Potomac Review

announces the return of the

Annual Poetry Contest

1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $150

Submission Guidelines:

• Send up to 3 poems along with $20 reading fee payable to Potomac Review. All entrants will receive a one-year (2 issues) subscription to the Potomac Review.
• Put author's name and address on the cover letter only. Include a cover letter (including contact info and names of poems), and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) for contest results. Entries will not be returned.
• All poems must be typed and previously unpublished; no name or address should appear on the poems themselves.
• Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please note this in your cover letter and notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere.
• Deadline: Postmarked by March 1, 2008.
• Winners announced April 15th, 2008.
• The winning poem will appear in the summer 2008 issue (#44) of Potomac Review. Note: Only the 1st prize entry will be published in the journal.
• The second place poem will be published on the Potomac Review website. Semifinalists will be listed on the website.
• Manuscripts that do not follow contest guidelines will be disqualified.
• Please direct all contest questions to the Managing Editor: cemery1@jhu.edu.

Submit to:
Potomac Review
Montgomery College
51 Mannakee Street
Macklin Tower Room 212
Rockville, MD 20850

 

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