CONTESTS
2011 PEARL POETRY PRIZE
$1,000 & BOOK PUBLICATION
Judge: Andrea Carter Brown
GUIDELINES
MANUSCRIPTS should include a title page with the author's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address; an acknowledgment page listing previously published poems; a table of contents, 48–64 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. Manuscripts should be unbound, typed, pages numbered, and name should appear on title page only. Clear photocopies and computer print-outs are acceptable. We will consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
PRIZE: In addition to publication and the $1,000 cash prize, the winner also receives 25 copies and a foreword by the finalist judge.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all poets, with or without previous book publication. Students and friends of the judge are not eligible for this year's competition.
ENTRY FEE: $20 per manuscript, payable to Pearl Editions.
JUDGING: The selection of manuscripts for final judging will be made by the editors of Pearl. All entries are read anonymously.
SUBMISSION PERIOD: May 1 – June 30th postmark. The winner will be announced and manuscripts returned after the first of next year.
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: Pearl Poetry Prize, 3030 E. Second Street, Long Beach, CA 90803.
WINNERS OF THE PEARL POETRY PRIZE 1999-2009
2009: ANIMAL MAGNETISM by Kim Roberts
Judge: Debra Marquart2008: SEE HOW WE ALMOST FLY by Alison Luterman
Judge: Gerald Locklin2007: THROUGH THE GLORIETA PASS by Lavonne J. Adams
Judge: David Hernandez2006: DENMARK, KANGAROO, ORANGE by Kevin Griffith
Judge: Denise Duhamel2005: THIS BIG FAKE WORLD by Ada Limón
Judge: Frank X. Gaspar2004: THE FARMGIRL POEMS by Elizabeth Oakes
Judge: Donna Hilbert2003: EARTH'S ENDS by Andrew Kaufman
Judge: Fred Voss2002: HOW JFK KILLED MY FATHER by Richard M. Berlin
Judge: Lisa Glatt2001: TRIGGER FINGER by Micki Myers
Judge: Jim Daniels2000: FROM SWEETNESS by Debra Marquart
Judge: Dorianne Laux1999: FLUID IN DARKNESS, FROZEN IN LIGHT by Robert Perchan
Judge: Ed Ochester
PEARL SHORT STORY PRIZE
$250 & PUBLICATION IN PEARL
GUIDELINES
MANUSCRIPTS should typed, double-spaced, with name and address on the first page. Clear photocopies and computer print-outs are acceptable. Please include an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. We will consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us if your story is accepted elsewhere. Previously unpublished stories only.
LENGTH: 4000 words maximum (about 15-16 manuscript pages).
PRIZE: In addition to the $250 cash prize, the winner also receives 10 copies of the issue the story appears in.
ENTRY FEE: $10 per story, payable to Pearl Magazine.
JUDGING: The winning story is selected by the editors of Pearl. Although we are open to all types of fiction, we look most favorably upon coherent, well-crafted narratives, containing interesting, believable characters and meaningful situations. All submissions are considered for publication in Pearl's annual fiction issue.
SUBMISSION PERIOD: April 1 – May 31 (postmark). The winner is announced and manuscripts returned in September.
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: Pearl Short Story Prize, 3030 E. Second Street, Long Beach, CA 90803