Guy Owen Award
$1,000 and publication for an unpublished poem. Submit three to five poems (10 pages maximum), a $20 entry fee (includes one-year subscription to journal), and SASE for reply only, between March 1 and June 15 (postmarks). Include contact information on cover sheet only. All entries considered for publication. Send to:
Southern Poetry Review
Guy Owen Prize
Dept. of Languages, Literature and Philosophy
Armstrong Atlantic State University
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, Georgia 31419-1997
Previous Winners
2011: Catherine Staples, "Red Rover." Final judge, Carl Dennis.
2010: Elton Glaser, "Do the Do." Final judge, Betty Adcock.
2009: Elton Glaser, "Slow Fuse Around the Cranium." Final judge, David Wagoner.
2008: George David Clark, "Jellyfish." Final judge, Jane Hirshfield.
2007: Marianna Busching, "Ode to the Innards." Final judge, Linda Pastan.
2006: R. T. Smith, "Plantation of the Mad." Final judge, Dave Smith.
2005: Enid Shomer, "'Gowned Waiting'." Final judge,Fred Chappell.
2004: Alison Jarvis, "Listen." Final judge, David Kirby.
2003: Andrew Grace, "For Tityrus." Final judge, Ellen Bryant Voigt.
2002: Debra A. Daniel, "Hymn of Invitation." Final judge, Peter Meinke.