West Chester University's annual undergraduate poetry awards are now accepting submissions until January 24, 2019. The Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award and Myong Cha Son Haiku Award welcome unpublished, original poems. Winners of both awards will received a cash prize of $1,500. Runners-up will receive $500. The Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award is for original poems written in Spanish or for translations of Spanish poems into English. Winners receive $500. See the flyer below for details on how to submit your work. All awards are for undergraduate students only.
WCU has also opened registration for its Poetry Conference, which will be held on April 2-4, 2020 on the WCU Campus. Please visit www.wcupa.edu/poetry for student and non-student rates and other details. The conference offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to participate in guided workshops led by some of the nation's top poets (Molly Peacock, Annie Finch, George Green, Juliana Gray, Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Steven Kuusisto, and Susan de Sola) while engaging with poets of all ages and diverse backgrounds from all over the country.
