETRY PRIZE

First Place : $150
Second Place : $100
Third Place $50 

Description
The prize is given to the best free verse poem.

 
RULES

  1. Submit up to three poems per contest (you may enter both).
  2. Chatfield entries are ineligible for the Lindsay Prize.
  3. Poems must be typed on one side of conventional typing paper using a conventional font.
  4. Submit a cover sheet with your name, telephone number and titles of poems you are entering in each contest.
  5. In the upper right corner of each poem, indicate the name of the contest you are entering.  Do not put your name on the poems.
  6. Poems will not be returned.
  7. Winners will be announced at the English Dept. Party on May 10, 2004 .
  8. Submit poems and cover sheet in one manila envelope to Professor Willard Greenwood by noon on April 9, 2002 .
  9. Grace Butcher will judge both contests. She has authored several books of poetry, and her poems have appeared in Poetry and other prominent journals. She is also a Hiram alumna.

DEADLINE: Noon , Friday, April 9, 2004

(Copies of this announcement can be obtained from the hall table in Bonney Castle and in the Writing Center in Hinsdale.)

Winners of the Kroehle Contest, Fall 2003 Place Winners
First place ($400) to “Chasing Mars,” by Alisha Heimbuch
Second place ($300) to “A Broken Sniffer,” by Jessica Miele
Third place ($200) to “Z-Y-X-W-V-U-T-S-R,” by Matthew Evert

Honorable Mentions
“Sugar and Stretch Marks,” by Genevieve Jencson
“I Am My Father’s Daughter,” by Meghan Zuver

Winners of the Barbara Thompson Award for Short Fiction, Spring 2004

Place Winners
First place ($500) to "Doe," by Jessica Miele
Second place ($300) to "Remnant," by Nicholas Swetye
Third place ($200) to "A Different Beat," by Torrie Ohlin

 Honorable Mentions
"Down Home Lovin'," by Dan Raddish
"Story Stop," by Barry Schmidt
"The Nerve," by Tammy McVay

 

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