The 2018
Carriage House Poetry Prize
Poets of all ages are invited to enter!
Sponsored by
The Carriage House Poetry Series
& The
Fanwood Shade Tree Commission (Arbor Day Observance 2018)
$300.00 Prize
& Publication in Tiferet Journal (Autumn 2018)
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Guidelines
- $5.00 entry fee. Check
or money orders only, made payable to Borough of Fanwood. “Poetry Contest” must
appear on the subject line.
- Poets are invited to enter two poems—40 lines or less each.
- Each poem must be
single-spaced on a separate sheet of paper.
- Submit 2 copies of each poem, one copy with the poet’s name, address, phone
number, and email address in the upper right corner. Judging will be “blind” (no
names).
- Poems must be previously
unpublished and must contain reference to a tree or trees (not necessarily
poems about trees). Any style or
form.
- Poems will not be returned,
so keep a copy for your files. Please do
not include self-addressed, stamped envelopes for notification. We regret
that the large volume of entries we receive makes it impossible for us to reply
to individuals other than those who win.
- The winner and possible
runners up will notified by email and will be posted on the Carriage House site, Facebook, and various print
media.
- Deadline: In-hand
by March 15, 2018.
- Send entries and entry fee by snail mail only to:
Carriage House
Poetry Prize
Fanwood
Borough Hall
75 North Martine
Avenue
Fanwood, NJ
07023
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Final Judge:
Donna Baier Stein
Donna Baier Stein Donna is
the author of The Silver Baron’s Wife
(PEN/New England Discovery Award, Finalist in Foreword Reviews 2017, Book of
the Year Award in General Fiction and Historical Fiction categories, and
Finalist in Paterson Prize for Fiction), Sympathetic
People (Iowa Fiction Award Finalist and 2015 Next Generation Indie Book
Awards Finalist in Short Fiction), Sometimes
You Sense the Difference (poetry), and Letting
the Rain Have Its Say (poetry). She was a Founding Editor of Bellevue Literary Review and is founding
publisher of Tiferet Journal.
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