AMY AWARD Free
Sponsored By: Poets & Writers Magazine
Contest Status: Active
PCI Recommendation: Neutral
Deadline: 9/15 (formerly 8/1)
Contest Type: Poetry (Individual Poems)
Experience Level: All Authors
Geographic Eligibility: Women age 30 and under who are residents of Long Island or NY metropolitan region
Language: English
Translations Eligible: No
Other Restrictions: Open only to women age 30 and under
Genres: Lyric poems
Top Award: Unspecified honorarium
Winner Also Receives: Reading with well-known poet at Guild Hall
Publication of Winners: No
Entry Fee: None
Sponsor Details: (new address)
Poets & Writers
Attn: Amy Award
72 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
USA
Phone: 212-226-3586
Fax: 212-226-3963
http://www.pw.org/pr_amyaward.html
What To Submit: Poems, SASE for notification, bio
Length Limit: 1-3 poems, maximum 50 lines per poem
Submission Format: Typed, single-spaced, with name and address on each page.
Submissions Per Entrant: One Submission Per Entrant
Unpublished Submission: Yes
Exclusive Submission: No
PCI Editor's Comments: Coordination of this contest was recently taken over by Poets & Writers Magazine.
Suggestions: The Amy Award honors the memory of the poet Amy Rothholtz, who died young. Her book 'Iced Tigers' is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...nningwriter-20
Contest Judge: Poet and critic Edward Butscher (father of Amy Rothholtz)
For a list of Mr. Butscher's publications, see:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...684910-8133567
Winners Notified: Two months after deadline
MS Returned: No