Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award
Howard Nemerov
$1000 Prize
Final Judge: A. E. Stallings
Deadline: November 15, 2010
Sponsored by The Formalist
Competition Rules for the 17th annual Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award:
1. Sonnets must be original and unpublished. No translations. Writers may enter as many sonnets as they wish. Sonnet sequences are acceptable, but each sonnet will be considered individually. Entry fee: $3 per sonnet, checks payable to The Formalist. Entry fees from outside the U.S. must be paid in cash⎯U.S. dollars⎯or by a check drawn on a U.S. bank. Author's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if available) should be typed on the back of each entry.
2. Final Judge for the 2010 competition will be A. E. Stallings. The winning poem and the poems of eleven finalists will be published in a 2011 issue of Measure.
3. Entries must be sent to the address below and postmarked no later than November 15, 2010. Enclose an SASE if you would like to be notified of the contest results. Entries cannot be returned.
Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award
The Formalist
320 Hunter Drive
Evansville, IN 47711
Make all checks payable to The Formalist. Entry fees from outside the U.S. must be paid in cash (U.S. dollars) or by a check drawn on a U.S. bank.
Please note: These are the complete guidelines. Thank you.
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